The GF Plant Spares Cookie Notice explains the types of cookies we use on the website, the information we collect using cookies, how that information is used and how to manage or review your cookie settings. For more details, see our Privacy Policy.
Cookies on GF Plant Spares website.
Our website uses first-party and third-party cookies. First-party cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. Necessary cookies are always required. Most browsers allow you to decline cookies, but if you elect to do so, some parts of the website may not display properly. You are free to delete cookies after your session, and your browser should contain instructions on how to do this.
Cookies can be grouped into four different categories.
- Strictly necessary cookies: are essential in order to enable you to navigate around our website and use its features. Without these cookies, we would be unable to provide you with the services you have asked for.
- Experience/Functionality cookies: allows our website to remember choices you make and help to provide an enhanced, more personal experience on our website.
- Marketing cookies: We use Google Analytics and Google Ads conversion tracking. These cookies are also anonymous, they won’t collect information to identify you.
- Statistics/Performance cookies: helps us improve our website and our online services. These cookies gather information about how our site is used, including which pages are visited most often. This helps us to provide a better user experience. These cookies are anonymous – which means that they won’t collect information to identify you.
Necessary Cookies
| Cookie Name | Type | Expiry | Description | More Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
wordpress_test_cookie | Strictly Necessary | Session (browser close) | Checks whether the browser accepts cookies. Contains no personal data. | WordPress |
Analytics Cookies
| Cookie Name | Type | Expiry | Description | More Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
_ga | Performance | 2 years | The main Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish unique users. Stores a unique client ID and tracks user behaviour across sessions. | |
_gid | Performance | 24 hours | Groups user behaviour across sessions; useful for understanding how users interact with the site during a single day. | |
_gat | Performance | 1 minute | Used to throttle the request rate — limits data collection on high-traffic sites to prevent the system from being overwhelmed. |
Marketing Cookies
| Cookie Name | Type | Expiry | Description | More Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
_gcl_au | Targeting / Advertising | 90 days | Set by Google Ads. Stores a unique identifier that links ad clicks to subsequent actions taken on the site. If a user completes a conversion — such as filling out a contact form — this cookie records the event. | |
_gcl_aw | Targeting / Advertising | 90 days | Set by the Conversion Linker tag via Google Tag Manager. Detects the presence of a Google Click ID (gclid) in the page URL and stores it in a cookie to attribute conversions to Google advertising. |