How is the Cookie Law affecting 123 Reg?

This answer explains what 123 Reg does to abide by the Cookie Law.

Although 123 Reg will only use the cookies you let us use, we do use a cookie that remembers the preferences you tell us through our site. In addition to consenting through our website, you can also control your cookies through your browser.

Our cookies can be broken down into different categories, depending on the role they play:

  • Necessary and Performance
  • Functionality
  • Targeting

Necessary and Performance

123 Reg needs to use these cookies to ensure that our website works properly and so that you are able to use the site to do what you need to do. They are essential for your billing, ordering, providing security on the site and monitor errors or technical issues.

Any information collected is totally anonymous and helps us understand how our site works so that we can improve the page for you and all other users.

These cookies will not gather any information about you that can be used to supply adverts to you or remember your preferences (like your user details) beyond that particular visit.

Functionality

123 Reg use these cookies to remember settings or provide certain services or messages to offer you a better experience when using our site. For example, these cookies allow us to remember your log in details for when you return to the site, provide our live chat service and share some information to third parties who provide services to our site.

These cookies will not gather any information about you that can be used to supply adverts to you or remember your preferences (like your user details) beyond that particular visit.

Targeting

Some cookies used by 123 Reg link to other websites that provide a service for us, such as Facebook or Twitter. Some of these cookies will also tailor advertising on other websites for you, so that you can link to social media and pass on information about your visit to the 123 Reg website to target advertising tailored to you on other web sites.

Please note: You can refuse permission to any of these cookies from the 123 Reg website and through your browser settings. However, if you disable cookies, then the functionality of the website and your user experience may be impacted. This is especially noticeable with the ‘Necessary Performance’ and the ‘Functionality’ categories.

For more information on cookie management, allaboutcookies.org is an excellent source of information.