Use of cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
Google Analytics
When you visit scottoiler.com and our subsites we use a third party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone.
Google AdWords and other advertising services
The scottoiler.com website uses Google AdWords and advertising services. If you have reached our website via an advertisement, a cookie will be set on your computer. The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on an ad. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies can not be tracked through AdWords advertisers’ websites. The information obtained from the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for our marketing.
Cookies we use
| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
| Cookie Preference | CONSENT | This cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on the website. |
| Google Analytics | _ga _gat _gid collect |
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. |
| WordPress and Woocommerce | wc_cart_hash_# wc_fragments_# wp_woocommerce_sessions_# wc_cart_created woocommerce_cart_hash woocommerce_items_in_cart COUNTRY_VISITED_FROM |
These are navigational cookies that enable basic functionality on our website. They save what country-specific website you are visiting and what products you have added to your cart. |
| Youtube | PREF* VSC* VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE* remote_sid* |
We embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player |
| Marketing | ads/ga-audiences tuuid tuuid_last_update adm.sesh adm.usrmeta |
We place marketing cookies on your computer to serve you better advertising should you wish to do so. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging to you. |
How do I change my cookie settings?
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Link to the Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Platform: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/