At comparegenie.co.uk we use cookies to remember you when you come back to our site. By doing so we can measure how effective our marketing campaigns are, helping us to improve user experiences on our website. In order to use the comparegenie.co.uk website to its fullest potential, your browser will need to support cookies. If cookies aren’t enabled on your computer or device, it may limit your experience on our site and in some cases you may not be able to access some of our services at all.
If you are unfamiliar with cookies or do not know how to enable cookie support in your browser, please read our Cookie Policy below.
A “cookie” is a small piece of information sent by a web server to store on a web browser so it can later be read back from that browser. They are simple, very small text files stored on your computer when you browse certain web pages, useful for having the browser remember some specific information, usually helping to improve the user’s browsing journey.
Pixel tags are similar to cookies; they allow us to collect information about how visitors use our website.
Pixel tags are often used across many websites. In some cases they can be malicious, however those used on our site will cause no harm to your devices.
Further information can be found here.
Yes, it is safe to use cookies as they don’t do any harm to your computer. They are not programs; therefore they cannot bring any viruses to your computer. They can’t install malware programs or trojans on your computer. Typically they are small lookup tables, containing pairs of key-data values and nothing else.
This Cookie Policy applies to mobile applications in the same way as if using your desktop.
The table below outlines the cookies we use which are essential to the operation of our website:
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Cookie name |
Purpose of Cookie(s) |
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PHPSESSID |
This cookie allows us to operate our web servers so that saving details and running an insurance quote comparison is possible. The website would not work without it. |
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AFFID, AFFKWID, WLKWID, CREF |
These cookies are used to log users who are referred to us from an affiliate or co-branded website. |
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AWSELB |
This cookie allows us to operate our web servers so that saving details and running an insurance quote comparison is possible. |
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curef, cqref |
These cookies allow us to save and rerun a quote on our website for a specific user. |
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quote_ref, quote_ref_creation_date |
This cookie allows us to encrypt users’ details associated with their unique quote reference. |
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rid, crid, user_name |
These cookies are used to log which of our users have entered our site from a renewal email campaign. |
The table below outlines the functional cookies used on our website to help improve our service and provide a better user experience:
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Cookie name |
Purpose of Cookie(s) |
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piwik_visitor |
This cookie allows us to test different variations of web pages and analyze user behaviours, logging different browser statistics, allowing us to optimise the functionality as well as look & feel of the website to improve user experience. |
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EmailTracking, emv_campaign, |
These cookies are used to log various statistics about different email campaigns. This allows us to know how successful particular campaigns have been. |
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__utma, __utmb, __utmc,__utmt, __utmv, __utmz, __ga, __gid, __gat |
These cookies are Google Analytics which are used to gather anonymous information on how visitors are using our website, drop-off pages as well as which device and web-browser they use. |
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key, value |
This cookie allows us to display a captcha to a user who is carrying out too many quotes on a short time interval on our website. This helps with security and server load on our system. |
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incap_ses, visid_incap, nlbi |
These cookies are used for security to filter out malicious requests on our system. |
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cb-enabled |
This cookie is used to trigger a pop up which provides further information on our Cookie Policy. |
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has_js |
This cookie records whether JavaScript is enabled in your browser, to ensure we display the appropriate content. This is a session based cookie and will be deleted once your session expires. |
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NOPOPUP |
This cookie is used to disable popups from being displayed to users who enter our site from particular affiliates. |
We use these cookies to help us to monitor the customer journey of our users which gives us the information we need to improve the service we offer our customers and within our business constraints.
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__uetsid, _uetmsclkid |
Purpose of Cookie(s) |
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__uetsid, _uetmsclkid |
This cookie is used by Bing to gather anonymous information on how visitors are using our website. |
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uid |
This cookie is used by ESV Digital to gather anonymous information on how visitors are using our website. |
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test_cookie, fr, id, SessionData, UserData, datr, lsd, reg_ext_ref, reg_fb_gate, reg_fb_ref |
These cookies are used by DoubleClick, Yahoo Search Marketing and Facebook and allow us to display ads online and to analyze user behaviour in relation to them, helping us optimise our traffic quality. |
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Adwords Remarketing |
These third party cookies let us serve adverts to you when you have left our site and are browsing other websites e.g. if you leave our website without completing a quote we will use remarketing to remind you to return if you want to complete it. |
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p_id=Twitter |
This third party cookie lets us collect user data through Twitters application for purposes of conversion tracking and serving ads targeted to users interests. |
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NID |
This cookie is used by Google and contains a unique ID used to remember your preferences and other information while on our website. |
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__adal_ca, __adal_cw, __adal_id |
This cookie is used by Adalyser to store which advertising campaign drove a user to visit, tie conversions events to visits, uniquely identify a device. |
Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google which we use on our website. This tool allows us to analyse visitors’ activity on our website including Remarketing and Advertising Reporting Features. As part of this service, if a user has a Google account and has allowed Google to link their web and app browsing history so that they may receive personalised advertisements then Google may collect a Google identifier which allows them to identify the user’s Google account when they are using our website.
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No personal identifiable information is held within Google Analytics by us.
We use this tool to improve our service.
For further information or if you wish to opt out of Google Analytics Remarketing and Advertising Reporting Features please visit: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
We use these cookies for online marketing purposes. The website can operate without them but they are used to help improve our online marketing effectiveness. These cookies can be disabled.
Please Note: Some of the services we use (including social networks such as Facebook and Twitter) tend to change their cookies on a regular basis so our cookie policy may not always be kept 100% up-to-date despite our efforts to do so.
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__uetsid, _uetmsclkid |
Purpose of Cookie(s) |
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ASPXANONYMOUS |
This cookie is used to trigger a third party chat platform which enables us to provide assistance to users where applicable. |
You have the right to block cookies. However, if you have blocked all or specific browser cookies, and you wish to make full use of the services on our website, you will need to enable your cookies.
Rather than blocking all cookies, you can choose to only block third-party cookies which will still allow our website to function as intended.
If you’d like to learn more about cookies in general and how to manage them, visit aboutcookies.org.
Session Cookies- are cookies that expire when your browser is closed or after you close down your online session. E.g. PHPSESSID.
Persistent/Permanent Cookies- are cookies that remain in operation after you have ended your session or closed your browser. These cookies remember your login details and password for easy access to a website. Under legislation these types of cookies need to be deleted after a six month period. E.g. Adwords Remarketing.
Our cookie policy outlines what cookies are, how they are used and why we use them on our website. By using our website you agree to our use of cookies, we would advise all our users to read our cookie policy. As mentioned above you can manage and/or block cookies but this may affect the operation and functionality of our service.
The cookies used on the Comparegenie website do not contain any personal information about our users, the information a user places in our forms is stored in a secure and encrypted environment.
Cookies do not affect user’s privacy or how we use their data, we would advise all our users to read our privacy policy for more information on how we use data.
Unfortunately, if a user decides to block all cookies they may experience issues with our service as our website will not be able to function as intended meaning the user will not be able to use some of our services. In order to have the best experience on our website we recommend that user’s enable their cookies.
Yes, if a user has any questions about our website or our use of cookies then they can contact us using the details below:
The Data Protection Officer
Compare Genie – Trading name of Sentient Technology Solutions Limited
27, Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3AX,United Kingdom
By Email: info@comparegenie.co.uk
