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How do we use cookies?
Some of our web pages use cookies. Details of the cookies used across all of our websites can be found below.
Cookies used by this site
PATROL Website
www.patrol-uk.info
Name of cookie | Purpose |
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patrolsession | Session cookie for the website. |
pll_language | This cookie is used to determine the preferred language of the visitor and sets the language accordingly on the website, if possible. |
patrol_PM_XTk | Used to distinguish logged in users and non-logged in visitors |
patrol_dnyUzmGvhIJbREuj | Used to distinguish logged in users and non-logged in visitors |
patrol_jtbIZ-iUaE | Used to distinguish logged in users and non-logged in visitors |
patrol_zitRUCBArdKcj | Used to distinguish logged in users and non-logged in visitors |
cookie_notice_accepted | To verify if a visitor has acknowledged that this site uses cookies to store data. |
Third-party cookies
Google / Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, LLC.
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website.
Name of cookie | Expiry | Data Stored | Purpose |
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_ga | 2 years | Google Analytics Unique ID number | Tracking data for Google Analytics. Helps calculate unique visitor numbers. |
_git | 24 Hours | Google Analytics Unique ID number | Used to distinguish users. |
_gat | 1 Minute | Google Analytics Unique ID number | Tracking data for Google Analytics. Helps calculate visitor session length. |
Live Chat
This website offers visitors the opportunity to conduct a ‘virtual chat’ with one of the PATROL customer support representatives using LiveChat software. In order to provide this service seamlessly across the website, some cookies are required to be set by LiveChat (see below).
Name of cookie | Expiry | Purpose |
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__lc_cid | 2 years | Necessary for the functionality of the website’s chat-box function. |
__lc_cst | 2 years | Necessary for the functionality of the website’s chat-box function. |
__oauth_redirect_detector | 1 day | Allows the website to recoqnise the visitor, in order to optimize the chat-box functionality. |
@@lc_auth_token:# | Persistent | Identifies the visitor across devices and visits, in order to optimize the chat-box function on the website. |
_livechat_has_visited | Persistent | Identifies the visitor across devices and visits, in order to optimize the chat-box function on the website. |
side_storage_9485210 | Persistent | Set by LiveChat to help improve Livechat functionality. |
9485210:state | Persistent | Set by LiveChat to help improve Livechat functionality. |
Disabling / enabling cookies
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