Our Cookie Policy

A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier that is sent to your browser from a website and then stored on your computer's hard drive. Many sites, including Hillarys, do this whenever a user visits their website to improve the website experience for their customers, analyse and understand media performance and customers. Some or all of the cookies listed below will have been added to your device by visiting Hillarys.

Visitors have the opportunity to set their browsers to accept all our recommended cookies to ensure the best user experience.

For a more comprehensive guide visit www.aboutcookies.org. If you want to delete cookies on a mobile phone refer to your handset manual.

A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier that is sent to your browser from a website and then stored on your computer's hard drive. Many sites, including Hillarys, do this whenever a user visits their website to improve the website experience for their customers, analyse and understand media performance and customers. Some or all of the cookies listed below will have been added to your device by visiting Hillarys.

Visitors have the opportunity to set their browsers to accept all our recommended cookies to ensure the best user experience.

For a more comprehensive guide visit www.aboutcookies.org. If you want to delete cookies on a mobile phone refer to your handset manual.

Cookies information

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are cookies that our website needs to use in order to function and deliver content for the user 

 

PHPSESSID - PHP session cookie associated with embedded content from this domain allowing us to deliver our product images and videos for the user. 

AWSALB - Application load balancer which makes sure servers run

ARRAffinity -  It is used for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session.

ASP.NET_SessionId - To maintain anoymised user session by the server to ensure that the site is stable.

AWSALBCORS - This cookie is managed by AWS and is used for load balancing.

HILLARYS_SITEUSER_ID – allocates an anonymised user ID supporting the serving of content on site through Sitespect.

Affiliatetapcode - supports the serving of content on site through Sitespect.

JSESSIONID - The JSESSIONID is used to ensure that load balancers properly route communications to and from the correct client/server partners

ictf_il2491 This cookie stores a ‘number replacement source’ reference. The pattern part of the cookie name is a number the is an ‘intallation ID’ – and appears to be unique to each customer of the service.

ictf_master/testinfinitycookie/ictf_il249 -  This enables our phone system to function on site. This system is run by Infinity LTD and data is stored in the EU.

SSRT/SSSC/SSID – Sitespect is a tool that we use to serve content to the user in the best format. This data is stored in the EU.

antihacker_cookie - Data protection

_cf_bm - The __cf_bm cookie is a cookie necessary to support Cloudflare Bot Management

Cf-clearence - Used to verify user is not a bot; user/system has solved a challenge successfully 

css-cached - improves the speed of the website to deliver the best experience for users. Duration 1 day.

csrftoken - This cookie is associated with Django web development platform for python. Used to help protect the website against Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks. Expires after 1 year 

_C4AP (SIPersist) - Used to identify if the visitor is new or returning, includes historic activities such as when/if a chat has started, hotspot hit or conversion occurred. Duration persistent.

_C4AS (SISession) - Used to hold information about the Click4Assistance tools and proactive rules. Expires after duration of the session.

OptanonConsent - This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor.

OptanonAlertBoxClosed - This cookie is set by websites using cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information.

Performance Cookies

Our Performance cookies monitor site performance and follow user actions. These cookies do not collect identifiable user information – they obtain data anonymously and only use it to improve the performance of a website

test_cookie - This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange

IDE - cookies are used to show Google ads on non-Google sites.

MUID - This domain is owned by Mircosoft - it is the site for the search engine Bing.

cookietest - This cookie checks if the user has cookies enabled on their browser 

cd_user_id -  A unique ID that helps understand the performance of leads and sales. Duration 1 year.

_gat_gtag_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - This cookie is for use of Google analytics 

_pin_unauth - This cookie is associated with pinterest. It is used to track the usage of services.

_pinterest_sess - This cookie is set by Pinterest that collects statistical details to track the use of its services. - Duration 1 year

_fbp - Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers

fr- Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. - Duration 3 months 

lang - This cookie stores the users language preferences 

lidc - To facilitate data center selection 

personalization_id - This cookie tracks activities on Twitter for a personalized experience.

CONSENT -These cookies are used by Google to gain consent from users on their cookie preferences. The duration lasts while a user is using the website.

bcookie - Browser Identifier cookie used for diagnostic purposes.

