Quality Formations Cookie Policy

Quality Formations Limited ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected when using our website. This Cookie Policy explains how we use cookies and similar technologies on our website www.qualitycompanyformations.co.uk (the "Site"). It also explains your choices regarding these technologies.

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, smartphone, or other electronic devices) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the website owners.

The cookies used on our Site

We use the following cookies on our Site. For more information about each category of cookie used, please see the glossary at the end of this policy.

1. Necessary Cookies

  • PHPSESSID
    • Purpose: This cookie is native to PHP applications and is used to store and identify a user's unique session ID for the purpose of managing user sessions on the website.
    • Duration: Session (deleted when all browser windows are closed)
    • Type: Necessary
  • _cfruid
    • Purpose: Cloudflare sets this cookie to identify trusted web traffic.
    • Duration: Session (deleted when all browser windows are closed)
    • Type: Necessary
  • bso_auth
    • Purpose: This cookie is used by us for authentication purposes.
    • Duration: 1 day
    • Type: Necessary
  • ef_static_qcf
    • Purpose: This cookie is used by us for authentication purposes.
    • Duration: Session (deleted when all browser windows are closed)
    • Type: Necessary
  • SensitiveWord
    • Purpose: This cookie is used by us for storing if a company name contains a sensitive word during the company name search by an individual user.
    • Duration: Session (deleted when all browser windows are closed)
    • Type: Necessary
  • 1.gif
    • Purpose: CookieBot uses this to count the number of sessions of the Site, which is necessary for the operation of the consent management platform (cookie banner).
    • Duration: Session (deleted when all browser windows are closed)
    • Type: Necessary
  • CookieConsent
    • Purpose: CookieBot uses this cookie to store Site visitors’ cookie consent preferences.
    • Duration: 1 year
    • Type: Necessary
  • test_cookie
    • Purpose: Google uses this cookie to test if the visitor's browser supports cookies.
    • Duration: 1 day
    • Type: Necessary
  • _GRECAPTCHA
    • Purpose: Google provides this cookie to differentiate between human visitors and bots, helping websites generate accurate usage reports. This ensures the data reflects real user activity rather than automated traffic.
    • Duration: 180 days
    • Type: Necessary
  • _grecaptcha, rc::a & rc::f
    • Purpose: These cookies provided by Google are also used to differentiate between human visitors and bots.
    • Duration: Persistent
    • Type: Necessary
  • rc::b & rc::c
    • Purpose: These cookies provided by Google are also used to differentiate between human visitors and bots.
    • Duration: Session (deleted when all browser windows are closed)
    • Type: Necessary
  • __cf_bm
    • Purpose: Zendesk uses this cookie to differentiate between human visitors and bots.
    • Duration: 1 day
    • Type: Necessary
  • __cfuvid
    • Purpose: This cookie is part of Cloudflare's services, which help manage website traffic, deliver content quickly, and provide the connection between a website and its domain name system (DNS).
    • Duration: Session (deleted when all browser windows are closed)
    • Type: Necessary
  • IR_13486
    • Purpose: This cookie is from the provider utt.impactcdn.com and is related to Impact, a digital marketing platform. This type of cookie helps to monitor user activity, ensuring that any actions or purchases resulting from an affiliate link are properly credited.
    • Duration: Session (deleted when all browser windows are closed)
    • Type: Necessary
  • ef_urchin_referrer
    • Purpose: We use this cookie to understand how you arrived at our Site, whether directly or through a link from another site. This information is used for internal purposes only.
    • Duration: 7 days
    • Type: Necessary
  • wpEmojiSettingsSupports
    • Purpose: We use this cookie, along with others, to manage how content is displayed on our website. It helps maintain settings like font styles, image sliders, colour themes, and other visual preferences, ensuring everything looks as it should when you visit.
    • Duration: Session (deleted when all browser windows are closed)
    • Type: Necessary
  • apbct_headless, apbct_page_hits, apbct_visible_fields, ct_checked_emails, ct_checkjs, ct_fkp_timestamp, ct_pointer_data , ct_ps_timestamp, ct_screen_info, ct_timezone
    • Purpose: We use these cookies to help detect spam and enhance the security of our Site.
    • Duration: Persistent
    • Type: Necessary
  • apbct_session_id
    • Purpose: We also use these cookies to help detect spam and enhance the security of our Site.
    • Duration: Session (deleted when all browser windows are closed)
    • Type: Necessary
  • apbct_session_current_page
    • Purpose: We use this cookie to keep track of which page or URL you should see when you visit the Site. It helps ensure that you are directed to the correct content or section of the Site based on your visit.
    • Duration: Session (deleted when all browser windows are closed)
    • Type: Necessary

