Cookie Policy for Nationwide Produce PLC

What Are Cookies?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer, if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your device’s hard drive.

How We Use 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. By continuing to browse the website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

We Use The Following Types of Cookies:

  • Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services. These cookies expire after a browser session is closed.
  • Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. These cookies expire after a browser session is closed.
  • Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region). These cookies are stored on your device in between browser sessions which allows this information to be remembered.
  • Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third party providers such as Google services which Google Analytics, DoubleClick and You Tube for this purpose. These cookies are stored on your device in between browser sessions which allows this information to be remembered.

The Cookies We Use

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Cookie Name Purpose Expiry
Analytical / performance __utm.gif Google Analytics Tracking Code that logs details about the visitor’s browser and computer. Session
  _utma Collects data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. Used by Google Analytics. 2 years
  _utmb Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user accesses the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration of a website visit. 1 Day
  _utmc Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user leaves the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration of a website visit. Session
  _utmt Used to throttle the speed of requests to the server. 1 Day
  _umz Collects data on where the user came from, w hat search engine was used, what link was clicked and what search term was used. Used by Google Analytics. 6 Months
  _ga Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the website is used by the visitor. 2 Years
  _gat Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. 1 Day
  _gid Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the website is used by the visitor. 1 Day
  Collect Script tag used to send data to Google Analytics about visitor’s device and behaviour. Session
  pll_language Used to determine preferred language of visitor and sets language accordingly. 1 Year
Functional / Targeting GPS Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location.  1 Day
  IDE Used by Google Double Click to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. 1 Year
  PREF Registers a unique ID that is used by Google to keep statistic of how the visitor uses YouTube videos across different websites. 8 Months
       
  test_cookie Used by DoubleClick to test if the user’s browser supports cookies 1 Day
  VISITOR_INFO_LIVE Tries to estimate the user’s bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. 179 Days
  YSC Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what YouTube videos the user has seen. Session
  yt-remote-cast-installed Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. Session
  yt-remote-connected-devices Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. Persistent
  yt-remote-device-id Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. Persistent
  yt-remote-fast-check-period Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. Session
  yt-remote-session-app Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. Session
  yt-remote-session-name Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. Session

All cookies which do not expire once a browser session is closed will expire after varying timescales.  See above chart for more details.

Third Party Cookies

Third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are set by a website other than the one being visited by you. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.

We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including: Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & YouTube will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies:

(a) Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy

(b) Facebook – https://en-gb.facebook.com/policies/cookies/

(c) Twitter – https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-cookies

(d) Instagram – https://help.instagram.com/1896641480634370

(e) YouTube – https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=en-US

Blocking or Deleting Cookies

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser and from version to version.  You can obtain up-to-date information about how to block or delete cookies via these links:

(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647 (Chrome);

(b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);

(c) https://help.opera.com/en/latest/security-and-privacy/ (Opera);

(d)  https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);

(e) https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac (Safari);

(f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).

However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including strictly necessary cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

 

This cookie policy was effective from 1st May 2018

Last update to this policy was 3rd July 2022 and is subject to ongoing updates