YSC -used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages

SRM_B - This domain is owned by Mircosoft - it is the site for the search engine Bing.

UULE - Cookie used to geolocate search engine results to make sure advertising spend is spent in locations where customers can get appointments. Duration 2 years.

_ttp - To measure and improve the performance of your advertising campaigns and to personalize the user's experience (including ads) on TikTok. Information is stored in servers located in the United States, Malaysia and Singapore. Visit TikTok for further details.

_tt_enable_cookie - TikTok uses this cookie to comply with cookie consent laws.

Analytical Cookies

Analytical Cookies help us monitor site performance 

_ga - enables a service to distinguish one visitor from another and lasts for 2 years.

NID - This cookie contains a unique ID used to remember your preferences and other information such as your preferred language, how many search results you prefer to have shown on a results page (for example, 10 or 20), and whether you want to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on. Each NID cookie expires 6 months

_ga_LK86Y7S4QD - These cookies are used by Google Analytics to track user activity on the website. Expires after 2 years

_ga_J32JRLZY4W - These cookies are used by Google Analytics to track user activity on the website. Expires after 2 years

_gat_UA-3874421-1 - 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.

_gat - This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request rate - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes.

_gat_UA-3874421-1 - 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. / Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. 

_gclxxxx - Google uses this cookie to follow onsite conversions 

_gid - This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. It stores and update a unique value for each page visited

_uetvid - This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website.

_clck - This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity to store information of how visitors use a website and help in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected includes the number of visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.

_hjTLDTest - When the Hotjar script executes we try to determine the most generic cookie path we should use, instead of the page hostname. This is done so that cookies can be shared across subdomains (where applicable). To determine this, we try to store the _hjTLDTest cookie for different URL substring alternatives until it fails. After this check, the cookie is removed.

_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress - This cookie is used by HotJar to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie.

_CLSK - Track pageviews of a user in a session - Duration session 

Our Cookie Policy

Information supplied by cookies help us to provide you with a better online user experience of Hillarys and assist us to analyse the profile of our visitors. A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier that is sent to your browser for a website's computer and stored on your computer's hard drive. Any website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but, to protect your privacy, your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites. Many sites do this whenever a user visits their website in order to track online traffic flows.

Cookies record information about your online preferences. You have the opportunity to set your computers to accept all cookies, to notify them when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. Each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.

Hillarys Blinds will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you. You can use your browser settings to restrict or block cookies set by our website. If you decide you wish to do this simply use the help function in your browser. If you do decide to restrict or block cookies this may impact the functionality of our website.

For a more comprehensive guide visit www.aboutcookies.org. If you want to delete cookies on a mobile phone refer to your handset manual.

List of site cookies

Cookie NamePurpose

pluto This cookie tracks appointments made on the Hillarys website
pluto2 This cookie tracks appointments made on the Hillarys website
ASP.NET Session cookie It used to carry data across multiple pages of the site, that is necessary for these parts of the site to function properly. Usually this is used on multi-step forms retaining the data a user enters i.e. a checkout process or enquiry forms
affiliateCode This cookie is for tracking purposes and allows different telephone numbers to be shown on the Hillarys website depending on where the user comes from
affiliateTapCode This cookie is for tracking purposes and allows different telephone numbers to be shown on the Hillarys website depending on where the user comes from
carpetsVisited This cookie allows users who have visited a specific URL to see additional content.
Xaxis Display provider, discovering new audiences using a combination of supplier partner tech and first party data.
Appnexus Display provider, for the retargeting of tailored creative and messaging.

