Cookies Policy
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small files that websites place on your hard drive or browser to enable additional features of the website to work. Use of cookies is common practice and many websites use them and most internet browsers automatically accept cookies.
We are providing this information to you as part of our policy to comply with recent changes to the law relating to the use of cookies and other information storage technology operating on websites.
Use of Cookies by Scruffs
We use cookies on the Scruffs website to collect information about how visitors use the website and to collect standard analytics to gather data to enhance the performance of our website. This is important to us as we want to improve the visitor journey when you browse our website and ensure that it is as user friendly as possible.
However, our cookies do not gather any personally identifying information such as a person's name or e-mail address and any information gathered by the use of cookies is compiled on an aggregate and anonymous basis.
The table below provides further details about the cookies which are currently in use on our website and a description of the purpose of each of these cookies.
| Cookie name | Cookie provider | Expires after | Description of cookie |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | www.scruffs.com | End of session | A basic session cookie which makes the site work properly. It saves a session identifier randomly generated to keep track of your session as you move from one page to the next in order to remember selections or preferences made during the visit. For example, this cookie makes the shopping basket work. |
| __utma | Google Analytics | 2 years | This keeps track of the number of times a visitor has been to the site, when their first visit was, and when their last visit occurred. More information on the cookies set by Google Analytics and how to opt out are on the Google Analytics website |
| __utmb | Google Analytics | 30 minutes | A timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor enters the site. More information on the cookies set by Google Analytics and how to opt out are on the Google Analytics website |
| __utmc | Google Analytics | End of session | A timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor leaves the site - having waited 30 minutes for another pageview to happen, and if it doesn’t, it expires. More information on the cookies set by Google Analytics and how to opt out are on the Google Analytics website |
| __utmz | Google Analytics | End of session | This keeps track of where the visitor came from, what search engine was used, what link was clicked on, what keywords used, and where in the world the site was accessed from. More information on the cookies set by Google Analytics and how to opt out are on the Google Analytics website |
| __atuvc | AddThis | 2 years | The __atuvc cookie is created and read by the AddThis social sharing site JavaScript on the client side in order to make sure the user sees the updated count if they share a page and return to it before our share count cache is updated. No data from that cookie is sent back to AddThis and removing it when disabling cookies would cause unexpected behavior for users. More information on the cookies set by AddThis and how to opt out are on the AddThis website |
| di | AddThis | 2 years | It stores randomly generated number. AddThis cookies allow users to share content via Social Networking websites and email. When we provide links to third party services you find useful, they may place a cookie on your device to make their service easier to use. More information on the cookies set by AddThis and how to opt out are on the AddThis website |
| dt | AddThis | 1 month | It stores a "X". AddThis cookies allow users to share content via Social Networking websites and email. When we provide links to third party services you find useful, they may place a cookie on your device to make their service easier to use. More information on the cookies set by AddThis and how to opt out are on the AddThis website |
| loc | AddThis | 2 months | It stores country code and randomly generated letters and numbers. AddThis cookies allow users to share content via Social Networking websites and email. When we provide links to third party services you find useful, they may place a cookie on your device to make their service easier to use. More information on the cookies set by AddThis and how to opt out are on the AddThis website |
| psc | AddThis | End of session | It stores a number. AddThis cookies allow users to share content via Social Networking websites and email. When we provide links to third party services you find useful, they may place a cookie on your device to make their service easier to use. More information on the cookies set by AddThis and how to opt out are on the AddThis website |
| uid | AddThis | End of session | It stores randomly generated letters and numbers. AddThis cookies allow users to share content via Social Networking websites and email. When we provide links to third party services you find useful, they may place a cookie on your device to make their service easier to use. More information on the cookies set by AddThis and how to opt out are on the AddThis website |
| uit | AddThis | 1 day | It stores a number. AddThis cookies allow users to share content via Social Networking websites and email. When we provide links to third party services you find useful, they may place a cookie on your device to make their service easier to use. More information on the cookies set by AddThis and how to opt out are on the AddThis website |
| user_segment | AddThis | 1 month | AddThis cookies allow users to share content via Social Networking websites and email. When we provide links to third party services you find useful, they may place a cookie on your device to make their service easier to use. More information on the cookies set by AddThis and how to opt out are on the AddThis website |
| uvc | AddThis | End of session | AddThis cookies allow users to share content via Social Networking websites and email. When we provide links to third party services you find useful, they may place a cookie on your device to make their service easier to use. More information on the cookies set by AddThis and how to opt out are on the AddThis website |
| ssh | AddThis | 2 years | It stores your favourite preferences. AddThis cookies allow users to share content via Social Networking websites and email. When we provide links to third party services you find useful, they may place a cookie on your device to make their service easier to use. More information on the cookies set by AddThis and how to opt out are on the AddThis website |
How can you disable Cookies?
If you want to, you can disable cookies from your browser and delete all cookies that are stored on your computer. You can do this as often you want to.
To find out how to do this for your particular browser you can go to "help" on your browser's menu or you can visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/index.html.
What happens if I do disable Cookies?
You need to be aware that if you choose to disable cookies from your browser it may prevent you from taking full advantage of the Scruffs website, as some or all of the areas of the website may fail to work for you.
You will see from the table above that certain of the cookies which we use on our website are considered to be strictly necessary for the operation of certain aspects of the website. Therefore, please be aware that if these cookies are disabled we may be unable to provide certain services which you have requested.