Cookie Policy Canada – BestCompare

Cookie Policy Canada

Cookie Policy

Background:
This website www.bestcompare.com (“our site”) uses Cookies and similar technologies in order to distinguish you from
other users. By using Cookies, We are able to provide you with a better experience and to improve our site by better
understanding how you use it. Please read this Cookie Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your
acceptance of our Cookie Policy is deemed to occur when you press the Confirm button on our form. If you do not agree to
our Cookie Policy, please stop using our site immediately.

  • Definitions and Interpretation
    1. In this Cookie Policy, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions
      have the following meanings:

 

“Cookie” means a small file placed on your computer or device by our site when you visit certain parts of our
site and/or when you use certain features of our site;
“Cookie Law” means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003
and, where applicable, the UK GDPR;
“personal data” means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly
identified from that data, as defined by the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 (the “Data
Protection Legislation”); and
“we/us/our” means Amesmo Ltd trading as BestCompare, a limited company registered in England under company number
11520871, whose registered address is 20-22 Wenlock Road, London N1 7GU.

 

  • Information About Us
    1. Our site is owned and operated by Amesmo Ltd, a limited company registered in England
      under company number 11520871, whose registered address is 20-22 Wenlock Road, London N17GU.
    2. Our VAT number is GB356103226.
    3. Our Data Protection Officer is Wendy Anderson who can be contacted by email at
      wendy@amesmo.com, by telephone on +44 01274 010101, or by post at Amesmo Ltd, 20-22 Wenlock Road, London
      N1 7GU.
    4. We are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

 

  • How Does Our Site Use Cookies?
    1. Our site may place and access certain first party Cookies on your computer or device.
      First party Cookies are those placed directly by us and are used only by us. We use Cookies to
      facilitate and improve your experience of our site and to provide and improve our services. We have
      carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is
      protected and respected at all times.
    2. By using our site, you may also receive certain third party Cookies on your computer or
      device. Third party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than us. Third
      party Cookies are used on our site for advertising services. For more details, please refer to section 4
      below.
    3. All Cookies used by and on our site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law. We
      may use some or all of the following types of Cookie:

      1. Strictly Necessary Cookies

A Cookie falls into this category if it is essential to the operation of our site, supporting functions such as logging
in, your shopping basket, and payment transactions.

  1. Analytics Cookies

It is important for us to understand how you use our site, for example, how efficiently you are able to navigate around
it, and what features you use. Analytics Cookies enable us to gather this information, helping us to improve our site
and your experience of it.

  1. Functionality Cookies

Functionality Cookies enable us to provide additional functions to you on our site such as personalisation and
remembering your saved preferences. Some functionality Cookies may also be strictly necessary Cookies, but not all
necessarily fall into that category.

  1. Targeting Cookies

It is important for us to know when and how often you visit our site, and which parts of it you have used (including
which pages you have visited and which links you have visited). As with analytics Cookies, this information helps us to
better understand you and, in turn, to make our site and advertising more relevant to your interests.

  1. Third Party Cookies

Third party Cookies are not placed by us; instead, they are placed by third parties that provide services to us and/or
to you. Third party Cookies may be used by advertising services to serve up tailored advertising to you on our site, or
by third parties providing analytics services to us (these Cookies will work in the same way as analytics Cookies
described above).

  1. Persistent Cookies

Any of the above types of Cookie may be a persistent Cookie. Persistent Cookies are those which remain on your computer
or device for a predetermined period and are activated each time you visit our site.

  1. Session Cookies

Any of the above types of Cookie may be a session Cookie. Session Cookies are temporary and only remain on your computer
or device from the point at which you visit our site until you close your browser. Session Cookies are deleted when you
close your browser.

  1. For more details of the personal data that We collect and use, the measures we have in place to
    protect personal data, your legal rights, and our legal obligations, please refer to our Privacy Policy.
  2. For more specific details of the Cookies that we use, please refer to the table below.

 

  • What Cookies Does Our Site Use?

 

Advertising cookies:
These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the
same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases
selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.

