Cookie Policy
We use cookies
Our website uses cookies. As per relevant legislation regarding electronic communications, all visitors to a website with cookies must be provided the following information:
- The fact that the website uses cookies
- What the cookies are used for
- How cookies can be avoided
What is a cookie?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on the user's computer. They enable a better, more tailored website experience for you as a user while providing us with statistics regarding the use of RoyalDesign.co.uk. Cookies do not contain your personal data and are not harmful to you as a user.
RoyalDesign.co.uk uses four types of cookies:
- Necessary cookies
- Analytical cookies
- Functional cookies
- Targeting cookies
The cookies mentioned above may also be stored for different periods of time. Session cookies are only active while you are on the website; they are deleted once you close your browser. Persistent cookies are stored in your browser even after you close it. They might expire and be deleted once a certain time has passed, or they might persist permanently until you, the user, delete them.
Why do we use cookies?
We use cookies in order to improve the user friendliness of the website for our visitors.
We use first-party cookies and third-party cookies on our website. First-party cookies are installed directly by us and used exclusively by us. Third-party cookies are installed by other websites, services, and/or parties. Such cookies are installed for analytical and/or marketing purposes. Data collected from these cookies may be shared with third parties, such as Google and Meta.
Some of the cookies on our website collect your personal data; please see our Privacy Policy for more information on how we might collect and use your data when you interact with us and use our website.
What kind of cookies do we use?
Cookies that do not require consent (necessary cookies)
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and therefore do not require your consent. They are mostly used to respond to your actions constituting a request for service, e.g. to set up your privacy settings, log in, or complete various forms.
Your browser offers settings to block this kind of cookie or warn you about them, but if they are blocked, certain parts of the website will not function. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
Cookies that require your consent
Session cookies (functional cookies)
Enable the website to offer improved functionality and personalised content. These cookies are installed by us or third-party providers whose services we have integrated to our website. If you do not accept these cookies, some or all of our services might cease to function.
Analytical cookies (Performance cookies, Analytics cookies)
We use Google Analytics, for example, whose cookies allow us to keep count of visits and sources of traffic. They help us measure and improve our website’s performance and help us identify our most popular and least popular pages as well as how visitors navigate the website. They do not directly store personal data, but they identify you via your browser and device.
Marketing cookies
These cookies may be installed by our advertising partners. This type of cookie may be used to create a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other websites. They do not directly store any personal data; they are based on a unique identification of your browser and device. If you do not consent to these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising on other websites.
If you would like to read more about the privacy policies of the suppliers of our third-party cookies, please refer to the supplier(s) in question.
Adjust your cookie settings
If you no longer wish for us to store your cookies on our website, you can always decline and withdraw your consent to some or all non-necessary cookies by clicking on the button in the bottom left corner.
You can also control cookies directly in your browser settings. For example, you can choose settings that make the browser block new cookies, delete existing cookies, inform you upon receiving a new cookie, or deactivate cookies entirely.
For more information on how to change your browser settings, please refer to the browser’s help page.
| Cookie Name | Lifespan | Hostname | Category | Description |
| _pinterest_ct_ua | PERSISTENT | ct.pinterest.com | Targeting Cookies | Third party cookie used when Pinterest are unable to match the user. It contains a unique UUID to group actions across pages. |
| wisepops | PERSISTENT | royaldesign.co.uk | Targeting Cookies | A technical cookie set by Wisepops, a tool used to displaying pop-ups, the cookie used for storing user session identifier in web application. |
| s_xxxx | SESSION | loader.wisepops.com | Functional Cookies | |
| _uetsid | PERSISTENT | royaldesign.co.uk | Targeting Cookies | This cookie is used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that may be relevant to the end user perusing the site. |
| _uetvid | PERSISTENT | royaldesign.co.uk | Performance Cookies | This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website. |
| ANONCHK | PERSISTENT | c.clarity.ms | Performance Cookies | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. |
| _clck | PERSISTENT | co.uk | Functional Cookies | |
| _ga | PERSISTENT | co.uk | Performance Cookies | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners._ga |
| _clck | PERSISTENT | royaldesign.co.uk | Functional Cookies | |
| _routing_id | PERSISTENT | www.pinterest.com | Targeting Cookies | |
| MUID | PERSISTENT | clarity.ms | Performance Cookies | This cookie is widely used my Microsoft as a unique user identifier. It can be set by embedded microsoft scripts. Widely believed to sync across many different Microsoft domains, allowing user tracking. |
| _clsk | PERSISTENT | co.uk | Functional Cookies | |
| _auth | PERSISTENT | www.pinterest.ie | Targeting Cookies | |
| IR_gbd | SESSION | royaldesign.co.uk | Unknown | |
