Unsurprisingly Solus Energy Uses Cookies
Cookies come in two flavours, those large soft biscuits and something to do with the computer and the internet. We use the second type of cookie to help you and us on Solus Energy. Below we explain what these computer cookies are and why we use them on this site.
Cookies – What are they and where do they come from?
Cookies are tiny packets of information stored as text files on your computer, tablet or phone. This enable the website to work, to provide you with relevant information and help us resolve issues and errors. The packets or files of information cannot harm your computer, they hold a text key that when read when the site that set them, remembers the reason why it was stored e.g. remembering the items in your basket. Cookies hold no publicly identifiable personal information such your name, address, email etc, the information stored is not shared and are only understandable by the site that made them keeping your privacy.
Cookie Flavours
Cookies come in two flavours Session cookies – these are only used when you are on the site, for example to keep you logged in; once you leave and shut your browser down, they are deleted from your computer and no further information is stored. Stored cookies – this flavour is stored for a longer time on your computer and are remembered once you leave the site. However they are not permanent, and have a shelf life after which they are made inactive automatically. Like food some have short lives and some have longer lives depending on the reason they are made.
Types Of Cookies
Just as there are types of biscuits, cookies come in types too – Essential, Functional, Analytical, Marketing and Preference.
- Essential cookies are important to make the site work allowing you to login and help prevent security threats.
- Functional cookies help functions on Solus Energy that are not classed as essential, for example enabling you to view embedded content like videos or sharing content of the website on social media platforms.
- Analytics cookies are used to gather information on how Solus Energy is being used. This helps us understand many people are visiting the site, what you like and dislike to help improve the site. None of the cookies used gives us or the analytics your personal details so you are completely anonymous to us.
- Advertising cookies are to show you relevant information and products. If you allow these cookies they show ads you may be interested in. Not allowing these cookies means you get generic ads instead.
- Preference cookies simply store your settings and browsing preferences eg language so that you have a better and efficient experience on future visits to the website.
Who Puts Cookies On My Computer?
Cookies are stored on your computer by us and by third parties. Our cookies are generally to do with the functioning of the site and helping you on the site. Third party cookies are placed by other sites and are again broken into the flavours and types above; from YouTube remembering you when play a video, PayPal if you use them for payment to social networking websites (e.g. Facebook, Twitter). Any third party cookies set from us are from selected providers, who may in turn set their own cookies to help provide their services.
Solus Energy Cookies
These are essential cookies so the Solus Energy can work
- SL_G_WPT-TO, SL_wptGlobTipTmp and phpsessid – used to know if you are signed in and keep track of your current session.
- SL_GWPT_Show_hide_tmp – whether you have accepted our cookie policy.
- __cf_bm & __cfruid – Cloudflare to distinguish between humans and bots, to provide services including load balancing, delivering website content and serving DNS connections.
If you leave a comment or enquiry on Solus Energy you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
We also use Google Analytics which uses _ga, _ga_#, _gid, _gat, collect cookies. If you are not logged into Google then the data is anonymised and IP address masked to protect your identity. At any time in the future you change your mind we have a ‘Delete Cookies’ button in the bottom menu bar just above the very bottom blue bar. This will delete Solus Energy cookies and interrupt any activity you are doing on Solus Energy, so you will need to start over or log back in to continue. Your can also control your cookies through your browser settings.
Other Cookies
As the Solus Energy website may have content from other providers in the posts, common non Solus Energy cookies to provide their content (if allowed) are
- rc::e – Google to distinguish between humans and bots.
- CONSENT, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, YSC – YouTube to determine consent, bandwidth/user interface, viewed videos
- localization, xb, flrb, flrbp, flrbgdrp, flrbgrp, flrbgmrp – Flicker to serve content closest to you (CDN), content
- mid – Instagram
- vuid – Vimeo
- _twitter_sess, att, auth_token, guest_id, kdt – Twitter
In addition if you share Solus Energy with your friends on social networks – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest etc, or using other sharing methods, you may have cookies stored on your computer, tablet or phone from these websites. We don’t control the cookies from other providers, so please check the their websites for information on how they handle cookies and data they may store about you.
Managing Your Cookies & Data Permissions
If you are happy to allow cookies please accept on the cookie notice. However if you would like to manage your cookies individually for any reason you can do so in the browser settings or by adjusting your settings at anytime when using the website by clicking on the triangular C in the bottom left hand corner to open the control dialogue. In both cases you can choose the cookies to accept, delete all your cookies (session and stored), or just disable one, several or all types of non essential cookies. Please be aware this site (and many others) may not function correctly if you alter or disable cookies.
Why Are We Telling You About Cookies?
We are giving you information on cookies as part of the ePrivacy / GDPR legislation so we are clear on how they are used and affect you. If you have any specific queries about cookies on this site only please let us know. We are unable to answer questions about other sites as that can only be answered by those websites themselves.
Find Out More About Cookies
If you’d like to learn more about cookies in general and how to manage them, visit allaboutcookies.org or www.aboutcookies.org. These are external websites and we are not responsible for the information on it. Please remember that if you do choose to disable cookies, you may find that certain sections and features of Solus Energy do not work properly.