Cookie Policy

Our cookie policy in brief

A cookie (or similar technology) allows us to distinguish you from other users of our site and recognises your preferences, provides personalised content, security and enables our site to function more efficiently. This helps us to give you the best possible experience when you browse, and also allows us to make our site better for you. We use session and persistent cookies, which are stored on your computer or electronic device unless you object (see below). Session cookies are cookies that expire at the end of your browsing session, whereas persistent cookies are stored on your device in-between sessions.

Our cookie policy in full

Types of cookies

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer or electronic device unless you object (see below). Our website https://www.enginebystarling.com/ (“our site”) and each of its web pages uses both first and third party cookies. First party cookies are set by us, compared to third party cookies which are set by someone other than us and which collects information about you which may be sent to the third party.

The categories of cookies hosted on our site are known as:

  • First-party, essential cookies

    These cookies help you to access our site and each of its web pages, by enabling basic functions like cookie consent. These are essential to the web pages’ functionality and cannot be disabled by you.

  • Third-party, non-essential cookies

    These cookies collect anonymous statistics to enable us to improve our site and each of its pages. These cookies do not store personal information in itself but are based on a unique identification in your browser and devices which could identify you if combined with other relevant data (see below for more information about third party cookies). These cookies will not be set without your permission.

First party essential cookies

Provider
Purpose
Expiration
EngineByStarlingCookiePreferences
ProviderEngine by Starling
PurposeStores the user’s cookie consent state
Expiration90 days

Third party analytical cookies

We apply the following third party analytical cookies on our website.

Provider
Purpose
Expiration
_ga
ProviderGoogle
PurposeUsed to distinguish users.
Expiration2 years
_gid
ProviderGoogle
PurposeUsed to distinguish users.
Expiration24 hours
_gat
ProviderGoogle
PurposeUsed to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named dc_gtm_<property-id>.
Expiration1 minute
_gat_<container--id>
ProviderGoogle
PurposeUsed to provide technical monitoring.
ExpirationSession
_ga_<container-id>
ProviderGoogle
PurposeUsed to persist session state.
Expiration2 years
AMP_TOKEN
ProviderGoogle
PurposeContains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service.
Expiration30 seconds to 1 year
_gac_<property-id>
ProviderGoogle
PurposeContains campaign related information for the user.
Expiration90 days
_dc_gtm_<property-id>
ProviderGoogle
PurposeUsed to store number of service requests
Expiration1 minute

Learn more about how Google uses cookies.

Control these cookies

You can manage your cookie preference at any time by clicking ‘Manage cookies’ at the bottom of any page on our website in the footer. Alternatively, you can restrict the use of cookies within your browser, by activating its setting that allows you to refuse all or some cookies. If you have enabled third party persistent cookies on our site before, you will need to visit the third party website to set your privacy choices to decide how your information is used by that third party.

Except for essential/necessary and session cookies, any applicable Starling cookies set by us, with your permission, will expire after 90 days and after this time you will be asked to re-consent to the use of non-essential cookies. Third party and other cookies will expire in accordance with their individual cookie policies.

We may revise this cookie policy at any time by amending this page. Please check it from time to time to see any changes we have made.

Last full cookie review 27-04-2023

Last updated 27-04-2023