Cookie Policy
Our website, www.wiredplus.com, is operated by Wired Plus Limited (company number 10857413).
Where we use “we”, “our” or “us” in this notice, we mean (Wired Plus) unless we say otherwise.
Where we use “our site” in this notice, we mean www.wiredplus.com.
What are cookies?
Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit our site. Our site recognises those cookies on each subsequent visit, enabling our site to recognise you.
Unless you have adjusted your browser settings to refuse cookies (and details of how to do this are signposted at the end of this notice), our site will set cookies as soon as you visit our site.
How and why we use cookies
We use cookies on our site to:
- recognise you whenever you visit our site
- remember the notifications you’ve seen so that we don’t show them to you again
- allow you to navigate between pages efficiently
- measure how you use our site so it can be updated and improved to give you the best possible experience on our site.
The information we obtain from our use of cookies will not usually contain information from which you can easily be identified, such as your name. However, we may collect some personal data relating to your computer or another electronic device, such as your IP address, your browser and/or other internet log information.
In most cases, we will need your consent to use cookies on our site. The exception to this is where the cookie is essential for us to provide you with a service you have requested.
When you open our site in your browser a cookie pop up message will be displayed and this will ask you for your consent for non-essential cookies to be placed on your device. A record of your acceptance will be stored in a functional cookie for 1 year, after which the cookie will expire, and the cookie pop up message will be displayed again.
You may withdraw your consent or acceptance at any time by following the instructions for disabling cookies, signposted at the end of this Cookie Notice.
Cookies we use
We use the following cookies on our site:
Performance
First-party
| Host | Name | Description | |
| Lifespan | Path | Secure | Http only |
| wiredplus.com | _ga | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. | |
| 2 years | / | ||
| wiredplus.com | _gid | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited. | |
| a day | / | ||
| wiredplus.com | _gclxxxx | Google conversion tracking cookie | |
| 89 days | / | ||
| wiredplus.com | _gat_UA- | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. | |
| session | / |
Targeting/Advertising
First-party
| Host | Name | Description | |
| Lifespan | Path | Secure | Http only |
| wiredplus.com | wisepops | A technical cookie set by Wisepops, a tool used to displaying pop-ups, the cookie used for storing user session identifier in web application. | |
| 2 years | / | ||
| www.wiredplus.com | driftt_aid | This is the anonymous identifier token. It is used to tie the visitor on your website with the profile within the Drift system. This allows Drift to remember the information that this site visitor has provided through the chat on subsequent site visits. | |
| 2 years | / | ||
| wiredplus.com | wisepops_session | A technical cookie set by Wisepops, a tool used to displaying pop-ups, the cookie used for storing user session identifier in web application. | |
| Session | / | ||
| www.wiredplus.com | drift_campaign_refresh | This is the session identifier token. It is used to tie the visitor on your website with a current website session within the Drift system. This is enables session-specific features, such as popping up a messaging only once during a 30 minute session as to prevent a disruptive experience. | |
| Session | / |
Third-party
| Host | Name | Description | |
| Lifespan | Path | Secure | Http only |
| js.driftt.com | drift_campaign_refresh | This is the session identifier token. It is used to tie the visitor on your website with a current website session within the Drift system. This is enables session-specific features, such as popping up a messaging only once during a 30 minute session as to prevent a disruptive experience. | |
| Session | / | ||
| doubleclick.net | test_cookie | This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange | |
| Session | / | ||
| doubleclick.net | IDE | This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange | |
| 390 days | / | ||
| linkedin.com | li_sugr | This domain is owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. It typically acts as a third party host where website owners have placed one of its content sharing buttons in their pages, although its content and services can be embedded in other ways. Although such buttons add functionality to the website they are on, cookies are set regardless of whether or not the visitor has an active Linkedin profile, or agreed to their terms and conditions. For this reason it is classified as a primarily tracking/targeting domain. | |
| 89 days | / | ||
| linkedin.com | bcookie | This domain is owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. It typically acts as a third party host where website owners have placed one of its content sharing buttons in their pages, although its content and services can be embedded in other ways. Although such buttons add functionality to the website they are on, cookies are set regardless of whether or not the visitor has an active Linkedin profile, or agreed to their terms and conditions. For this reason it is classified as a primarily tracking/targeting domain. | |
| 2 years | / | ||
| linkedin.com | lidc | This domain is owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. It typically acts as a third party host where website owners have placed one of its content sharing buttons in their pages, although its content and services can be embedded in other ways. Although such buttons add functionality to the website they are on, cookies are set regardless of whether or not the visitor has an active Linkedin profile, or agreed to their terms and conditions. For this reason it is classified as a primarily tracking/targeting domain. | |
| a day | / |
Unknown
First-party
| Host | Name | Description | |
| Lifespan | Path | Secure | Http only |
| www.wiredplus.com | ln_or | ||
| Session | / | ||
| www.wiredplus.com | wisepops_activity_session | ||
| Session | / |
Third-party
| Host | Name | Description | |
| Lifespan | Path | Secure | Http only |
| snap.licdn.com | ln_or | ||
| Session | / | ||
| loader.wisepops.com | wisepops_activity_session | ||
| Session | / |
Where to find more information
You can adjust the settings in your web browser to determine whether (all) sites can set cookies on your computer. More information about cookies and how to manage them, specific to your browser, can be found at https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/.
If you have any further questions, comments or requests regarding our cookies notice or how we use cookies on our site, please contact us at DPO@idhl.co.uk and if you wish to make a subject access request please complete our DSAR Form on our website.
This version was last update on May 2018.