Our Cookie Policy

About This Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them. You should read this policy to understand what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used and how to control the cookie preferences. For further information on how we use, store and keep your personal data secure, see our Privacy Policy.

You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website.
Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.
Your consent applies to the following domains: ecawards.co.uk
Your current state: Consent accepted. Allowed all cookies (Necessary, Others, Advertisement, Analytics). Manage your consent.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.

How Do We Use Cookies?

As most of the online services, our website uses cookies first-party and third-party cookies for a number of purposes. The first-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our websites are used mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

What Type Of Cookies Do We Use?

The cookies used on our website are grouped into the following categories.

Necessary

Cookie
Duration
Description
Cookie

elementor

Duration

never

Description

This cookie is used by the website's WordPress theme. It allows the website owner to implement or change the website's content in real-time.

Cookie

PHPSESSID

Duration

session

Description

This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie is used to store and identify a users' unique session ID for the purpose of managing user session on the website. The cookie is a session cookies and is deleted when all the browser windows are closed.

Cookie

riq_info

Duration

session

Description

No description available.

Cookie

riq_session_id

Duration

session

Description

No description available.

Cookie

viewed_cookie_policy

Duration

1 year

Description

The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin to store whether or not the user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.

Cookie

_GRECAPTCHA

Duration

5 months 27 days

Description

This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.

Others

Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet.

Advertisement

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.

Cookie
Duration
Description
Cookie

fr

Duration

3 months

Description

Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.

Cookie

IDE

Duration

1 year 24 days

Description

Google DoubleClick IDE cookies are used to store information about how the user uses the website to present them with relevant ads and according to the user profile

Cookie

NID

Duration

6 months

Description

NID cookie, set by Google, is used for advertising purposes; to limit the number of times the user sees an ad, to mute unwanted ads, and to measure the effectiveness of ads.

Cookie

test_cookie

Duration

15 minutes

Description

The test_cookie is set by doubleclick.net and is used to determine if the user's browser supports cookies.

Cookie

_fbp

Duration

3 months

Description

This cookie is set by Facebook to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising, after visiting the website.

Analytics

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

Cookie
Duration
Description
Cookie

_ga

Duration

2 years

Description

The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.

Cookie

_gat_gtag_UA_41998170_1

Duration

1 minute

Description

Set by Google to distinguish users.

Cookie

_gcl_au

Duration

3 months

Description

Provided by Google Tag Manager to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services.

Cookie

_gid

Duration

1 day

Description

Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.

How Can I Control The Cookie Perferences?

You can manage your cookies preferences by clicking on the “Settings” button and enabling or disabling the cookie categories on the popup according to your preferences.

Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Privacy & Cookie Policy” tab on your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.