Partner: Experian Marketing Services

Cookie name: tuuid tuuid_last_update um

Hillarys uses Experian to make the content and advertising shown on devices that you might use or that may relate to the same household more relevant and useful. Experian may also provide insight reporting as part of their service. As part of this process Experian uses cookies and may receive information about the kind of device you use as well as your IP address, location data, device user agent string or information about websites where your device has previously displayed advertising. By using the Hillarys site, you consent to the processing of data about you by Experian for the above purpose and for the profiling of audiences bearing similarities to your data. You have a choice about whether or not you want your information to be used in this way and you can set your preferences by visiting www.experianmarketingservices.digital/cookieoptout . This won’t stop you from seeing content about our products and services when you visit our website, but it will mean that the content you do see may not be as relevant to you.

hjClosedSurveyInvites
_hjDonePolls
_hjMinimizedPolls
_hjDoneTestersWidgets
_hjMinimizedTestersWidgets
_hjDoneSurveys
_hjIncludedInSample
_hjShownFeedbackMessage

 Hotjar is an analytics and feedback tool that we use to understand how our website is used and improve usability. Hotjar sets cookies to help us track behaviour across pages and to control visitor polls. The cookies carry no personally identifiable information

_qubitTracker (Rolling one year)

Stores visitor's Qubit Id. 

These cookies allow us to personalise your experience on our website based on your behaviours and also allow us to carry out A/B testing to improve the website experience for everyone.

qb_permanent (Rolling one year)

Stores all persistent Qubit data.

These cookies allow us to personalise your experience on our website based on your behaviours and also allow us to carry out A/B testing to improve the website experience for everyone.

qb_session (30 min inactivity) 

Stores all session based Qubit data. 

 

Conversion linker 

The Conversion Linker tag sets ad click information in cookies named _gcl_aw and _gcl_dc, and uses the top-most domain and root level path.

fr

Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.

personalization_id

Twitter sets this cookie to integrate and share features for social media and also store information about how the user uses the website, for tracking and targeting.

Information supplied by cookies help us to provide you with a better online user experience of Hillarys and assist us to analyse the profile of our visitors. A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier that is sent to your browser for a website's computer and stored on your computer's hard drive. Any website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but, to protect your privacy, your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites. Many sites do this whenever a user visits their website in order to track online traffic flows.

Cookies record information about your online preferences. You have the opportunity to set your computers to accept all cookies, to notify them when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. Each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.

Hillarys Blinds will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you. You can use your browser settings to restrict or block cookies set by our website. If you decide you wish to do this simply use the help function in your browser. If you do decide to restrict or block cookies this may impact the functionality of our website.

For a more comprehensive guide visit www.aboutcookies.org. If you want to delete cookies on a mobile phone refer to your handset manual.

List of site cookies

Cookie NamePurpose

TradedoublerGUID
Tradedoubler 'cookies' are used to track sales back to any third party 'affiliate' who has sent traffic to the Hillarys website. The cookie contains no personal information, and allows Hillarys to remunerate each 'affiliate' seperately based on the volume of traffic they have provided.

TD_EH
Tradedoubler 'cookies' are used to track sales back to any third party 'affiliate' who has sent traffic to the Hillarys website. The cookie contains no personal information, and allows Hillarys to remunerate each 'affiliate' seperately based on the volume of traffic they have provided

Google analytics __utma, Google analytics __utmb, Google analytics __utmc, Google analytics __utmz, Google analytics __utmv, Google analytics __utmx.
Hillarys uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics sets a cookie in order to evaluate your use of the Hillarys site and compile reports. Google stores the information collected by the cookie on servers in the United States. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. By using the Hillarys site, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Double Click id cookie
A third party cookie set by media platform Doubleclick. The value recorded in this cookie is used in conjunction with Doubleclick ‘Floodlight Tags’ to measure the effectiveness of online marketing campaigns for Hillarys.

Doubleclick __gads cookie
This cookie is associated with the DoubleClick for Publishers service from Google. Its purpose is to do with the showing of adverts on the site, for which the owner may earn some revenue.

Yieldify (_iv, location, sale_ts, st, stc, tv, ujt, _visit)
Yieldify monitors user behaviour patterns to detect when you are about to leave our site. Once detected, a personalised overlay marketing message may invite you to leave your contact information. Yieldify uses cookies to anonymously identify you and record the frequency of visits to our site.

