Please note - this policy explains how cookies are used on members.coop from 16 January 2012.
Use of cookies by Midlands Co-operative
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit or certain emails you open. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide business and marketing information to the owners of the site.
We will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you. However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set our websites, or indeed any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. The Help function within your browser should tell you how.
Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your computer as well as more general information about cookies. For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone you will need to refer to your handset manual.
Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of the Midlands Co-operative websites.
The following types of cookie may be used during your visit
- Persistent cookies are valid across visits and, for example, are used to avoid the need for you to enter your membership card number at the start of each visit.
- Third party cookies that are used by our partners, for example, to help us measure site visitors.
| Cookie | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Member Card Number | To facilitate members to log in easier we offer an option to remember the membership number. If the “Remember my membership number” tick box is checked the membership number is encrypted and stored locally in a cookie. When the log in page is reloaded the membership number in the cookie is decrypted and the card number text box is auto filled in. To remove the information saved in the cookie uncheck the “Remember my membership number”. |
| Google Analytics | We use Google Analytics to carry out statistical analysis of page use, page interactions and paths through members.coop. This is known as 'web metrics'. Google stores the information collected by the cookie on servers in the United States. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. By using the members website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. |