Cookie Policy
This cookie policy explains how Choose You (‘we’, ‘us’, or ‘our’) uses cookies and similar technologies to recognise you when you visit our website, www.chooseyou.co.uk (‘website’). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them. Please refer to our privacy notice for details on how we process personal data.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used by website owners to make their websites work, improve efficiency, and provide reporting information. Similar technologies include:
- web beacons (tracking pixels) – invisible images that track interactions with our site
- JavaScript and local storage – used to enhance website performance and personalisation
- session vs. persistent cookies – session cookies expire when you close your browser; persistent cookies remain for a set duration.
When you first visit our website, a cookie consent banner will appear, giving you the following choices:
- accept all cookies – allows all cookies, including performance and targeting cookies
- reject non-essential cookies – only necessary cookies will be used
- customise preferences – choose which types of cookies you accept or reject
- disable cookies via browser settings – you can manage cookies through your browser, but this may impact website functionality.
By law, we cannot set non-essential cookies unless you have given explicit, opt-in consent.
How we use cookies
We use cookies for several reasons. Some are required for technical reasons for our website to operate, and we refer to these as necessary cookies. Others enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance their experience. Third parties also serve cookies through our website for analytics and advertising purposes.
Types of cookies we use
We use the following categories of cookies:
Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
| Cookie name | Provider | Type | Maximum storage duration | Purpose |
| _grecaptcha | gstatic.com | HTML | Persistent | Distinguishes between humans and bots. |
| _GRECAPTCHA | google.com | HTTP | 180 days | Unclassified. |
| CookieConsent | chooseyou.co.uk | HTTP | 1 year | Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain. |
| rc::a | gstatic.com | HTML | Persistent | Distinguishes between humans and bots. |
| rc::b | gstatic.com | HTML | Session | Distinguishes between humans and bots. |
| rc::c | gstatic.com | HTML | Session | Distinguishes between humans and bots. |
| rc::f | gstatic.com | HTML | Persistent | Distinguishes between humans and bots. |
Performance and analytics cookies
These cookies help us analyse site usage and improve user experience. We use Google Analytics and Hotjar for these purposes.
| Cookie name | Provider | Type | Maximum storage duration | Purpose |
| _ga | chooseyou.co.uk | HTTP | 2 years | Distinguishes users (Google Analytics) |
| _ga_# | chooseyou.co.uk | HTTP | 2 years | Distinguishes users (Google Analytics) |
| _gid | chooseyou.co.uk | HTTP | 24 hours | Distinguishes users (Google Analytics) |
| _gat | chooseyou.co.uk | HTTP | 1 minute | Limits request rate (Google Analytics) |
| hjSessionUser# | chooseyou.co.uk | HTTP | 1 year | Tracks user session (Hotjar) |
Statistics cookies
Statistic cookies help us to understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
| Cookie name | Provider | Type | Maximum storage duration | Purpose |
| hjSession# | chooseyou.co.uk | HTTP | 1 day | Collects visitor statistics such as number of visits and pages read. |
| hjSessionUser# | chooseyou.co.uk | HTTP | 1 year | Collects visitor statistics such as number of visits and pages read. |
| _hjTLDTest | co.uk | HTTP | Session | Registers statistical data on user behaviour. |
| hjActiveViewportIds | hotjar.com | HTML | Persistent | Contains an ID string on the session to optimise user experience. |
| hjViewportId | hotjar.com | HTML | Session | Saves the user’s screen size for image adjustments. |
Marketing cookies
Marketing cookies track visitors across websites to display relevant and engaging ads.
| Cookie name | Provider | Type | Maximum storage duration | Purpose |
| #-# | chooseyou.co.uk | HTML | Session | Tracks users’ interaction with embedded content. |
| __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | youtube.com | HTTP | 180 days | Unclassified. |
| ga# | chooseyou.co.uk | HTTP | 2 years | Tracks visitor behaviour across devices and channels. |
| iU5q-!O9@$ | youtube.com | HTML | Session | Registers a unique ID for YouTube video statistics. |
| LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | youtube.com | HTTP | Session | Tracks user interaction with embedded content. |
| LogsDatabaseV2:V# | youtube.com | IndexedDB | Persistent | Tracks user interaction with embedded content. |
| NID | google.com | HTTP | 6 months | Unclassified. |
| remote_sid | youtube.com | HTTP | Session | Required for YouTube video functionality. |
| ServiceWorkerLogsDatabase#SWHealthLog | youtube.com | IndexedDB | Persistent | Required for YouTube video functionality. |
| TESTCOOKIESENABLED | youtube.com | HTTP | 1 day | Tracks interaction with embedded content. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | youtube.com | HTTP | 180 days | Unclassified. |
| YSC | youtube.com | HTTP | Session | Unclassified. |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | youtube.com | HTML | Persistent | Tracks interaction with embedded content. |
| YtIdbMeta#databases | youtube.com | IndexedDB | Persistent | Tracks interaction with embedded content. |
| yt-remote-cast-available | youtube.com | HTML | Session | Stores video player preferences. |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | youtube.com | HTML | Session | Stores video player preferences. |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | youtube.com | HTML | Persistent | Stores video player preferences. |
| yt-remote-device-id | youtube.com | HTML | Persistent | Stores video player preferences. |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | youtube.com | HTML | Session | Stores video player preferences. |
| yt-remote-session-app | youtube.com | HTML | Session | Stores video player preferences. |
| yt-remote-session-name | youtube.com | HTML | Session | Stores video player preferences. |
| _fbp | chooseyou.co.uk | HTTP | 3 months | Used by Facebook to deliver ads such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. |
| _gcl_au | chooseyou.co.uk | HTTP | 3 months | Used by Google AdSense for ad efficiency. |
For further information regarding third-party cookie policies, see:
How to manage your cookie preferences
You can manage your cookie settings in the following ways:
- cookie settings modal
- browser settings: adjust your cookie preferences via your browser’s settings (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, etc.)
- third-party opt-outs: you can opt out of targeted advertising.
Your legal rights
Under data protection laws, you have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- right to access – you can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
- right to correction – you can ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data
- right to erasure – you can request deletion of your personal data where there is no lawful reason for us to retain it
- right to object – you can object to processing based on our legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes
- right to restriction – you can ask us to suspend processing in certain situations
- right to data portability – you can request a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format for your data
- right to withdraw consent – if we rely on your consent to process data, you can withdraw it at any time.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected].
Changes to this policy
We may update this cookie policy from time to time. Please revisit this page periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies.
If you have any questions about our cookie policy, please contact us at [email protected].
Last revised: 24 February 2025