Car Check Experts
Cookie Policy
How cookies and similar technologies are used on the Car Check Experts website.
Here at Car Check Experts, protecting and respecting your privacy is our main commitment.
In this policy, you will find the following:
- What personal information we collect from you or you provide to us;
- Why we want your personal information;
- What we are going to do with it.
Please read the whole policy carefully.
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
- Name
- Contact information including email address
- Demographic information (such as postcode)
- Other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
For more information on what we collect, see the ‘list of cookies’ section.
What we do with the information we gather
We require the above information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service. We gather your information, in particular, for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping.
- To improve our products and services.
- To send the occasional promotional email about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting (using the email address which you have provided).
- We may occasionally use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail.
- We may use the above information to customise the website according to your interests.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. Thanks to cookies, we can tailor our operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. However, this may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
- Whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
- If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by letting us know using our Contact Us information.
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
List of cookies we collect
wordpress.org
| Cookie | Duration | Purpose | Logged-in Users Only? |
|---|---|---|---|
| devicePixelRatio | Browser default (1 year) | Used to make the site responsive to the visitor’s screen size. | No |
| wordpress_test_cookie | Session | Tests that the browser accepts cookies. | No |
| _ga | 2 years | Google Analytics - Used to distinguish users. | No |
| _gat_<property-id> | One minute | Google Analytics - Used to throttle request rate. | No |
| _gid | 24 hours | Google Analytics - Used to distinguish users. | No |
| tk_ai | 24 hours | Jetpack - Stores the unique identifier for the publisher to enable Jetpack to collect data. | No |
| tk_lr | 1 year | Jetpack - Stores the unique identifier for the publisher to enable Jetpack to collect data. | No |
| tk_or | 5 years | Jetpack - Stores the unique identifier for the publisher to enable Jetpack to collect data. | No |
| wp-settings-{user_id} | 1 year | Used to persist a user’s wp-admin configuration. | Yes |
| wporg_logged_in wporg_sec | 14 days if you select “Remember Me” when logging in. Otherwise, Session. | Used to check whether the current visitor is a logged in WordPress.org user. | Yes |
| wporg_locale | 1 year | Used to persist a user’s locale configuration. | Yes |
make.wordpress.org
| Cookie | Duration | Purpose | Logged-in Users Only? |
|---|---|---|---|
| welcome-{blog_id} | Permanent | Used to record if you’ve chosen to hide the “Welcome” message at the top of the corresponding blog. | No |
| showComments | 10 years | Used to determine if you prefer comments to be shown or hidden when reading the site. | No |
*.trac.wordpress.org
| Cookie | Duration | Purpose | Logged-in Users Only? |
|---|---|---|---|
| trac_form_token | Session | Used as a security token for cross-site request forgery protection. | No |
| trac_session | 90 days | Used to keep anonymous session information. | No |
codex.wordpress.org
| Cookie | Duration | Purpose | Logged-in Users Only? |
|---|---|---|---|
| codexToken | 6 months | Used to check whether the current visitor is a logged in WordPress.org user. Only set if you select “Keep me logged in” when logging in. | Yes |
| codexUserId codexUserName | 6 months | Used to check whether the current visitor is a logged in WordPress.org user. | Yes |
| codex_session | Session | Used to check whether the current visitor is a logged in WordPress.org user. | Yes |
*.wordcamp.org
| Cookie | Duration | Purpose | Logged-in Users Only? |
|---|---|---|---|
| camptix_client_stats | 1 year | Used to track unique visitors to tickets page on a WordCamp site | No |
| wp-saving-post | 1 day | Used to track if there is saved post exists for a post currently being edited. If exists then let user restore the data | Yes |
| comment_author_{hash} | 347 days | Used to tracked comment author name, if “Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.” is checked | No |
| comment_author_email_{hash} | 347 days | Used to tracked comment author email, if “Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.” is checked | No |
| comment_author_url_{hash} | 347 days | Used to track comment author URL, if “Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.” checkbox is checked | No |
| wp-postpass_{hash} | 10 days | Used to maintain session if a post is password protected | No |
| wp-settings-{user} | 1 year | Used to preserve user’s wp-admin settings | Yes |
| wp-settings-time-{user} | 1 year | Time at which wp-settings-{user} was set | Yes |
| tix_view_token | 2 days | Used for session managing private CampTix content | No |
| tk_ai | Browser default | Used for tracking | No |
| jetpackState | Session | Used for maintaining Jetpack State | Yes |
| jpp_math_pass | Session | Verifies that a user answered the maths problem correctly while logging in. | No |
| stnojs | 2 days | Remember if user does not want JavaScript executed | No |
| wordpress_logged_in_{hash} | Session | Remember User session | Yes |
| wordpress_test_cookie | Session | Test if cookie can be set | No |