Cookie Notice
1. Cookies
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our website.
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
Cookies may either be ‘persistent cookies’ or ‘session cookies’. A persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date. A session cookie will expire at the end of the user session when the web browser is closed.
We use persistent and session cookies on our website.
Cookies can either be First-Party Cookies, when they are placed on the website by the owners of the website, or Third-Party Cookies, when they are placed on the website by other third parties.
You can delete cookies already stored on your computer.
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies. Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact on the usability of many websites. If you block cookies, you may not be able to use all of the features on our website.
You can find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers by clicking on the links below:
- Google Chrome:
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en - Microsoft Edge:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4468242/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy-microsoft-privacy - Mozilla Firefox:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences - Microsoft Internet Explorer:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies - Opera:
https://help.opera.com/en/latest/ - Apple Safari:
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/safari
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.
The cookies which our website uses are:
| Cookie Name | Expiration Date | Description/Main purpose | Type of Cookie |
| 1P_JAR | > 5000 years | Carries out information about end user uses website and advertising user may have seen before visiting website. Targeting/Advertising | Most common as Persistent |
| ANID | > 300 years | Not much information known about this cookie.Unknown | Most common as Persistent |
| APISID | > 1400 years | DoubleClick (owned by Google) cookie, generally set through advertising partners to build profile of website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant ads. Works by uniquely identifying browser and device. Targeting/Advertising | Most common as Persistent |
| CONSENT | > 4000 years | Carries out information about end user uses website and advertising user may have seen before visiting website. Targeting/Advertising | Most common as Persistent |
| HSID | > 1400 years | Set by DoubleClick (owned by Google) to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests and show relevant ads on other sites. Targeting/Advertising | Most common as Persistent |
| NID | > 300 years | Set by DoubleClick (owned by Google) to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests and show relevant ads on other sites. Targeting/Advertising | Most common as Persistent |
| OTZ | > 30 years | Not much information known about this cookie.Unknown | Most common as Persistent |
| SAPISID | > 1400 years | Set by DoubleClick (owned by Google) to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests and show relevant ads on other sites. Targeting/Advertising | Most common as Persistent |
| SEARCH_SAMESITE | > 150 days | Rare cookie. Not much information known about this cookie.Unknown | Most common as Persistent |
| SID | > 900 days | Very common cookie name but where it is found as a session cookie it is likely to be used as for session state management. Strictly Necessary | Most common as Persistent |
| SIDCC | > 150 years | Carries out information about end user uses website and advertising user may have seen before visiting website. Targeting/Advertising | Most common as Persistent |
| SSID | > 1400 years | Carries out information about end user uses website and advertising user may have seen before visiting website. Targeting/Advertising | Most common as Persistent |
| __zlcmid | > 700 years | Live chat widget sets the cookies to store the Zopim Live Chat ID used to identify a device across visits. Functionality | Most common as Persistent |
We also use Google Analytics on our website. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, you can visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
2. About Us
We are Netmedia Ltd, registered in Scotland under registration number SC483579. Our registered address is at Old Drynie House, Kilmuir, North Kessock, Inverness IV1 3XG. Our principal place of business is at our registered address. Our website address is http://netmedia.co.uk.
You can contact us in any of the following ways:
- by post, using the address given above
- using the ‘contact us’ form on our website
- by calling us on 01436 731000
- by emailing us at dataprotection@netmedia.co.uk
3. Further Information
If you require any further information, please contact us using the details above.