| _fbp | PERSISTENT | royaldesign.co.uk | Targeting Cookies | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers |
| ai_session | PERSISTENT | royaldesign.co.uk | Performance Cookies | This cookie name is associated with the Microsoft Application Insights software, which collects statistical usage and telemetry information for apps built on the Azure cloud platform. This is a unique anonymous session identifier cookie. |
| _uetsid | PERSISTENT | co.uk | Targeting Cookies | This cookie is used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that may be relevant to the end user perusing the site. |
| _pinterest_sess | PERSISTENT | www.pinterest.ie | Targeting Cookies | These cookies allow users to share pictures via Pinterest / the ""Pin It"" button, and Pinterest can collect statistical information about usage of their service. |
| IR_15551 | SESSION | royaldesign.co.uk | Unknown | |
| _cs_nnnnnnnnnnnnn | PERSISTENT | royaldesign.co.uk | Targeting Cookies | This is a session cookie. This is a pattern type cookie where a random 13-digit number is appended to the prefix _cs_. |
| OptanonConsent | PERSISTENT | .royaldesign.co.uk | Strictly Necessary Cookies | This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor. |
| _uetvid | PERSISTENT | co.uk | Performance Cookies | This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website. |
| ai_user | PERSISTENT | royaldesign.co.uk | Strictly Necessary Cookies | This cookie name is associated with the Microsoft Application Insights software, which collects statictical usage and telemetry information for apps built on the Azure cloud platform. This is a unique user identifier cookie enabling counting of the number of users accessing the application over time.user |
| _cs_nnnnnnnnnnnnn | SESSION | t.contentsquare.net | Targeting Cookies | This is a session cookie. This is a pattern type cookie where a random 13-digit number is appended to the prefix _cs_. |
| gridItemCount | PERSISTENT | royaldesign.co.uk | Performance Cookies | |
| s_xxxx | SESSION | royaldesign.co.uk | Functional Cookies | |
| _gclxxxx | PERSISTENT | royaldesign.co.uk | Performance Cookies | Google conversion tracking cookie |
| _gat_gtag_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | PERSISTENT | royaldesign.co.uk | Targeting Cookies | Google Analytics |
| anj | PERSISTENT | adnxs.com | Targeting Cookies | This cookie contains data denoting whether a cookie ID is synced with an AppNexus partner. |
| _cs_nnnnnnnnnnnnn | SESSION | co.uk | Targeting Cookies | This is a session cookie. This is a pattern type cookie where a random 13-digit number is appended to the prefix _cs_. |
| _gat_UA- | PERSISTENT | royaldesign.co.uk | Performance Cookies | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. |
| _gat_UA-nnnnnnn-nn | PERSISTENT | royaldesign.co.uk | Performance Cookies | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. |
| _gd############# | SESSION | royaldesign.co.uk | Functional Cookies | This cookie contains no identifying information and is used for diagnostic purposes by Impact Radius, a service we use to track signup commissions for our affiliate program. We have categorized it under Functionality because it is necessary for the operation of our affiliate program. |
| SRM_B | PERSISTENT | c.bing.com | Targeting Cookies | This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie that ensures the proper functioning of this website. |
| _gid | PERSISTENT | royaldesign.co.uk | Performance Cookies | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited._gid |
| _pinterest_referrer | PERSISTENT | www.pinterest.ie | Targeting Cookies | These cookies allow users to share pictures via Pinterest / the ""Pin It"" button, and Pinterest can collect statistical information about usage of their service. |
| _clsk | PERSISTENT | royaldesign.co.uk | Functional Cookies | |
| b2b | PERSISTENT | royaldesign.co.uk | Functional Cookies | |
| _routing_id | PERSISTENT | www.pinterest.ie | Targeting Cookies | |
| _gd############# | SESSION | co.uk | Functional Cookies | This cookie contains no identifying information and is used for diagnostic purposes by Impact Radius, a service we use to track signup commissions for our affiliate program. We have categorized it under Functionality because it is necessary for the operation of our affiliate program. |
| SESSION | www.facebook.com | Targeting Cookies | ||
| _gclxxxx | PERSISTENT | co.uk | Performance Cookies | Google conversion tracking cookie |
| _fbp | PERSISTENT | co.uk | Targeting Cookies | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers |
| OptanonAlertBoxClosed | PERSISTENT | .royaldesign.co.uk | Strictly Necessary Cookies | This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information. |
| csrftoken | PERSISTENT | www.pinterest.ie | Targeting Cookies | This cookie is associated with the Django web development platform for Python. It is designed to help protect a site against at particular type of software attack on web forms. |
| _ga | PERSISTENT | royaldesign.co.uk | Performance Cookies | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners._ga |
| _pin_unauth | PERSISTENT | royaldesign.co.uk | Functional Cookies | This cookie is assocate with pinterest. It is used to track the usage of services. |
| uuid2 | PERSISTENT | adnxs.com | Targeting Cookies | This domain is owned by AppNexus Inc. The company provides a range of online advertising technology and services. |
| SM | SESSION | c.clarity.ms | Unknown | This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie which we use to measure the use of the website for internal analytics. |
| _clsk | PERSISTENT | rum21.dk | Functional Cookies | Microsoft Clarity Connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording. |
| MUID | PERSISTENT | bing.com | Targeting Cookies | This cookie is widely used my Microsoft as a unique user identifier. It can be set by embedded microsoft scripts. Widely believed to sync across many different Microsoft domains, allowing user tracking. |