Invite (79030), Invite (79083), Invite (79404), Invite (79405), Invite (79406), Invite (79407)
This cookie includes users into the re-targeting pool and count conversions on Hillarys for reporting purposes and is therefore also used to exclude converted prospects from the re-targeting pool

Flash Talking
This cookie is used to ensure that users who have visited the Hillary Blinds site can be re-targeted through a media provider with a relevant creative based on their previous on-site browsing behaviour - what they have viewed previously, and to count conversions on Hillarys for reporting purposes and is therefore also used to exclude converted prospects from the re-targeting pool

Quantcast
This cookie is used to monitor the 'quality' of traffic being driven through the Networks various channels and count conversions on Hillarys for reporting purposes and is therefore also used to exclude converted prospects from the re-targeting pool

Tribal Fusion
This cookie includes a user into the re-targeting pool. It is also used to monitor the 'quality' of traffic being driven through the Networks various channels and count conversions on Hillarys for reporting purposes and is therefore also used to exclude converted prospects from the re-targeting pool

Specific Media
This cookie includes a user into the re-targeting pool. It is also used to monitor the 'quality' of traffic being driven through the Networks various channels and count conversions on Hillarys for reporting purposes and is therefore also used to exclude converted prospects from the re-targeting pool

_vis_opt_exp_EXPERIMENT_ID_goal_GOAL_ID,
_vis_opt_test_cookie, 
_vis_opt_exp_EXPERIMENT_ID_combi,
_vis_opt_exp_EXPERIMENT_ID_exclude,
_vis_opt_exp_EXPERIMENT_ID_split,
_vis_opt_out, _vis_opt_out_s
Visual Website Optimizer uses cookies to do testing. The cookies are used to keep track of the Variation that a user has seen, the goals a user has completed and even the fact the user has becom a part of the test or not.

pluto, pluto2
This cookie tracks appointments made on the Hillarys website

ASP.NET Session cookie
It used to carry data across multiple pages of the site, that is necessary for these parts of the site to function properly. Usually this is used on multi-step forms retaining the data a user enters i.e. a checkout process or enquiry forms

affiliateCode, affiliateTapCode
This cookie is for tracking purposes and allows different telephone numbers to be shown on the Hillarys website depending on where the user comes from

carpetsVisited
This cookie allows users who have visited a specific URL to see additional content.

Xaxis
Display provider, discovering new audiences using a combination of supplier partner tech and first party data.

Appnexus
Display provider, for the retargeting of tailored creative and messaging.

Partner: Experian Marketing Services, Cookie name: tuuid tuuid_last_update um
Hillarys uses Experian to make the content and advertising shown on devices that you might use or that may relate to the same household more relevant and useful. Experian may also provide insight reporting as part of their service. As part of this process Experian uses cookies and may receive information about the kind of device you use as well as your IP address, location data, device user agent string or information about websites where your device has previously displayed advertising. By using the Hillarys site, you consent to the processing of data about you by Experian for the above purpose and for the profiling of audiences bearing similarities to your data. You have a choice about whether or not you want your information to be used in this way and you can set your preferences by visiting www.experianmarketingservices.digital/cookieoptout . This won’t stop you from seeing content about our products and services when you visit our website, but it will mean that the content you do see may not be as relevant to you.

hjClosedSurveyInvites
_hjDonePolls
_hjMinimizedPolls
_hjDoneTestersWidgets
_hjMinimizedTestersWidgets
_hjDoneSurveys
_hjIncludedInSample
_hjShownFeedbackMessage
Hotjar is an analytics and feedback tool that we use to understand how our website is used and improve usability. Hotjar sets cookies to help us track behaviour across pages and to control visitor polls. The cookies carry no personally identifiable information

_qubitTracker (Rolling one year)
Stores visitor's Qubit Id. These cookies allow us to personalise your experience on our website based on your behaviours and also allow us to carry out A/B testing to improve the website experience for everyone.

qb_permanent (Rolling one year)
Stores all persistent Qubit data. These cookies allow us to personalise your experience on our website based on your behaviours and also allow us to carry out A/B testing to improve the website experience for everyone.

qb_session (30 min inactivity) 
Stores all session based Qubit data. These cookies allow us to personalise your experience on our website based on your behaviours and also allow us to carry out A/B testing to improve the website experience for everyone.

Conversion linker

The Conversion Linker tag sets ad click information in cookies named _gcl_aw and _gcl_dc, and uses the top-most domain and root level path.