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
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- In this Cookie Policy, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions
have the following meanings:
- In this Cookie Policy, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions
“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
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- 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. - Our VAT number is GB356103226.
- 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. - We are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
- Our site is owned and operated by Amesmo Ltd, a limited company registered in England
- How Does Our Site Use Cookies?
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- 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. - 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. - 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:- Strictly Necessary Cookies
- Our site may place and access certain first party Cookies on your computer or device.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. - 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
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- 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): - 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. - The links below provide instructions on how to control Cookies in all mainstream
browsers:- Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en-GB
- Microsoft Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/278835
- 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) - Safari (macOS): https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411?viewlocale=en_GB&locale=en_GB
- Safari (iOS): https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201265
- Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-Cookies-website-preferences
- 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)
- You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your
- Changes to this Cookie Policy
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- 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. - 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.
- We may alter this Cookie Policy at any time. Any such changes will become binding on you
- Further Information
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- 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.
- If you would like to know more about how we use Cookies, please contact Us at