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Cookies

Like nearly all websites, we use cookies in order to provide you with a more personalised web service. We are unable to operate all of the functionality of the site without using cookies.

A cookie is a text-only string of information that we pass to your computer's hard disk through your web browser so that the site can remember who you are.

Cookies, by themself, cannot be used to identify you. A cookie will typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the 'lifetime' of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number. For more information about cookies, please see www.allaboutcookies.org.

More specifically we use the following cookies which carry out the functions described:

 

Cookies
Use

comuto_cmkt[__id__][value] and comuto_cmkt[__id__][date]

This is a tracking code used to define the source of our traffic. “__id__” is a variable and can have different values.
CV_PUB_COOKIE This is a cookie for ID ads
CVWEB_SESSION This is a cookie to determine a session ID
CVWEB_MAIN_COOKIE or COMUTO_MAIN_ID This is a unique user ID (only if user is logged in)
PHPSESSID This is PHP session ID
hl This is the language parameter
__utma

This is a Google Analytics cookie and tracks the number of times you have visited the site.

__utmb and  __utmc

This is another Google Analytics cookie and calculates how long you have spent on the website in each session.

__utmz

This Google Analytics cookie tracks what search engine you have visited the site from and which search terms you used to find the site.

 

Under new legislation, we are required to obtain your consent to use cookies. As you have seen, we have a clear cookies notice on each page of the site. If you continue to use the site having seen the notice then we assume you are happy for us to use the cookies described above.

The cookies we use are designed to help you get the most from our website but if you do not wish to receive cookies you can easily modify your web browser to refuse cookies, or to notify you when you receive a new cookie. To change your web browser settings you will need to go to your advanced preferences.  However, you may not be able to use all the interactive features of our site if cookies are disabled, and so in order to enjoy the site to the full, we recommend that you leave them switched on. For further instructions on how to stop cookies being installed on your browser, please see: www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies.

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