Name: lastExternalReferrerTime
Purpose: Detects how the user reached the website by registering their last URL-address.
Provider: www.bestcompare.com
Service: Meta Platforms, Inc  View Service Privacy Policy
Type: html_local_storage

 

Name: TapAd_TS
Purpose: Used to determine what type of devices (smartphones, tablets, computers, TVs etc.) is used by a user.
Expires after 2 months.
Provider: .tapad.com
Service: Tapad  View Service Privacy Policy
Type: server_cookie

 

Name: _gcl_au
Purpose: Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their
services.
Provider: .bestcompare.com
Service: Google AdSense  View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie

 

Name: TapAd_3WAY_SYNCS
Provider: .tapad.com
Service: Tapad  View Service Privacy Policy
Type: server_cookie

 

Name: ga-audiences
Purpose: Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the
visitor’s online behaviour across websites
Provider: www.google.com
Service: AdWords  View Service Privacy Policy
Type: pixel_tracker

 

Name: TapAd_DID
Purpose: Used to determine what type of devices (smartphones, tablets, computers, TVs etc.) is used by a user.
Expires after 2 months.
Provider: .tapad.com
Service: Tapad  View Service Privacy Policy
Type: server_cookie

 

Name: test_cookie
Purpose: A session cookie used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies.
Provider: .doubleclick.net
Service: DoubleClick  View Service Privacy Policy
Type: server_cookie

 

Name: bcookie
Purpose: Used to optimize the range of advertising on Linkedin
Provider: .linkedin.com
Service: Linkedin Ad Analytics  View Service Privacy
Policy
Type: server_cookie

 

Name: SRM_B
Purpose: Atlast Adserver used in conjunction with Bing services. Expires after 180 days
Provider: .c.bing.com
Service: Atlas  View Service Privacy Policy
Type: server_cookie

 

Name: lidc
Purpose: These cookies are associated with a B2B marketing platform, formerly known as Bizo, which is now owned
by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. This sub-domain is connected with LinkedIn’s marketing
services that enable website owners to gain insight into types of users on their site based on LinkedIn
profile data, to improve targeting.
Provider: .linkedin.com
Service: LinkedIn  View Service Privacy Policy
Type: server_cookie

 

Name: _fbp
Purpose: Facebook tracking pixel used to identify visitors for personalized advertising.
Provider: .bestcompare.com
Service: Facebook  View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie

 

Name: lastExternalReferrer
Purpose: Detects how the user reached the website by registering their last URL-address.
Provider: www.bestcompare.com
Service: Meta Platforms, Inc  View Service Privacy Policy
Type: html_local_storage

 

Name: uetsid
Purpose: Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant
advertisement – This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same
advertisement.
Provider: .bestcompare.com
Service: Google Tag Manager  View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie

 

Name: _uetvid
Purpose: Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the
visitor’s preferences.
Provider: www.bestcompare.com
Service: Google Tag Manager  View Service Privacy Policy
Type: html_local_storage

 

Name: ANONCHK
Purpose: Used by Bing as a unique user identifier for users seeing bing ads
Provider: .c.clarity.ms
Service: Bing  View Service Privacy Policy
Type: server_cookie

 

Name: _uetsid
Purpose: Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant
advertisement – This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same
advertisement.
Provider: www.bestcompare.com
Service: Google Tag Manager  View Service Privacy Policy
Type: html_local_storage

 

Name: UserMatchHistory
Purpose: These cookies are associated with a B2B marketing platform, formerly known as Bizo, which is now owned
by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. This sub-domain is connected with LinkedIn’s marketing
services that enable website owners to gain insight into types of users on their site based on LinkedIn
profile data, to improve targeting.
Provider: .linkedin.com
Service: LinkedIn  View Service Privacy Policy
Type: server_cookie

 

Name: _uetsid_exp
Purpose: Contains the expiry-date for the cookie with corresponding name.
Provider: www.bestcompare.com
Service: Google Tag Manager  View Service Privacy Policy
Type: html_local_storage

 

Name: _uetvid_exp
Purpose: Contains the expiry-date for the cookie with corresponding name.
Provider: www.bestcompare.com
Service: Google Tag Manager  View Service Privacy Policy
Type: html_local_storage

 

Name: _uetvid
Purpose: Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the
visitor’s preferences.
Provider: .bestcompare.com
Service: Google Tag Manager  View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie

 

Social networking cookies:
These cookies are used to enable you to share pages and content that you find interesting on our Website through
third-party social networking and other websites. These cookies may also be used for advertising purposes.

Name: guest_id
Purpose: Used on Twitter to help display tweets on the site, monitor referral links, used to identify those
logged into Twitter and collect data related to the Twitter platform.
Provider: .twitter.com
Service: Twitter  View Service Privacy Policy
Type: server_cookie

 

Name: personalization_id
Purpose: Used on sites that share Twitter content and with Twitter share plugin. Persistent cookie that is set
for 730 days
Provider: .twitter.com
Service: Twitter  View Service Privacy Policy
Type: server_cookie

 

Name: bscookie
Purpose: Cookie used for Sign-in with Linkedin and/or for Linkedin follow feature on 3rd party websites
Provider: .www.linkedin.com
Service: Linkedin Ad Analytics  View Service Privacy
Policy
Type: server_cookie

 

Unclassified cookies:
These are cookies that have not yet been categorised. We are in the process of classifying these cookies with the help
of their providers.

