Our Cookie Policy
No hidden surprises!
Use of cookies by SAM
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer by websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites work or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the site's owners. The tables below explain the cookies we use and why.
Our essential cookies are on by default because our website just won’t work without them. Turning on our Non-Essential cookies makes your website experience smoother, helps us make improvements for visitors like you, and GDPR protects the data, so you're in safe hands.
Essential cookies
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Cookie Name
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What does it do?
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When is it deleted?
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| traffic-log | An anonymised identification cookie is used to associate unique page views by a single visitor across multiple site visits. | 365 days |
| PHPSESSID | A session cookie, also known as a transient cookie, is a temporary cookie that's erased from your device once you close your web browser. Session cookies are typically used to maintain user-specific information during a single visit to a website, such as login credentials or items in a shopping cart. | When you close your browser. |
| _cookie-preferences | This cookie is used to remember your choice about cookies on our website. | 365 days |
| device-key | Account security key for your visit to protect against fraudulent attacks. | 10 years |
Analytics cookies
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Cookie Name
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What does it do?
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When is it deleted?
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| _ga* | Every time a user visits a webpage, the tracking code will collect pseudonymous information about how that user interacted with the page. It could show how many users visited one page versus another or how many users who visited a conveyancing page went on to request a quote. The measurement code will also collect information from the browser, such as the language setting, the type of browser (such as Chrome or Safari), and the device and operating system on which the browser is running. It can even collect the “traffic source,” which brought users to the site in the first place. This might be a search engine, an advertisement they clicked on, or an email marketing campaign. | 425 days |
* indicates various cookies that contain additional letters, numbers or characters in their name.
If you have enabled Ads Personalisation from your Google account, Google Signals is able to give us a holistic view of how you interact with our site from multiple browsers and multiple devices. This allows us to accurately see how users are interacting with our site, so we can better improve your user experience. You can customise your ads experience, and delete your activity from your Google account.
How do I change my cookie settings?
You can change your cookie preferences anytime by clicking the Cookies button in the footer menu. You can then adjust the available sliders to ‘On’ or ‘Off’, and this will automatically update your cookie preferences. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect.
Alternatively, most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To learn more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org. Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer's website. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