2. Analytics Cookies

  • ZD-suid
    • Purpose: This cookie is used by Zendesk to create a session ID and track analytics events for pages that load a Web Widget on them.
    • Duration: Persistent
    • Type: Analytics
  • ZD-buid
    • Purpose: This cookie is used to create a device ID and track analytics events for pages that load a Web Widget on them.
    • Duration: Session (deleted when all browser windows are closed)
    • Type: Analytics
  • p.gif
    • Purpose: This cookie, provided by Adobe, helps keep track of the special fonts used on the website for internal analysis. It is only used for tracking font usage and does not collect or store any personal data about visitors.
    • Duration: Session (deleted when all browser windows are closed)
    • Type: Analytics
  • x-location
    • Purpose: This Monzo cookie is used to manage location-related features or settings for users visiting the Site.
    • Duration: Session (deleted when all browser windows are closed)
    • Type: Analytics
  • ct_has_scrolled
    • Purpose: This cookie checks if the website can track how far you scroll down a page. It remembers your scrolling progress during your visit, even as you move between different sections or pages on the website. This helps improve your browsing experience.
    • Duration: Persistent
    • Type: Analytics

3. Functionality Cookies

  • #.#.clientId
    • Purpose: This cookie, provided by Zendesk, helps identify you across different devices and visits. It improves the chat box feature on the website by remembering your previous interactions.
    • Duration: Session (deleted when all browser windows are closed)
    • Type: Functionality
  • apbct_iframes_protected
    • Purpose: We use this cookie to save the information you enter when filling out forms on the Site. It ensures that if you leave the page or need to reload it, the details you have already filled in are not lost.
    • Duration: Persistent
    • Type: Functionality
  • ct_cookies_type
    • Purpose: We use this cookie to detect spam and improve the Site’s security.
    • Duration: Persistent
    • Type: Functionality

4. Targeting/Advertising Cookies

  • _fbp [x2]
    • Purpose: This cookie is used by Facebook to show ads tailored to you.
    • Duration: 3 months
    • Type: Targeting/Advertising
  • lastExternalReferrer & lastExternalReferrerTime
    • Purpose: This cookie tracks how you arrived at the Site by saving the last web address (URL) you visited before landing here. This helps understand the source of your visit, like whether you clicked a link from another site.
    • Duration: Persistent
    • Type: Targeting/Advertising
  • _ga [x2] & _ga_# [x2]
    • Purpose: These cookies are used to collect information for Google Analytics about your device and browsing behaviour.
    • Duration: 2 years
    • Type: Targeting/Advertising
  • _gcl_au [x2]
    • Purpose: This cookie is used by Google AdSense to test and improve how well ads perform on websites that use their advertising services.
    • Duration: 3 months
    • Type: Targeting/Advertising
  • IDE
    • Purpose: This cookie, provided by Google DoubleClick, tracks user actions after they view or click on an ad. It helps measure how effective the ad was and enables the delivery of more personalised, targeted ads to the user based on their interactions.
    • Duration: 400 days
    • Type: Targeting/Advertising
  • pagead/1p-user-list/#
    • Purpose: This cookie is used by Google to track whether a user shows interest in specific products or events across different websites and monitors how they move between them.
    • Duration: Session (deleted when all browser windows are closed)
    • Type: Targeting/Advertising
  • _uetsid & _uetvid
    • Purpose: This cookie, provided by Microsoft, tracks users across multiple websites to gather data on their interests and preferences. It helps present more relevant ads based on the user's browsing behaviour.
    • Duration: Persistent
    • Type: Targeting/Advertising
  • _uetsid_exp & __uetvid_exp
    • Purpose: This cookie contains the expiry date for the cookie above.
    • Duration: Persistent
    • Type: Targeting/Advertising
  • MSPTC
    • Purpose: This cookie, provided by Microsoft, collects data about visitors to help improve the relevance of ads.
    • Duration: 1 year
    • Type: Targeting/Advertising
  • MUID
    • Purpose: Microsoft uses this cookie to act as a unique user ID. It allows Microsoft to track a user across various Microsoft domains by synchronising the ID. This tracking helps Microsoft provide more personalised services, ads, and user experiences.
    • Duration: 1 year
    • Type: Targeting/Advertising
  • _uetsid [x2]
    • Purpose: This cookie, used by Microsoft, collects data on how visitors behave across multiple websites. It helps present more relevant ads to users based on their activities and preferences. Additionally, it ensures that the same ad is not shown too many times to the same person, improving the overall ad experience.
    • Duration: 1 day
    • Type: Targeting/Advertising
  • _uetvid
    • Purpose: This cookie is used by Microsoft to track visitors on multiple websites to present relevant ads based on the visitor's preferences.
    • Duration: 1 year
    • Type: Targeting/Advertising
  • __tld__ [x2]
    • Purpose: Wisepops uses this cookie to track visitors across different websites and show more relevant ads based on their interests.
    • Duration: Session (deleted when all browser windows are closed)
    • Type: Targeting/Advertising
  • _wisepops_session_id
    • Purpose: This Wisepops cookie sets a unique ID for each session, allowing the website to collect data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes.
    • Duration: Session (deleted when all browser windows are closed)
    • Type: Targeting/Advertising
  • wisepops_session_landing_url
    • Purpose: This Wisepops cookie tracks visitors' navigation by recording the landing pages they visit.
    • Duration: Session (deleted when all browser windows are closed)
    • Type: Targeting/Advertising
  • wisepops_session_referrer
    • Purpose: This Wisepops cookie collects data on visitors' behaviour and interactions, which helps make ads on the Site more relevant. It also allows the Site to detect any referrals from other websites.
    • Duration: Session (deleted when all browser windows are closed)
    • Type: Targeting/Advertising
  • wisepops-pageview_id
    • Purpose: This Wisepops cookie tracks when a visitor last visited different subpages of the website and records the time the session started. This helps the website understand user navigation patterns and session length, providing insights into user behaviour and improving website performance.
    • Duration: Session (deleted when all browser windows are closed)
    • Type: Targeting/Advertising
  • wisepops-uses-attention
    • Purpose: This cookie is provided by Wisepops and is used to track how visitors interact with the website, specifically to measure their attention.
    • Duration: Session (deleted when all browser windows are closed)
    • Type: Targeting/Advertising
  • wisepops [x2], wisepops_session [x2] & wisepops_visits [x2]
    • Purpose: These cookies are also provided by Wisepops and are used in relation to pop-up ads. They determine which ads to show visitors based on their interests or behaviour while also ensuring that the same ads are not repeatedly displayed more than necessary.
    • Duration: Session (deleted when all browser windows are closed)
    • Type: Targeting/Advertising
  • wisepops_visitor [x2]
    • Purpose: This cookie sets a unique ID for each visitor, which allows third-party advertisers to target them with relevant ads based on their interests and behaviour.
    • Duration: Session (deleted when all browser windows are closed)
    • Type: Targeting/Advertising
  • IR_gbd [x2]
    • Purpose: This Impact cookie registers a unique ID that identifies a user's device during return visits to websites that use the same ad network. This ID allows advertisers to serve targeted ads based on the user's interests and previous browsing behaviour.
    • Duration: Session (deleted when all browser windows are closed)
    • Type: Targeting/Advertising