Name: Priority
Provider: c.bing.com
Type: server_cookie

 

Name: Priority
Provider: c.clarity.ms
Type: server_cookie

 

Name: u_sclid_r
Provider: www.bestcompare.com
Type: html_local_storage

 

Name: _ttp
Provider: .tiktok.com
Type: server_cookie

 

Name: tt_pixel_session_index
Provider: www.bestcompare.com
Type: html_session_storage

 

Name: _tt_enable_cookie
Provider: .bestcompare.com
Type: http_cookie

 

Name: wpEmojiSettingsSupports
Provider: www.bestcompare.com
Type: html_session_storage

 

Name: guest_id_ads
Provider: .twitter.com
Type: server_cookie

 

Name: zukoVisitorId
Provider: .bestcompare.com
Type: http_cookie

 

Name: guest_id_marketing
Provider: .twitter.com
Type: server_cookie

 

Name: _ttp
Provider: .bestcompare.com
Type: http_cookie

 

Name: tt_appInfo
Provider: www.bestcompare.com
Type: html_session_storage

 

Name: zukoVisitorId-07aeab3e563d537c
Provider: .bestcompare.com
Type: http_cookie

 

Name: li_adsId
Provider: www.bestcompare.com
Type: html_local_storage

 

Name: _scid_r
Provider: .bestcompare.com
Type: http_cookie

 

Name: tt_sessionId
Provider: www.bestcompare.com
Type: html_session_storage

 

Name: _cltk
Provider: www.bestcompare.com
Type: html_session_storage

 

Name: u_scsid
Provider: www.bestcompare.com
Type: html_session_storage

 

Name: u_sclid
Provider: www.bestcompare.com
Type: html_local_storage

 

Name: _scid
Provider: .bestcompare.com
Type: http_cookie

 

Name: muc_ads
Provider: .t.co
Type: server_cookie

 

Name: Priority
Provider: www.google.com
Type: server_cookie

 

Name: MSPTC
Provider: .bing.com
Type: server_cookie

 

Name: sc_at
Provider: .snapchat.com
Type: server_cookie

 

Name: X-AB
Provider: sc-static.net
Type: server_cookie

 

Name: u_scsid_r
Provider: www.bestcompare.com
Type: html_session_storage

 

Name: Priority
Provider: bat.bing.com
Type: server_cookie

 

Name: _sctr
Provider: .bestcompare.com
Type: http_cookie

 

Name: li_sugr
Provider: .linkedin.com
Type: server_cookie

 

Name: AnalyticsSyncHistory
Provider: .linkedin.com
Type: server_cookie

 

  • Consent and Control
    1. You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your
      cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager. The Cookie Consent Manager
      allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential cookies cannot be
      rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services. The Cookie Consent Manager can be
      found in the notification banner and on our website. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use
      our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. You may
      also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. The specific types of first-
      and third-party cookies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described in the
      table above (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online
      Properties you visit):
    2. In addition to the controls that we provide, you can choose to enable or disable Cookies
      in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable
      all Cookies or only third party Cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies but this can
      be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the
      documentation that came with your device.
    3. The links below provide instructions on how to control Cookies in all mainstream
      browsers:

      1. Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en-GB
      2. Microsoft Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/278835
      3. Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/microsoft-edge
        (Please note that there are no specific instructions at this time, but Microsoft support will be
        able to assist)
      4. Safari (macOS): https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411?viewlocale=en_GB&locale=en_GB
      5. Safari (iOS): https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201265
      6. Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-Cookies-website-preferences
      7. Android: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en
        (Please refer to your device’s documentation for manufacturers’ own browsers)

 

  • Changes to this Cookie Policy
    1. We may alter this Cookie Policy at any time. Any such changes will become binding on you
      on your first use of our site after the changes have been made. You are therefore advised to check this
      page from time to time.
    2. In the event of any conflict between the current version of this Cookie Policy and any
      previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless it is expressly stated
      otherwise.

 

  • Further Information
    1. If you would like to know more about how we use Cookies, please contact Us at
      wendy@amesmo.com, by telephone on +44 01274 010101, or by post at Amesmo Ltd, 20-22 Wenlock Road, London
      N1 7GU.