What is a cookie?
Most websites which you visit will use cookies in order to improve your user experience. They enable websites to "remember" you - either for the duration of your visit (using a "session cookie") or for repeat visits (using a "persistent cookie").
Cookies can have a host of different functions. They let you navigate between pages efficiently, storing your preferences and generally improving your experience of a website. Cookies make the interaction between you and the website faster and easier. If a website does not use cookies, it will think you are a new visitor every time you move to a new page on the site – for example, when you close a menu and move to another page, it will not remember that you have closed the menu on the previous page, and it will display the next page with that page's menu open.
Cookies may be set by the website which you are visiting ("first party cookies") or they may be set by other websites which run content on the page you are viewing ("third party cookies").
What is in a cookie?
A cookie is a simple text file stored on your computer or mobile device by a website’s server. That server will subsequently be able to retrieve or read the contents of that cookie. Cookies are managed by your browser. Each cookie is unique and contains some anonymous information such as a unique identifier, site name, digits and letters. It allows a website to remember your browsing preferences.
Types of cookie
- First party cookies
First party cookies are set by the website which you are visiting, and they can only be read by that site. - Third party cookies
Third party cookies are set and used by a different organisation from the owner of the website which you are visiting. For example, to measure its audience a website might use a third-party analytics company, which will set its own cookie to perform that service.
More significantly, a website might use a third-party advertising network to deliver targeted advertising. Advertising services are not used by Bulgargaz. - Session cookies
Session cookies are stored temporarily during a browsing session and are deleted from the user’s device when the browser is closed. -
Persistent cookies
Persistent cookies are saved on your computer for a fixed period (usually a year or longer) and are not deleted when the browser is closed. They are used where we need to know who you are for more than one browsing session.
Purpose and use of cookies
Bulgargaz's website sets cookies solely in order to enable or enhance functions or improve the navigation experience for the user. Under no circumstances does Bulgargaz use cookies to collect, process, disseminate or record personal data.
Bulgargaz's website and cookies
- First party cookies
PHPSESSID - Ń‚his cookie is used to save browsing information -
Third party cookies
Google Analytics:
_ga - expiration time is 2 years - used to distinguish users._gid - expiration time is 24 hours - used to distinguish users.
_gat - expiration time is 1 minute - used to throttle request rate.
What do you do if you do not want cookies to be set on your computer?
Some people find the notion of information being stored on their computer or mobile device a little intrusive, in particular when that information is stored and used by a third party without their knowledge. If you prefer, it is possible to block some or all cookies, or even delete cookies which have already been set, but you should be aware that you might lose some functions. To do this, you need to alter your browser privacy settings. Some third-party operators have developed tools for disabling data collection and use via their modules.
Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on - to provide website visitors the ability to prevent their data from being used by Google Analytics, Google has developed the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on