Cookie Policy

Last updated 21st May 2023

This Cookie Policy explains now BullionPrices ("Company," 'We," "us," and "our") uses cookies and similar tecnnologies to recognize you wnen you visit our website at bullionprices.co.uk ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently as well as to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, BullionPrices) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.

Why do we use cookies?

We use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.

How can I control cookies?

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by selecting to accept or decline cookies when you first visit our site.

To update or clear your cookie preference, click the "Clear cookies and local storage" button below. This will clear all cookies and local storage and reload the page where you will be able to select your new preference using the cookie banner that will display on screen.

If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies.

The specific types of first-party and third-party cookies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described in the table below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit):

Essential website cookies:

These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.

Name
bullionprices_session
Purpose
Cookie generated by applications based on the PHP language. This is a general purpose identifier used to maintain user session variables. It is normally a random generated number, how it is used can be specific to the site, but a good example is maintaining a logged-in status for a user between pages.
Name
XSRF-TOKEN
Purpose
Cookie generated by applications to protect against cross-site request forgery. It is normally a string containing an encrypted CSRF token.
Name
CF_Authorization
Purpose
Cookie contains the user’s identity in order to determine authorisation to the service.
Service
CloudFlare

Performance and functionality cookies:

These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Website but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality (like videos) may become unavailable.

Name
remember_web_#
Purpose
Cookie is used to determine if authentication should persist between sessions.

Analytics and customisation cookies:

These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Website for you.

Name
_ga
Purpose
It records a particular ID used to come up with data about website usage by the user. It is a HTTP cookie that expires after 2 years.
Service
Google Analytics Privacy Policy
Name
_gid
Purpose
Keeps an entry of unique ID which is then used to come up with statistical data on website usage by visitors. It is a HTTP cookie type and expires after a browsing session.
Service
Google Analytics Privacy Policy
Name
_gat#
Purpose
Enables Google Analytics regulate the rate of requesting. It is a HTTP cookie type that lasts for a session.
Service
Google Analytics Privacy Policy
Name
_clck
Purpose
Persists the Clarity User ID and preferences, unique to that site is attributed to the same user ID.
Service
Microsoft Clarity Privacy Statement
Name
_clsk
Purpose
Connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording.
Service
Microsoft Clarity Privacy Statement
Name
CLID
Purpose
Identifies the first-time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity.
Service
Microsoft Clarity Privacy Statement
Name
ANONCHK
Purpose
Indicates whether MUID is transferred to ANID, a cookie used for advertising. Clarity doesn't use ANID and so this is always set to 0.
Service
Microsoft Clarity Privacy Statement
Name
MR
Purpose
Indicates whether to refresh MUID.
Service
Microsoft Clarity Privacy Statement
Name
MUID
Purpose
Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes.
Service
Microsoft Clarity Privacy Statement
Name
SM
Purpose
Used in synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains.
Service
Microsoft Clarity Privacy Statement

How can I control cookies on my browser?

As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.

What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?

Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enables us to recognize when someone has visited our Website or opened an email including them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within a website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to the website from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.

We partner with Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising to capture how you use and interact with our website through behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve and market our products/services. Website usage data is captured using first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies to determine the popularity of products/services and online activity. Additionally, we use this information for site optimization, fraud/security purposes, and advertising. For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement.

Do you serve targeted advertising?

Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our Website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. They can accomplish this by using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you. The information collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details, or other details that directly identify you unless you choose to provide these.

Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to your website or other websites.

Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet.

You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings.

How often will you update this Cookie Policy?

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.

Where can I get further information?

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at [email protected]