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[Ibstock Plc] ("we", "us", "our") 
COOKIE POLICY 
Updated [06/01/2020] 
Our website ([www.ibstockplc.co.uk]) uses cookies and other similar tracking technologies, such as pixels, plugins, scripts, tags and device fingerprinting (which we collectively refer to as "cookies" in this Cookie Policy). 
We use cookies for many reasons, for example to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our website. This Cookie Policy describes: 
  • what cookies are; 
  • our use of cookies; 
  • how you can manage cookies used on our website; 
  • privacy; 
  • further information; and 
  • changes to this Cookie Policy. 
What are cookies? 
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer, smart phone, tablet or other electronic device if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your device's hard drive and some cookies may collect personal data about you. You can find more general information about cookies at: www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org. 
Our use of cookies 
We want you to understand the different types of cookies that are used on our website. We use a variety of types of cookies for the following purposes: 
      -  Strictly necessary cookies: these are cookies strictly necessary for the performance of our website, for example cookies that enables website content to be delivered securely and efficiently. 
      -  Non-essential cookies, which will include 1) performance cookies: these cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. 2) Functionality cookies: these cookies are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region). 3) Targeting and marketing cookies: these cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose, so that when you are on another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website. We may also show you advertising on our website based on your browsing patterns on other websites that we have obtained from our advertising partners.] 
You can find more information about the individual non-essential cookies we use on our website and the purposes for which we use them in the table below: 
Name 
Description 
Category 
Expiry 
has_js 
The has_js cookie is used to determine whether the user's browser has enabled javascript or not. 
Strictly necessary 
End of browser session 
_ga 
Used to distinguish users. 
Optional 
2 years 
_gid 
Used to distinguish users. 
Optional 
24 hours 
_gat 
Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_ 
. 
Optional 
1 minute 
AMP_TOKEN 
Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. 
Optional 
30 seconds to 1 year 
_gac_ 
 
Contains campaign related information for the user. If you have linked your Google Analytics and Google Ads accounts, Google Ads website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out. 
Optional 
90 days 
AWSELB 
AWS Classic Load Balancer creates load balancing cookie: used to map the session to the instance. 
Strictly necessary 
1 Day 
AWSALB 
Classic AWS load balancer first receives a request from a client, it routes the request to a target, generates a cookie named AWSALB that encodes information about the selected target, encrypts the cookie, and includes the cookie in the response to the client. 
Strictly necessary 
1 Day 
__CookieConsent* 
__CookieConsent cookie is a plugin used to comply with EU guideline. __CookieConsent* would replace with version of plugin for example __CookieConsentV110 
Strictly necessary 
90days 
.ASPXFORMSAUTH 
This attribute is used to specify the HTTP cookie to use for authentication. 
Strictly necessary 
End of browser session 
.ASPXROLES 
Cookies used to keep track of if the visitor has any permissions on the website. Only used for logged in users 
Strictly necessary 
End of browser session 
ASP.NET_SessionId 
SessionId what .NET Manages for maintaining session 
Strictly necessary 
End of browser session 
player 
Required and set by the .vimeo.com video on site. 
Essential 
End of browser session 
vuid 
Required and set by the .vimeo.com video on site. 
Essential 
End of browser session 
*Duration means the period that our cookies are installed on your device. 
To deactivate the use of third-party advertising cookies, you must contact the relevant third party or opt-out at browser-level (as discussed below) to manage the use of these types of cookies. 
How to manage cookies on our website 
Cookies do lots of jobs on our website. However, most browsers allow you to disable them if you would like to. You can also disable certain non-essential cookies that are placed on your device when you access our website by clicking the 'Cookie Settings' link at the bottom of each web page on our website, or by clicking here. If you disable cookies, you may find that you have a less personalised experience on our website and that certain parts of our website do not work at all or do not work correctly. 
Each browser is configured differently. To disable cookies via your browser settings, you should follow the instructions given by the publisher of your browser. As of the date of this Cookie Policy, these instructions are available for commonly used browsers through the following links: 
If you use Microsoft Edge: 
https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy 
If you use Internet Explorer: 
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies 
If you use Safari: 
https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21447?locale=en_US 
If you use Firefox: 
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences 
If you use Chrome: 
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en&hlrm=en 
If you use different devices, make sure you configure the settings of the corresponding browser according to your preferences. 
If you wish to opt-out of tracking by Google Analytics across all websites you can do so here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. 
Except for essential cookies, our session cookies will expire after your browsing session. 
Privacy 
We are committed to using cookies fairly and in accordance with applicable privacy rights. Our Privacy Policy can be accessed here. 
Further information 
If you have any queries relating to this Cookie Policy please contact us.
Our EU-based representative can also be contacted here.
Changes to this Cookie Policy 
If this Cookie Policy changes, the revised policy will include a new effective date and will be posted on this page. Please check back regularly to keep informed of updates. 

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