Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy

Whilst using the our web site, some information is collected automatically using ‘cookies’ or local storage.

Rentex use cookies on our website to help us provide visitors with the best possible online experience. If you continue to browse our hyco website we assume that you are happy for your web browser to receive all cookies served by our site.

Cookie Policy What are cookies ?

A cookie is a small text file that is sent to your web browser and stored in the memory of your device when you visit a website. Cookies are useful because they enable collection of user data and analysis of how the website is being used by visitors, to optimize and create the best possible visitor experience to a site.

Some cookies are temporary to your browsing session and deleted every time you close your browser. Other cookies remain on your device until they expire or you delete them from your device’s cache in your browser settings under delete cookies.

Cookies are divided into 4 main categories

Category 1: strictly necessary cookies
Category 2: performance cookies
Category 3: functionality cookies
Category 4: targeting cookies or advertising cookies

Category 1 – Strictly necessary cookies / Our site uses this type of cookie

These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use it’s features.

Category 2 – Performance cookies / Our site uses this type of cookie

These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.

By using our hyco water heaters website and online services, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.

Category 3 – Functionality cookies / Our site uses this type of cookie

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features.

These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customize. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

By using our hyco website and online services, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.

Category 4 – targeting cookies or advertising cookies / Our site does not use this type of cookie.

These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisation.

However, we do have links to many other web sites. Once you access another site through a link that we have provided, it is the responsibility of that site to provide information as to how they use cookies on the respective site.

Cookie Name Category Purpose Type
PHPSESSID 1 Website Navigation Session (expires as soon as user navigates away from the Website or closes browser)
wc_session_cookie 1 Website Navigation Session (expires as soon as user navigates away from the Website or closes browser)
wp-settings-1 1 Website Navigation Session (expires as soon as user navigates away from the Website or closes browser)
wp-settings-time-1 1 Website Navigation Session (expires as soon as user navigates away from the Website or closes browser)
__utma 2 Google Analytics Persistent (expires 2 years after the last visit to the Website)
__utmb 2 Google Analytics Session (expires after 30mins)
__utmc 2 Google Analytics Session (expires as soon as user navigates away from the Website or closes browser)
__utmz 2 Google Analytics Session (expires after 30mins)
__qca 2 Jetpack Site Stats Persistent (expires 14 months after the last visit to the Website)

 

Browser Where to find information about controlling cookies
Internet Explorer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835
Chrome https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en-GB
Firefox http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Clear{b3b5127891deca571a5464b05174321cfd0e0083b1923679fd8b459cf0269d3c}20Recent{b3b5127891deca571a5464b05174321cfd0e0083b1923679fd8b459cf0269d3c}20History
Safari http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042
Opera http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/

 

 

For more information about a cookie policy and how to delete them, please visit the following links:

www.aboutcookies.org

www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies

www.ico.org.uk