Cookie policy
A cookie consists of information sent by a web server to a web browser, and stored by the browser. The information is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser.
First Party Cookies
Bikestyle’s website creates a number of cookies, referred to as “First Party Cookies” as they are specific to the host site that created them. All the first-party cookies created by the Bikestyle site do not store any personal or sensitive information, or anything that makes you personally identifiable to Bikestyle. First Party Cookies are used for essential functionality such as security when processing form data or for analytics which helps us use anonymous visitor data to gain a better understanding of how people use our website.
By using our website we’ll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on our website, but we have provided links on how you can set your browser to prevent cookies being created.
Cookie Message and Cookie closed
A Cookie Message may appear along the bottom of our website when you first open the site. This warns you that the site collects cookies and asks you to accept this. If you close this Cookie Message, our web server will create a cookie called “cookieclosed”. Cookieclosed is essential for remembering that you have closed this message and to prevent the Cookie Message from continually reappearing. Cookieclosed expires after 24 months from the initial ‘close’ of the message, after which the Cookie Message may reappear if you revisit our website.
Session IDs
Our web server may create a session cookie called PHPSESSID. This cookie is essential for your use of some of the interactive elements of our website, such as contact forms. It contains a session ID which distinguishes your visit to our website from any other visitors that may be using the website at the same time. When you leave Bikestyle’s website this sessional cookie expires.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information. Google’s privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.
Google Analytics, creates a number of first-party cookies, as described here:
| Prefix | Description | Expiry |
| __utma | a unique and anonymous identifying ID, which allows us to ensure that subsequent visits to our website are recorded as belonging to the same (unique) visitor. | Expires after 2 years. |
| __utmb | used to establish and continue a unique user session | Each time you request another page from the website the cookie is updated to expire after 30 minutes. |
| __utmc | works with __utmb to determine when to create a new session for a website visitor | expires when you exit the browser |
| __utmz | tracks how you found Bikestyle’s website and is used to calculate traffic and navigation within the website | |
| __utmv | relates to custom reporting segments |
We do not share the data that Google Analytics collects. We use the data that is collected in the following ways:
- to report, in aggregate, how our visitors find and use our website;
- to understand overall visitor behaviour; and
- to inform how we update and improve our website.
Most browsers allow you to reject all cookies, whilst some browsers allow you to reject just third party cookies. Blocking all cookies will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites. To opt out of our use of Google Analytics you may wish to consider using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Content Marketing
There is a cookie created called hittail_ok to monitor the popularity of content on our website. This cookie contains non-personally identifiable information and is deleted when you close your web browser. Every computer that accesses this website is assigned a different cookie that allows us to statistically monitor how many people are using the website. It allows us to determine the popularity of certain content. It does not allow us to track what content a specific person or device has viewed.
Third Party Cookies created by external services
Third Party Cookies are cookies created by an external service when you use a page on our website. These cookies are specific to the third-party’s domain and accordingly the data held in them can be seen and managed by the third party and not by us. We control whether or not we use the third-party service with our website, and how it is integrated and presented on our website. We do not have control over the cookies themselves. We carefully select 3rd party services to use on our website; ones that are not likely to abuse your privacy according to the terms of their privacy policies.
Google Maps
Our website includes Google to help visitors find our business address. Google Maps stores up to four cookies: khcookie, NID, SNID and PREF. Google Maps has its own its privacy policy, terms of service and cookies policy which can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy
YouTube video
We sometimes use YouTube services to host our videos. We may embed YouTube’s player so you can watch our videos without leaving our website. YouTube’s embedded player currently creates and updates two Flash LSO objects from s.ytimg.com. The LSOs are soundData (which appears to store volume setting preferences) and videostats (which appears to store performance-related information). We have no direct control over YouTube’s use of the data stored in this object. For more information, please read YouTube’s privacy policy.
Other cookies
If we add new services or make changes to our website that may create cookies on your device, we will update this cookie policy. Please check this page from time to time.
If you have any concerns about the cookies we create, please contact us by email at : marketing@bikestyle.im