Cookies Policy

What are cookies?

In common with the majority of comparable internet trading companies we use cookies on our website.

We, our Analytic Suppliers and Advertising Providers collect information about your use of our website through cookies. Cookies are information files stored on your computer, tablet or smartphone that help websites remember who you are and information about your visit. Cookies can help to display the information on a website in a way that matches your interests. Most major websites use cookies.

We mean by Analytic Suppliers companies such as Google Analytics and Virtual Website Optimiser

We mean by Advertising Providers companies such as Google, Facebook and Twitter. What cookies are used on this Website?

Cookies we use

The cookies we use on this website are broadly grouped into the following three categories:

Essential – Some of the cookies on our website are essential for us to be able to provide you with the service you have requested. An example of this would be a cookie used to enable you to log into your account on the website or which enhances communication between your browser and the website. The “preference cookie” described in the section “How can I reject or opt out of receiving cookies?” is also an essential cookie. You may not be able to use our website without these cookies.

We aim to use “essential” cookies only when necessary to enhance the functionality of our website. We do not store any personal information as a result of these cookies.

Third Party Analytics Suppliers – We use analytics cookies to help us understand how users engage with our website. An example of such a cookie is one that allows us to count the number of different people coming to our website or using a particular feature, rather than the total number of times the site or feature is used. Without this cookie, if you visited the website once each week for three weeks we would count you as three separate users. We would find it difficult to analyse how well our website was performing and improve it without these cookies. We do not store any personal information as a result of these cookies.

Third Party Advertising Providers – In order to try and ensure that the adverts you see are more relevant to you Advertising Providers use cookies to collect information about the types of things that interest you. These advertisements are only shown if you are a subscriber to the services of Advertising Providers. We do not collect personal details using these cookies.

How can I reject or opt out of receiving cookies?

When you first visited this website you will have been shown a message bar drawing your attention to the fact that this website uses cookies and inviting you to review this cookie policy to help manage your cookie preferences. If you do not manage your preferences despite this prompt a “preference cookie” will be loaded onto your computer confirming that you consent to us using the cookies detailed in this cookie policy, this “preference cookie” will remain on your computer for no more than 5 years.

If you want to reject the cookies we used after you have finished visiting this website you are able to do so by deleting the cookies from your browser. Your browser should allow you to prevent all or some cookies being stored on your computer in the future. For more information on how to delete or disable cookies from your browser please use the “help” function within your browser. By deleting the “preference cookie” the next time you visit this website the cookie message bar will appear again, inviting you to reconsider your preferences a further time.

If you only want to reject the Interest-Based Advertising cookies we store on your machine you can opt-out of receiving these cookies at any time by going to the Internet Advertising Bureau website at www.youronlinechoices.com and following the opt-out instructions.

Please be aware that disabling cookies may impact the functionality of this website.

Third Party Cookies

You may have previously accepted cookies from Third Party Analytics Suppliers or Third Party Advertising Providers. If so, some of those cookies are stored on your machine by those Analytic Suppliers and they collect data when you use our website. We have no control over those cookies or how those Analytic Suppliers use them. They are used to allow those Analytic Suppliers to provide a service to us, for example analytics.

For more information on these cookies and how to disable them, please see:

1. Internet Advertising Bureau website at www.youronlinechoices.com where you will be able to opt-out of receiving Interest-Based Advertising cookies from some of the third parties listed below.

2. The third party’s individual privacy policy listed below:

Third Party Suppliers	Description of Third Party Usage	Third Party Link
Third Party Analytics Suppliers
Google Analytics	Google Analytics provides data to us about the visits made to our website. That data is provided in an anonymous form to us	Privacy Link
Dotdigital (formerly Dotmailer)	Use their own cookie not related to our website when you click a link from a non-transactional email from us containing offers and information. This cookie provides data to us about the visits made to our website and is linked to your email address.	Privacy Link
Hot Jar	Hot Jar provides data to us about the visits made to our website. That data is provided in an anonymous form to us.	Privacy Link
Third Party Advertising Providers
TikTok	TikTok stores cookies which allow TikTok to provide targeted advertisements to you.	Privacy Link
Facebook	Facebook stores cookies which allow Facebook to provide targeted advertisements to you.	Privacy Link
Microsoft Advertising (formerly Bing)	Microsoft Advertising stores cookies which allow Facebook to provide targeted advertisements to you.	Privacy Link
Twitter	Twitter stores cookies which allow Facebook to provide targeted advertisements to you.	Privacy Link
Google Ads	Google Ads stores cookies which allow Google Ads to provide targeted advertisements to you.	Privacy Link
Linked In	Linked In stores cookies which allowLinked In to provide targeted advertisements to you.	Privacy Link
Payment Providers
Opayo (formerly Sage Pay)	Processes our debit and credit card payments via an external website. We do not store the details of your debit or credit card.	Privacy Link
Paypal	Processes our debit and credit card payments via an external website. We do not store the details of your debit or credit card.	Privacy Link
GoCardless	Processes our debit and credit card payments via an external website. We do not store the details of your debit or credit card.	Privacy Link
Other Providers
Optinmonster	Generates pop up offer messages on our website	Privacy Link

If you want to know more about how cookies work and how to manage or delete them, please visit the following website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie

We reserve the right to make updates and modifications to this policy from time to time. Please ensure you check this policy each time you access or use this website. We last changed this policy on 01 October 2021.

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile) when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognise your device, remember your preferences, and collect information about how you use the site.

Cookies are not harmful and do not contain personal information such as your name or payment details. They cannot access other data stored on your device.

2. Cookies we use

The table below lists the categories of cookies used on blockeddrain-quotes.co.uk:

3. Essential cookies

Essential cookies are necessary for the website to operate. They cannot be turned off. They are set in response to actions you take — such as progressing through the quote wizard — and do not store any personally identifying information.

4. Analytics cookies

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website — which pages are most visited, how long visitors stay, and where they come from. This data is aggregated and anonymous; we cannot use it to identify individual visitors.

Analytics cookies are only placed with your consent, which you can manage via the cookie banner.

5. Marketing cookies

We run paid advertising campaigns on Google, Bing, and Meta (Facebook). Marketing cookies help us measure whether someone who clicked on one of our adverts went on to submit a quote request. This helps us understand which campaigns are working and to spend our advertising budget responsibly.

Marketing cookies are only placed with your consent. We do not use them to serve you personalised adverts on other websites beyond standard advertising platform retargeting.

6. Managing and disabling cookies

You can manage cookie preferences in the following ways:

• Cookie banner — when you first visit the site, you will see a banner allowing you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can revisit this at any time by clearing your browser cookies and reloading the page.
• Browser settings — most browsers allow you to view, delete, and block cookies. Visit your browser’s help pages for instructions: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge.
• Google Analytics opt-out — install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of this website.

7. Contact us

For any questions about our use of cookies, contact:

The Lead Advisory Company Ltd
Email: info@blockeddrain-quotes.co.uk
Tel: 0800 123 4567
See also our Privacy Policy.