- Introduction
This is the cookie policy of Bender Dating Limited (“us” or “we”), which applies to the use of cookies on our website.
Our Privacy Policy also explains how we collect and use information about you.
2. Information about our use of cookies
Our website use cookies to distinguish you from other users. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our website.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that can be stored on your browser or the hard drive of your mobile device or computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to the hard drive of your mobile device or computer or your web browser and our server calls on the cookies when you visit our website. Some cookies help our website to ‘remember’ you, either for the duration of your visit (known as a “session cookie”) or for repeat visits (known as a “persistent cookie”).
To find out more about cookies, you can visit www.aboutcookies.org or search online.
By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies as set out below (including agreeing to us placing these sorts of cookies on your device or computer and accessing them when you visit our website in the future), unless you block or opt out of using any cookies. Details of how you can block or opt out of cookies are set out below.
3. Different types of cookies we use
We use the following types of cookies:
Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website.
Analytical/performance cookies. These cookies allow us to measure and analyse how visitors use our website – they recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the functionality of our website and the user experience. These cookies also help us to measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns, where applicable.
4. The cookies we use
The following table sets out details of the cookies used on our website, including what they are used for and for how long the cookies are used (the ‘expiry time’):
| Cookie Name | Type | Purpose and description | Expiry Time |
| _gat_gtag_UA_173447975_1 | Analytical/performance | This cookie is set by Google and is used to distinguish users. | 1 minute |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement | Necessary | The cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the category “Advertisement”. | 1 year |
| _ga | Analytical/performance | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. | 2 years |
| _gid | Analytical/performance | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form. | 1 day |
| _gat | Analytical/performance | This cookie is installed by Google Universal Analytics to throttle the request rate to limit the collection of data on high traffic sites. | 1 minute |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | Necessary | This cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Analytics”. | 11 months |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | Necessary | This cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Other”. | 11 months |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | Necessary | This cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Necessary”. | 11 months |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | Necessary | This cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Functional”. | 11 months |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | Necessary | This cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Performance”. | 11 months |
| viewed_cookie_policy | Necessary | The cookie is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. | 11 months |
5. Cookies on third party apps or websites
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
From time to time, we may have arrangements with certain third parties who may also place cookies on your device or computer, either when you visit our website or other apps or websites. Similar to the targeting cookies mentioned above, these cookies allow us to show you different products and services based on what you appear to be interested in. The cookie policies of those third parties apply to the use of those cookies.
6. Opting out, blocking and removing cookies
You can remove cookies by using the appropriate settings for your browser to delete or clear any or all of the cookies on your device or computer. You can also block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. If you are unsure how to do any of this then you can check by visiting the website of your browser provider.
Please note, however, that if you remove, block or disable cookies then your user experience on our website may be adversely affected. If you block certain cookies (such as strictly necessary cookies) then you may not be able to access all or part of our website or its functions.
7. Changes to this policy
We reserve the right to change and update the cookies we use on our site from time to time and accordingly we may amend this policy at our sole discretion, without prior notice to you.
8. Contacting us
If you have any questions about this policy, please contact us by:
writing to us at:
Data Protection Officer
Bender Dating Limited
Westgate House
Seedhill
Paisley
Renfrewshire
PA1 1JE
Scotland
or:
emailing our Data Protection Officer by sending an email to: feedback@benderdating.com.
