What cookies Mortgage Advice Bureau use and why
Cookies are small text files, which often include a unique identifier that is sent by a web server to your computer, mobile phone or any other internet enabled device (“device”) when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used in order to make websites work efficiently and help provide us with business and marketing information to enable us to make informed decisions on the development of our websites.
We use the following types of cookies:
- Essential - Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
- Performance - Performance cookies help owners understand how the website is used by visitors. This information can then be used to improve the way the website works.
- Preference - Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.
- Statistics - Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
- Marketing - Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.
Name |
Description |
Purpose |
Type |
.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.# |
Used to help prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. |
Essential |
Session |
.AspNetCore.Mvc.CookieTemp |
Used to preserve the visitor's session state across page requests. |
Essential |
Session |
_cf_bm |
Used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website to make valid reports on the use of their website. |
Essential |
1 day |
_grecaptcha |
Used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. |
Essential |
Persistent |
_GRECAPTCHA
|
Used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. |
Essential |
179 days |
ARRAffinity |
Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times. |
Essential |
Session |
ARRAffinitySameSite |
Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times. |
Essential |
Session |
ASP.NET_SessionId
|
Used to preserve the visitor's session state across page requests |
Essential |
Session |
AWSALB |
Used to register which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience. |
Essential |
7 days |
AWSALBCORS |
Used to register which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience. |
Essential |
7 days |
AWSALBTG |
Used to register which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience. |
Essential |
7 days |
AWSALBTGCORS |
Used to register which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience. |
Essential |
6 days |
AWSELBCORS |
Used to register which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience. |
Essential |
Session |
CONSENT |
Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website. |
Essential |
2 years |
CookieConsent |
Used to store the user's cookie consent state for the current domain |
Essential |
1 year |
optimizelyRumLB |
Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times. |
Essential |
Session |
FontsLoaded |
Used to keep track of special fonts used on the website for internal analysis. The cookie does not register any visitor data. |
Essential |
Session |
rc::a |
Used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. |
Essential |
Persistent |
rc::b |
Used to distinguish between humans and bots. |
Essential |
Session |
rc::c |
Used to distinguish between humans and bots. |
Essential |
Session |
rc::f |
Used to distinguish between humans and bots. |
Essential |
Persistent |
UMB_SESSION |
Used to store the domain prefix to determine whether it holds https or http URL properties. |
Essential |
Session |
_yfpc |
Used as a website search tool |
Essential |
3 months |
shadowId |
Used as a web version of an Affordability Calculator tool. |
Essential |
Persistent |
cookieId |
Used to assign a specific ID to the visitor. This allows the website to determine the number of specific user-visits for analysis and statistics. |
Statistics |
3 months |
https://#_oeu#.#$$event_queue |
Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses |
Statistics |
Persistent |
https://#_oeu#.#$$layer_states |
Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses |
Statistics |
Persistent |
https://#_oeu#.#$$session_state |
Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses |
Statistics |
Persistent |
https://#_oeu#.#$$tracker_optimizely |
Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses |
Statistics |
Persistent |
https://#_oeu#.#$$variation_map |
Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses |
Statistics |
Persistent |
https://#_oeu#.#$$visitor_profile |
Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses |
Statistics |
Persistent |
https://www.mortgageadvicebureau.com_pending_events |
Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses |
Statistics |
Persistent |
optimizely_data$$pending_events |
Used to make split-tests on the website, which optimizes the website's relevance towards the visitor – the cookie can also be set to improve the visitor's experience on a website. |
Statistics |
Persistent |
optimizelyEndUserId |
Used to measure how selected users react to targeted changes to the website's content and functionality, in order to determine what variation is most efficacious in terms of converting users to customers. |
Statistics |
179 days |
vuid |
Used to collect data on the user's visits to the website, such as which pages have been read. |
Statistics |
399 days |
optimizely_data$$#$$event_queue |
Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses |
Marketing |
Persistent |
optimizely_data$$#$$events |
Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses |
Marketing |
Persistent |
optimizely_data$$#$$layer_states |
Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses |
Marketing |
Persistent |
optimizely_data$$#$$session_state |
Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses |
Marketing |
Persistent |
optimizely_data$$#$$tracker_optimizely |
Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses |
Marketing |
Persistent |
optimizely_data$$#$$variation_map |
Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses |
Marketing |
Persistent |
optimizely_data$$#$$visitor_profile |
Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses |
Marketing |
Persistent |
optimizelyDomainTestCookie |
Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses |
Marketing |
Persistent |
optimizelyDomainTestCookie |
Used to track the conversion rate between the user and the advertisement banners on the website - This serves to optimise the relevance of the advertisements on the website. |
Marketing |
179 days |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
Used to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. |
Marketing |
179 days |
YSC |
Used by YouTube to log statistics on what YouTube videos the user has seen |
Marketing |
Session |
ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY |
Used to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
Marketing |
Persistent |
yt-remote-cast-available |
Used to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
Marketing |
Session |
yt-remote-cast-installed |
Used to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
Marketing |
Session |
yt-remote-connected-devices |
Used to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
Marketing |
Persistent |
yt-remote-device-id |
Used to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
Marketing |
Persistent |
yt-remote-fast-check-period |
Used to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
Marketing |
Session |
yt-remote-session-app |
Used to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
Marketing |
Session |
yt-remote-session-name |
Used to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
Marketing |
Session |
How to withdraw consent to, control and/or delete cookies
It is possible to remove cookies or block them from recording this information. You also have the option of blocking third party cookies only.
This option is generally found within the Options menu then Privacy section of your particular browser. Each browser is slightly different and constantly updating.
For more information consult the Help menu of your browser. The links below provide information on *how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer's website..
This information has been provided to show our commitment to legislation regarding cookie awareness so that you can understand what cookies we use and why we use them. This ensures transparency in the data collected on you.
Further information
http://www.allaboutcookies.org
This policy was last updated 19th July 2023