Cookies Policy

A ‘cookie’ is a piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user’s computer by the user’s web browser while the user is browsing. When you visit a site that uses cookies for the first time, a cookie is downloaded onto your computer/mobile device so that the next time you visit that site, your device will remember useful information such as items added in the shopping cart, visited pages or logging in options.

 

Cookies are widely used in order to make websites work, or to work more efficiently, and our site relies on cookies to optimise user experience and for features and services to function properly.

 

Most web browsers allow some control to restrict or block cookies through the browser settings, however if you disable cookies you may find this affects your ability to use certain parts of our website or services. For more information about cookies visit https://www.aboutcookies.org.

What Cookies are we using on our site?

The cookies we use are either strictly necessary or optional.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly necessary cookies, also known as "essential cookies", ensure our website continues to function properly. These cookies are crucial for certain core functions such as keeping our website secure by making sure the website is only accessed by genuine users and not 'bots'.

Unlike other types of cookies which are used for analytics and advertising etc, strictly necessary cookies do not require user consent because they are vital for the safety and functionality of the website.

We've listed the categories of the strictly necessary cookies we use below.

Cookie Key Domain Path Cookie Type Expiration Description
reCAPTCHA (_GRECAPTCHA) www.google.com /recaptcha Third-Party 6 months Google reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis

Performance Cookies

In order to help Lantra to monitor and improve the performance of our website, we use the well-established platform of Google Analytics throughout our website.

 

Using Google Analytics helps us ensure that our website is performing to a high standard, ensuring that when you use our website it runs as smoothly as possible. They also help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around our site.

 

All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.

 

If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when a visitor has come to the site and will not be able to monitor its performance and make improvements.

Cookie Key Domain Path Cookie Type Expiration Description
_gid lantra.co.uk / First-Party 1 day This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores and updates a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track pageviews
_gat_UA-68810700-1 lantra.co.uk / First-Party 58 seconds 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 of website it relates to. It is a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.
_ga lantra.co.uk / First-Party 1 year 1 month This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a signficant 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.
_ga_71EPEBPLZW lantra.co.uk / First-Party 1 year 1 month This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state

Other Cookies - Marketing

Cookie Key Domain Path Cookie Type Expiration Description and Purpose
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA YouTube / Third-Party 6 months Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain
.AspNetCore.Antiforgery www.lantra.co.uk / First-party Session To prevent CSRF attacks, Antiforgery tokens are generated on the server side and are unique to each user session. 
.AspNetCore.Mvc.CookieTempDataProvider www.lantra.co.uk / First-party Session To store data between requests. It’s set by ASP.NET Core.
_hjSession_{site_id} www.lantra.co.uk / First-party 30 minutes and 1 year This cookie ensures the Hotjar Tracking Code functions correctly for heatmaps, allowing us to see trends on the website and improve user experience