Cookies Policy

If you're new to the Site, you should have seen a pop-up inviting you to sign up for our free weekly email. This makes sure you only see it once if you're a regular visitor.

Cookies: tip

When you're new to the Site, you'll see a cookies message letting you know how and why we use cookies. We drop a cookie to make sure you only see this message once. We also drop a cookie to notify you if we're experiencing issues dropping cookies that may affect your experience.

Cookies: dropCookieTest, cookieNotification-test2

These cookies help us understand and improve our users' experience of our Site.

Cookies: gaid, LandingPage, legacySource

We use this unique ID to remember a user's interactions on our Site to help us make your browsing experience better.

We use this cookie to store where you have come from and to help deliver to you better and more relevant information about our Site that we think you'd be interested in.

This is a unique ID used to remember your interactions on our Site to help us make your Site experience better.

If you're new to the Site, and on a mobile device, we give you a hint to show you how to use our scrolling top menu. This cookie ensures we don't show you this hint again if you're a regular visitor.

Cookies: swipeHint

What does it do? A session cookie is stored in temporary memory and is not retained after the browser is closed. Session cookies do not collect information from your computer. They typically store information in the form of a session identification that does not identify you personally.

Necessary? Yes – you cannot complete a search without a session cookie as it allows the application to confirm who you are.

Cookies: cdeparture, carrival, cjourneytype, cflightsunder, cdeparturedate, creturndate, cexactdates, cflex, cdaysbetween, cnoofbags, ccardtype, cdatecheckbox

What does it do? This remembers what you've entered into the tool, so it can retrieve the information when you log in.

Necessary? You can't log in to the system without it, and various parts of the tool won't work.

Cookies: ci_session

What does it do? Each quiz uses two cookies. One to store the start and end time of the quiz. The second stores whether you have entered the quiz or not.

Necessary? Yes, you can't complete a quiz without these cookies.

Cookies: iq_quizdata, iq_quizcomplete, consumer-rights_quizdata, consumer-rights_quizcomplete, howtightareyou_quizdata, howtightareyou_quizcomplete, election_quizdata, election_quizcomplete, end-of-year-2010_quizdata, end-of-year-2010_quizcomplete, the-debt-test_quizdata, the-debt-test_quizcomplete, summer_quizdata, summer_quizcomplete, christmas_quizdata, christmas_quizcomplete

What does it do? This makes sure the forum deals-feed warning message is only shown once. If accepted, this allows us to tell you that the forum content is user driven and not verified by us.

Necessary? Yes, it's required to allow you to continue to the deal.

Cookies: forum_jump_agree

What does it do? Sets a cookie to store your postcode.

Necessary? No. It's not essential for the tool to work, but it should make using it easier.

What does it do? Cheap Energy Club uses four cookies to improve user experience. The use of these cookies allows us to keep you logged in and to serve you more relevant content. It also makes it easier for our user support team to answer your questions.

Necessary? The sessionId cookie is necessary, as Cheap Energy Club will only work if it's enabled. The other three cookies are not necessary, but if disabled, Cheap Energy Club won't be as easy to use.

What does it do? Credit Club uses four cookies. The use of three of these cookies allows us to authenticate you and protect your data by logging you out after inactivity. The fourth cookie is used to help us identify you through your journey and ensure we tie your user experience together.

Necessary? The JSESSIONID, ccSessionId and lastActivity cookies are necessary, as Credit Club will only work if they are enabled. The other cookie, visitorId, is not necessary, but if disabled, Credit Club won't be as easy to use.

Used in the gambling forum plug-in. You must agree to the specific rules for that forum before you can post.

Used in the verification form feature on the registration process.

Used for changing the language on forum accounts.

Checks what you did when you last used the forum. A constantly updated cookie.

Updates the last visit and last activity times for guests and registered users (differently). Last visit is set to the last activity time (before it's updated). Last activity is always set to the specified time.

Stores an encrypted version of your password, when you are logged in to the forum. It's checked every time the page loads.

Checks to see if you have already voted in the poll that you are viewing.

This is needed for security. It's checked on every page-load.

Used for updating thread-counts when a thread is removed.

This remembers the forum style you have chosen.

This is the ID of the last viewed thread.

This stores your thread rating.

This stores your user ID. We check it every time a page loads.

Used for checking the read time of a discussion.

Used to change the view of the forum.

If you enter a protected forum, this stores the password.

Used to store the ID of an account.

Used if you would like to switch between 'linear', 'hybrid' and 'threaded' display modes.

Used to store a list of 'collapsable' boxes.

Used if you want to remove an image.

Used for when you want to mass-manage private messages on private.php using the check boxes.

Used to store a list of post IDs for multiple purposes such as copypost, spampost, dodeletespam and forum_prune.

Used to store the thread or post ID when you edit the content inline.

Used to store visitor messages.

Used to store the content of a post if you want to quote it in one of your own posts.

We use this to understand how the Site is being used and accessed to improve the user experience – user data is all anonymous. Google stores the information collected by the cookies on servers in the United States. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Any information generated by these cookies will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy, this Cookie Policy and Google's privacy policy and cookie policy.

We also use Google Analytics remarketing-features cookies to optimise Google search results based on users' previous visits to our Site. User data is all anonymous. Google stores the information collected by the cookies on servers in the United States. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Any information generated by these cookies will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy, this Cookie Policy and Google's privacy policy and cookie policy.

We use Bing Universal Event Tracking (UET) tags to understand how the Site is being used to improve the user experience and to show content to you on other Microsoft services such as Outlook, MSN and Bing that you use, based on your previous visits to the Site. User data is all anonymous. Bing UET tags are a service of Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft may transfer the information collected by the cookies to servers outside the EEA in countries that have the appropriate safeguards. Any information generated by these cookies will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy, this Cookie Policy and Bing Ads' privacy policy.

This helps us see where people are on our Site so we can tailor articles and user experience. User data is all anonymous.

We use this to understand how the Site is being used to improve the user experience. User data is all anonymous, and Clicktale keystroke data capture is completely disabled on our Site.

We use Zendesk to power some of our FAQ systems. These cookies assist with the functionality when navigating through our FAQs. User data is all anonymous and is retained only for the duration of your session.

Facebook uses cookies when you share content from our Site on Facebook. We also use Facebook Analytics to understand how our Facebook page and Site are being used and to optimise Facebook user activities based on users interacting with our Facebook content. User data is all anonymous. Any information generated by these cookies will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy, this Cookie Policy, and Facebook's privacy policy and cookie policy.

Twitter uses cookies when you share content from our Site on Twitter.