5. Cookies set by third parties

Be aware that other third parties, over whom we have no control, may also place cookies on your device. These third parties might include advertising networks or external service providers, such as those offering web traffic analytics. The cookies they use are typically for purposes such as analytics, performance monitoring, or targeting.

These third parties may include Google Analytics, Cloudflare and Zendesk.

We suggest visiting the websites of these third parties to understand how they use cookies.

You may find the following links to third-party privacy notices helpful:

If you wish to opt out of Google Analytics tracking across all websites, you can do so by going to Google Analytics Opt-Out.

To deactivate the use of third-party advertising cookies, you may visit the relevant consumer page to manage the use of these types of cookies.

To disable third-party advertising cookies more broadly, you can visit the NAI Consumer Opt-Out page.

How to manage cookies

You can manage cookies through either the cookie consent banner or your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to cookies or to delete them. The method for doing so varies from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:

You can manage cookies through either the cookie consent banner or your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies or to delete them. The method for doing so varies from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us at: [email protected].

Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

Glossary

"Analytics Cookies" are cookies that collect anonymised data about how visitors engage with our Site. They as monitor things such as which pages are most frequently accessed, the duration spent on each page, the number of users interacting with internal or external links, the sales generated per page, and whether you arrived from another site. This data allows us to optimise the Site's navigation, ensuring users can move through it easily and efficiently.

"Necessary Cookies" are cookies that are crucial for our Site to operate correctly. They are always active because they are necessary for the Site's core functions, such as allowing you to purchase services or log into secure sections. While you can disable these cookies through your browser settings, doing so may prevent you from accessing certain parts of our Site or using all of its features.

"Functionality Cookies" are cookies that help us recognise you when you revisit our Site. They allow us to customise your experience, such as greeting you by name and remembering your preferences to make the Site more personal and convenient.

"Targeting/Advertising Cookies" are cookies that track your visits to our Site, including the pages you view and the links you click. This information is used to tailor both our Site and the ads you see, ensuring they are more relevant to your interests. We may also share this data with third-party partners to show you targeted ads on their websites.