Whitmores Cookie Notice for Publicly Accessible Website Areas
Whitmores and its vendors use pixels, tags, scripts, cookies and similar technologies (together "Cookies") to make the website at whitmores.com (the "Website") more user-friendly, effective and secure. We also use Cookies for analytics and targeted advertising. This Cookie Notice should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy.
Cookies store data such as a unique identifier and your preferences in small text files managed by your browser. Other categories of Cookies use images or small pieces of code to send information about your use of the Website to us or our vendors.
We use the following categories of Cookies:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies are essential to the operation of the Website and cannot be disabled through our consent manager. For example, Strictly Necessary Cookies store information that you enter into forms on the Website. You can configure your browser to block these Cookies, but some parts of the Website will not work.
- Performance Cookies measure visits to and usage of the Website. Data from Performance Cookies is aggregated to help us understand which pages are most frequently viewed, whether users receive error messages from specific pages, and other metrics to help us improve the Website.
- Functional Cookies improve the functionality and personalization of the Website, for example, by storing your settings and preferences. Any analysis performed based on this information is aggregated.
- Targeting/Advertising Cookies help us and our vendors understand your interest and show you personalized advertising on the Website or on third-party websites.
We use first- and third-party Cookies. First-party Cookies are directly managed by us and send information only to us. Third-party Cookies are set by our vendors and send information directly to those vendors. We use session Cookies, which are stored for individual online sessions and deleted when you close your browser. We also use persistent Cookies, which are retained until an expiration date that is stored in the Cookie or are deleted by the user.
Legal basis of processing: We use the Cookies listed as Strictly Necessary based on our legitimate interest as a controller. We obtain consent for other categories of Cookies. Refer to the tables below for additional information regarding the purpose and storage periods of the various categories of Cookies used on the Website.
(1) Strictly Necessary Cookies
| Name | First / Third Party | Domain | Purpose | Storage Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| distributor-form | First Party | .whitmores.com | This cookie is used to determine whether a user has submitted their information to gain access to gated content. | 1 year |
| sitenotice7 | First Party | .whitmores.com | This cookie is used to determine if a user has closed a popup. | 2 weeks |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | Third Party | .youtube.com | This cookie is used to store the user's consent and privacy choices for their interaction with the site. It records data on the visitor's consent regarding various privacy policies and settings, ensuring that their preferences are honored in future sessions. | 5 months 4 weeks |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | First Party | sds.whitmores.com | General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written with Microsoft .NET based technologies. Usually used to maintain an anonymised user session by the server. | Session |
(2) Performance Cookies
| Name | First / Third Party | Domain | Purpose | Storage Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | First Party | .whitmores.com | This cookie is associated with Google Universal Analytics. It is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request and used to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data for site analytics reports. | 1 year 1 month |
| _gat_UA-34044748-1 | First Party | .whitmores.com | 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 is a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. | 53 seconds |
| _ga_XCJYMPT0ZJ | First Party | .whitmores.com | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state. | 1 year 1 month |
| _gid | First Party | .whitmores.com | 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. | 1 day |
| _hjSessionUser_3431664 | First Party | .whitmores.com | This cookie is used to store a unique user ID. | 11 months 4 weeks |
| _hjSession_3431664 | First Party | .whitmores.com | This cookie provides functions across pages. | 29 minutes 53 seconds |
(3) Functional Cookies
| Name | First / Third Party | Domain | Purpose | Storage Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No functional cookies were identified for this website. | ||||
(4) Advertising Cookies
| Name | First / Third Party | Domain | Purpose | Storage Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| visitor_id1012742 | Third Party | .pardot.com | This cookie appends a unique identifier for a website visitor, used for tracking purposes. The cookies in this domain have a lifespan of 10 years. | 1 year 1 month |
| visitor_id1012742-hash | Third Party | .pardot.com | This cookie appends a unique identifier for a website visitor, used for tracking purposes. The cookies in this domain have a lifespan of 10 years. | 1 year 1 month |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Third Party | .youtube.com | This cookie is set by YouTube to keep track of user preferences for YouTube videos embedded in sites; it can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the YouTube interface. | 5 months 4 weeks |
| YSC | Third Party | .youtube.com | This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos. | Session |
| visitor_id1012742 | First Party | pardot.whitmores.com | This cookie appends a unique identifier for a website visitor, used for tracking purposes. The cookies in this domain have a lifespan of 10 years. | 1 year 1 month |
| visitor_id1012742-hash | First Party | pardot.whitmores.com | This cookie appends a unique identifier for a website visitor, used for tracking purposes. The cookies in this domain have a lifespan of 10 years. | 1 year 1 month |
| lpv1012742 | Third Party | pi.pardot.com | This cookie is used to store and count page views. | 29 minutes 55 seconds |
| visitor_id1012742 | First Party | www.whitmores.com | This cookie appends a unique identifier for a website visitor, used for tracking purposes. The cookies in this domain have a lifespan of 10 years. | 1 year 1 month |
| visitor_id1012742-hash | First Party | www.whitmores.com | This cookie appends a unique identifier for a website visitor, used for tracking purposes. The cookies in this domain have a lifespan of 10 years. | 1 year 1 month |