Mercatalyst Cookie Policy
This policy should be read together with our privacy policy which sets out how and why we collect, store, use, and share personal information.
Throughout our websites we may link to other websites owned and operated by third parties. These other third party websites may also use cookies or similar technologies in accordance with their own separate policies. For privacy information relating to these other third party websites, please consult their policies as appropriate.
Browsers support cookies and similar technologies (such as local storage and pixels) so that our websites can remember information about your visit and can use the information to improve your experience and to create aggregated anonymized statistics about usage of the site. Cookies may be set by the site you are visiting (“first-party cookies”) or by a third party, such as those who provide analytics or interactive content on the site (“third-party cookies”).
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are necessary for our website to function properly and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services such as signing in or filling in forms or where they’re essential to provide you with a service you have requested. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information. You cannot opt-out of these cookies. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but if you do, some parts of the site will not work.
| Domain | Cookie | Usage | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Used to store your session identifier so that we know who you are when you sign in. |
Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our sites. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around our sites, which helps us optimize your experience. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
| Domain | Cookie | Usage | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The main cookie used by Google Analytics. Enables a Google Analytics to distinguish one visitor from another. Each _ga cookie is unique to a specific website, so it cannot be used to track a given user or browser across unrelated websites. | |||
| Used by Google Analytics to persist session state. | |||
| The Google Analytics First Party Identifier. With FPID, Google is moving away from the _ga JavaScript-accessible cookie to an HTTP-set one, which is further secured with the HttpOnly flag. | |||
| The Google Analytics First Party Linker Cookie hashed from the FPID cookie that helps to measure user journeys across our websites more accurately. |
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. This enables us to personalise our content for you and remember your preferences. They don’t gather any information about you that could be used for advertising or remembering where you’ve been on the Internet outside our site.
| Domain | Cookie | Usage | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| This cookie is set when you dismiss a website alert message so that we don't show it to you again. | |||
| This cookie is set when you dismiss the alert to sign up with your email address when you first visit our site so that we don't show it to you again. |