Use of cookies by Pepper (UK) Limited

Cookies are small data files placed on your computer or internet enabled device by websites in order to add functionality. A cookie can be used to identify a user's computer or internet enabled device to the website, or to other third-party websites. This allows websites to improve the way they work, such as remembering preferences expressed by a user or tracking a user's use of a website for statistical analysis. Cookies do not themselves contain any personally identifying information but if you provide information to us, it may be linked to the data stored in the cookie.

The table below explains the cookies we use on this website and why.

PURPOSE

COOKIE

DESCRIPTION

SERVICE

STATUS

EXPIRY

GOOGLE

_ga

This cookie name is asssociated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners.

The main purpose of this cookie is: Performance

Google Analytics - View Service Privacy Policy  

Non-essential

2 years

_gat_UA-32710642-1

This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.

The main purpose of this cookie is: Performance

Non-essential

Session

_gid

This cookie name is asssociated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited.

The main purpose of this cookie is: Performance

Non-essential

1 day

_gcl_au

Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services

The main purpose of this cookie is: Targeting/Advertising

AdSense - View Service Privacy Policy  

Non-essential

3 months

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