Pac web Hosting cookie policy
This Cookies Policy sets out the basis on which we, PAC WebHosting Ltd, use cookies and similar technologies on or in relation to our website, www.pacwebhosting.co.uk (our website).
‘Essential’ cookies are automatically placed on your computer or device when you access our website or take certain actions on our website. “Non-essential” cookies and other technologies are only placed on your computer or device if you have consented to us doing so. For information on the difference between essential and non-essential cookies, see the section below entitled About cookies.
For information on how you consent and how you can withdraw your consent to us placing non-essential cookies and other technologies on your computer or device, see the section below entitled How to accept or reject cookies.
Cookies are small data files sent by a website’s server to a web browser, processor memory or hard drive and stored there. They can be used for a range of different purposes, such as customising a website for a particular user, helping a user navigate a website, improving that user’s website experience, and storing that user’s preferences and login information.
Cookies can be classified as either ‘essential’ or ‘non-essential’.
Essential cookies: these are cookies that are either:
• used solely to carry out or facilitate the transmission of communications over a network; or
• strictly necessary to provide an online service (e.g. our website or a service on our website) which you have requested.
Non-essential cookies: these are any cookies that do not fall within the definition of essential cookies, such as cookies used to analyse your behaviour on a website (‘analytical’ cookies) or cookies used to display advertisements to you (‘advertising’ cookies).
Cookies can be classified as either ‘session’ or ‘persistent’, depending on how long they last after they are placed on your browser.
Session cookies: session cookies last for as long as you keep your browser open. They expire when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies: persistent cookies expire at a fixed point in time or if you manually delete them from your browser, whichever occurs first.
Cookies can be classified as ‘first party’ or ‘third party’.
First party cookies: these are cookies placed on your device by our website domain.
Third party cookies: these are cookies placed on your device by third party website domains.
If you require further information about cookies in general, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org
Type: Essential Session Cookie (Website Functionality) - First Party Cookie
Expires when browser window is closed
The purpose of this cookie is to store a unique session ID for each visitor enabling cart functionality across pages.
Type: Essential Persistent Cookie (Website Functionality) - First Party Cookie
Expires upon logout or after 365 days.
These two cookies are used when logging into our website and ticking the remember me box.
Type: Essential Persistent Cookie (Website Functionality) - First Party Cookie
Expires after 90 days.
This cookie stores the ID of the affiliate that referred you to our website to enable the allocation of your order to their affiliate account.
Type: Essential Session Cookie (Website Functionality) - First Party Cookie
Expires when browser window is closed.
This cookie is only present when analytics have been set to on by the website visitor within website cookie control.
Type: Essential Persistent Cookie (Website Functionality) - First Party Cookie
Expires after 365 days.
Used by the content network CloudFlare to identify trusted web traffic.
Type: Non Essential Persistent Cookie (Analytics Functionality) - First Party Cookie
Expires after 2 years.
This cookie registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
Type: Non Essential Session Cookie (Analytics Functionality) - First Party Cookie
Expires when browser window is closed.
This cookie is used by google analytics to throttle request rate.
Type: Non Essential Session Cookie (Analytics Functionality) - First Party Cookie
Expires when browser window is closed.
This cookie registers a unique ID this is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
These are cookies which are strictly necessary for our website to be able to operate or to provide you with a service on our website which you have requested. We use the following essential cookies on our website:
- First party session cookies to remember your input when you fill in an online form over several pages on our website. These cookies are: PHPSESSID typically WHMCS followed by random characters and expire once your browser is closed.
- First party session cookies for remembering the items you have placed in your shopping cart. These cookies are: PHPSESSID typically WHMCS followed by random characters and expire once your browser is closed.
- First party session cookies to identify and authenticate you when you log into our website so you do not need to repeatedly enter your login information. These cookies are: WHMCSUID, WHMCSPW and expire once you log out or after 365 days.
- First party session cookies to recognise whether you have accepted the use of non essential cookies on our website. This cookie is called: analytics and they expire once your browser is closed.
- Third party persistent cookies to allow Cloudflare to identify trusted web traffic. These cookies are: __cfduid. These cookies expire after 365 days.
