Website users & cookies
What specific information is obtained?
Our website does not collect specific, detailed information about you as a visitor to our site. Where information is gathered, we will inform you of this along with the explanation of why it is required.
Are any payment details stored?
Payment card details are used solely for individual transactions to which they have been provided for.
What information is retained?
Cookies and tracking software are used on a temporary basis and expire when the site has been left. These are used for purposes such as website improvement. Google Analytics is also used for the same reason of website improvement and understanding how you use it. This information is not shared with anyone.
By using the website, you are consenting to the use of cookies to retain session information for the purposes listed above. This information is held in your web browser and is removed at the end of your session. The personal information we collect and hold via Tracking software is the following:
- Browser used (Bing, Chrome, Internet Explorer etc.)
- Location (based on IP address)
- Gender
- Age group
- Site searches
- Device(s) used
- Frequency on Site
- Session duration (time spent on the site)
- Page(s) visited
- Page session duration (time spent on specific page)
- Web Surfing Behaviours
We currently use the following companies that may process your personal data through website usage. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google, Infusionsoft.
If you need to contact us, you can find the relevant details here https://dbsdata.co.uk/enquiries/
Cookies
We may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. They help us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalised service. Some of the cookies we use are essential for the site to operate.
| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
| ASP.NET_Sessionid (Identifies users session on server) | _aidcookie | Contains Affiliate ID |
| _contact_num | Contact number of current person filling in the survey | |
| _cookie | checking of input if valid | |
| _ega | age of user | |
| _qahash | Question answer hash | |
| _qt | Value to determine what part of the survey they are currently in | |
| _vh | Unique identifier for the person who filled in the survey on the site | |
| Google Analytics (uses cookies to provide meaningful reports about site visitors. They do not collect the user’s personal data) | _utma | Identifies users and sessions e.g.amount of visits (for each visitor), the time of the first visit, the previous visit and the current visit |
| _utmb | Identifies new sessions/visits e.g. page views | |
| _utmz | Stores entry point into the site – the traffic source of campaign that explains how the user reached your site. E.g search engine, search keyword, link from another site etc | |
| _utmx | Used for A/B or multivariate testing using Google web optimiser |
Please note that our advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no control.
You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser which 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.
Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon you visit our site.
Other Websites
Our website contains links to other websites. This privacy policy only applies to this website so when you link to other websites you should read their own privacy policies.