Cookies Policy

Last Updated: 14/12/23

1. This Website may place and access certain Cookies on your computer. Magnet & Steel Ltd uses Cookies to improve your experience of using the Website and to improve our range of products. Magnet & Steel Ltd has carefully chosen these Cookies and has taken steps to ensure that your privacy is protected and respected at all times.

2. All Cookies used by this Website are used in accordance with current UK and EU Cookie Law.

3. Before the Website places Cookies on your computer, you will be presented with a message bar requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies, you are enabling Magnet & Steel Ltd to provide a better experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies; however certain features of the Website may not function fully or as intended.

4. This Website may place the following Cookies:

Type of Cookie & Purpose

  • Strictly necessary cookies - These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.

  • Analytical/performance cookies - They 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.

  • Functionality cookies - These 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). By using the Website, you agree to our placement of functionality cookie.

  • Targeting 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.

5. You can find a list of Cookies that we use in the Cookies Schedule.

6. You can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please see the help menu in your internet browser. You can switch off  Cookies at any time, however, you may lose any information that enables you to access the Website more quickly and efficiently.

7. You can choose to delete Cookies at any time; however, you may lose any information that enables you to access the Website more quickly and efficiently including, but not limited to, personalisation settings.

8. It is recommended that you ensure that your internet browser is up-to-date and that you consult the help and guidance provided by the developer of your internet browser if you are unsure about adjusting your privacy settings.

9. For more information generally on cookies, including how to disable them, please refer to aboutcookies.org. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your computer. 

Cookies

Below is a list of the cookies that we use. We have tried to ensure this is complete and up to date, but if you think that we have missed a cookie or there is any discrepancy, please let us know.

 

Strictly necessary & functional cookies - We use the following strictly necessary & functional cookies:

Description, Purpose & Duration

  • _acloggedin - Supports login by Scheduling client if the client has an account / Duration: January 1, 2025

  • _client_acloggedin - Supports login by Scheduling client if the client has an account / Duration: January 1, 2025

  • _dd_cookie_test - Tests if cookies are supported / Duration: Expires instantly

  • _dd_s - Tracks browser errors / Duration: Four hours

  • _dd_site_test - Tests if cookies are supported / Duration: Expires instantly

  • _grecaptcha - Shows when a visitor adds a product to their cart / Duration: Two weeks

  • CHECKOUT_WEBSITE - Identifies the correct site for checkout when checkout on your domain is disabled / Duration: Session

  • client_username - Remembers a logged in Scheduling client's username between visits / Duration: One year

  • clientUser - Stores the Scheduling client's username, OAuth2 Access Token, and OAuth2 Refresh Token. This cookie is required for functionality of logged-in clients / Duration: 30 days

  • Commerce-checkout-state - Stores state of checkout while the visitor is completing their order in PayPal / Duration: Session

  • Crumb - Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF) / Duration: Session

  • hasCart - Tells Squarespace that the visitor has a cart / Duration: Two weeks

  • Locked - Prevents the password-protected screen from displaying if a visitor enters the correct site-wide password / Duration: Session

  • orderStatusSessionToken - Authenticates a visitor who logs into an order status page / Duration: One year

  • PHPSESSID - Securely authenticates a visitor during their checkout in Scheduling / Duration: One month

  • RecentRedirect - Prevents redirect loops if a site has custom URL redirects. Redirect loops are bad for SEO. / Duration: 30 minutes

  • remember_client - Remembers Scheduling client’s login details if they have an account / Duration: 365 days

  • siteUserCrumb - Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF) for logged in site users / Duration: 3 Years

  • SiteUserInfo - Identifies a visitor who logs into a customer account / Duration: Three years

  • SiteUserSecureAuthToken - Authenticates a visitor who logs into a customer account / Duration: Three years

  • squarespace-announcement-bar - Prevents the announcement bar from displaying if a visitor dismisses it / Duration: Persistent / Type: localstorage

  • squarespace-likes - Shows when you've already "liked" a blog post / Duration: Persistent / Type: localstorage

  • squarespace-popup-overlay - Prevents the promotional pop-up from displaying if a visitor dismisses it / Duration: Persistent / Type: localstorage

  • squarespace-video-player-options - Remembers video player selected preferences ( volume, playback speed, and quality) for videos uploaded directly to Squarespace / Duration: Persistent / Type: localstorage

  • ss_cookieAllowed - Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing analytics cookies on their browser if a site is restricting the placement of cookies / Duration: 30 days

  • ss_sd - Ensures that visitors on the Squarespace 5 platform remain authenticated during their sessions / Duration: Session

  • Test - Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors / Duration: Session

  • TZ - Enables a Scheduling client’s appointments to display correctly based on their time zone preferences / Duration: Persistent / Type: localstorage

Analytical/Performance Cookies - We use the following analytical/performance cookies:

Description, Purpose & Duration

  • ss_cid - Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site / Duration: Two years

  • ss_cpvisit - Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site / Duration: Two years

  • ss_cvisit - Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site / Duration: 30 minutes

  • ss_cvr - Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site / Duration: Two years

  • ss_cvt - Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site / Duration: 30 minutes

Targeting Cookies - We use the following targeting cookies:

Description, Purpose & Duration

  • YSC - Third-party Cookie: This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos/ Duration: Session 

  • VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE - Third-Party Cookie - This cookie is set by YouTube to keep track of user preferences for YouTube videos embedded in sites;it can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the YouTube interface / Duration: 6 months