Cookie Policy

About cookies

Cookies are small packets of information stored by a web browser on your computer.

There are two main types of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies

Session cookies are removed from your computer when you close your browser and are mainly used, for example, to store information about the items in your shopping basket.

Conversely, persistent cookies remain stored on your computer until they are deleted or when they reach their expiry date. This type of cookie is often used to anonymously track your activity on a website so the website owner can analyse the data to see if there are ways they can improve their website.

There are many reasons why a website may use cookies, however, the important thing to know about them is they are harmless.

Cookies used by Prosell

Like every other website on the Internet, we also use cookies. We mainly use them to help us understand how our website is performing. We certainly do not store any personal information, like your name or address.

As there are only a few cookies used on this website, we have listed them all here.

ExpressionEngine

Prosell uses a Content Management System called ExpressionEngine, which installs a number of cookies to track a user’s session, when they last visited or did something on the site.  

tracker

  • Duration: End of session.
  • Description: Contains the last 5 pages viewed. Typically used to return you to a page after receiving an error message.

last_visit

  • Duration: 1 year.
  • Description:  Date of the user’s last visit. Can be shown as a statistic for members and used by the forum to show unread topics for both members and guests.

last_activity

  • Duration: 1 year.
  • Description: Records the time of the last page load. Used in conjunction with the last_visit cookie.

cookies_allowed

  • Duration: 1 year.
  • Description: Indicates whether the user has given consent for cookies to be set.

Other cookies

screensize

  • Duration: End of session.
  • Description: Records the size of your browser window to determine if you are using a mobile device. If you are then this website will deliver content, like images, optimised for mobile devices to provide a better user experience.

Google Analytics

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Prosell use Google Analytics to monitor traffic levels, search queries and visits to this website. Google Analytics stores IP address (anonymously) on its servers in the United States, and neither Prosell or Google associate your IP address with any personally identifiable information.

A mixture of both persistent and session cookies are used to enable Google to determine whether you are a return visitor to this site and to track the pages that you visit during your session.

More information about Google’s cookie policy can be read at www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html and  you can read more detailed information about each cookie used by Google Analytics.

Disqus

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We use the Disqus commenting system on our pages to let you leave comments, and engage in discussions around the subjects on our site. The cookies set by Disqus enable login functionality.

More information about Disqus’s cookie policy can be read at http://help.disqus.com/customer/portal/articles/466259-privacy-policy

Candii

Candii is tracking software, like Google Analytics, that helps us better understand the visitors to our website.

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  • Duration: This cookie is held for a 10-year duration
  • Description: This is the User Identification cookie.  This holds a unique (32-character) reference which identifies this visitor each time that they return to your site

CAN_FCld

  • Duration: This cookie is held for a 10-year duration
  • Description: This is the User Identification cookie.  This holds a unique (32-character) reference which identifies this visitor each time that they return to your site

CAN_SId

  • Duration: This cookie is held for 30-minutes
  • Description: This is the Session Identification cookie.  This holds a unique (32-character) reference which allows CANDDi to relate all the current tracking to a single Session

CAN_qs_tabmin

  • Duration: This cookie is held for the duration of the user’s session
  • Description: This records the current state of the CANDDi Capture pop-up window

Refusing cookies

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies, however, blocking cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of some websites.

Managing cookies for each browser differs, so we have provided links to more detailed information for some of the more popular browsers: