What is a cookie?
A “cookie” is a piece of information that is stored on your computer’s hard drive and which records how you move your way around a website so that, when you revisit that website, it can present tailored options based on the information stored about your last visit. Cookies can also be used to analyse traffic and for advertising and marketing purposes.
Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system.
If you want to check or change what types of cookies you accept, this can usually be altered within your browser settings. You can block cookies at any time by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
What cookies do we use?
| Name | Type | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| __cf_bm | HTTP | Used by simplybusiness.co.uk – used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. | 1 day |
| _grecaptcha | HTML | Used on the website by Google ReCaptcha to distinguish between humans and bots | Persistent |
| _GRECAPTCHA | HTTP | Used by Google to provide spam protection | 179 days |
| rc::a | HTML | Used by Google recaptcha to filter bots | Persistent |
| rc::b | HTML | Used by Google recaptcha to distinguish between humans and bots | Session |
| rc::c | HTML | Used by Google recaptcha to distinguish between humans and bots | Session |
| rc::d-15# | HTML | Used by Google recaptcha to distinguish between humans and bots | Persistent |