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We're changing BTW.com so it's easier for you to manage the cookies we use. We'll honour your preferences if you make any changes, but a minority of cookies may not be controlled correctly until we've finished making all the necessary changes to BTW.com.

We've developed an online tool to help you manage the cookies we use on BTW.com. To use the tool, your web browser needs to support JavaScript – if it doesn't you can still find out about the cookies we use here, but you'll need to manage them through your web browser settings.

We will only read or write cookies for the preference level set, cookies set prior to you changing your settings will still be on your computer and you can remove them using your browser settings.

We use a cookie to remember your cookie preferences this has a couple of consequences

  • If you delete all your cookies you will have to update your preferences with us again.
  • If you use a different device, computer profile or browser you will have to tell us your preferences again.

The cookies used on BTW.com are based on the International Chamber of Commerce guide for cookie categories:

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Last updated 14th March 2018

Strictly necessary and performance cookies

'Strictly Necessary' cookies let you move around the website and use essential features like secure areas, shopping baskets and online billing. These cookies don't gather any information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you've been on the internet.

We use these Strictly Necessary cookies to…

  • Remember things like information you've entered on order forms when you navigate to different pages in a single web browser session
  • Remember the goods and services you ordered when you get to the checkout page
  • Identify you as being logged in to BTW.com
  • Make sure you connect to the right service on our website when we make any changes to the way the website works

Cookies we have defined as 'Strictly Necessary' cookies will NOT be used to…

  • Gather information that could be used to advertise products or services to you
  • Remember your preferences or username beyond your current visit

Accepting these cookies is a condition of using the website, so if you prevent these cookies we can't guarantee your security or predict how our website will perform during your visit.

  • Remember what you've ordered when you get to the checkout page
  • Identify you as being logged in to bt.com
  • Provide statistics on how our website is used
  • Help us remove the website by measuring any errors that occur

Performance

'Performance' cookies collect information about how you use our website e.g. which pages you visit, and if you experience any errors. These cookies don't collect any information that could identify you – all the information collected is anonymous and is only used to help us improve how our website works, understand what interests our users and measure how effective our advertising is.

We use performance cookies to…

  • Provide statistics on how our website is used
  • See how effective our adverts are (we don't use this information to target adverts to you when you visit other websites)
  • Provide feedback to partners that one of our visitors also visited their website. This can include details of any products bought. This lets our partners improve their website, but we don't allow our partners to reuse this information for further advertising
  • Help us improve the website by measuring any errors that occur
  • Test different designs of our website

Cookies we have defined as 'Performance' cookies will NOT be used to…

  • Gather information that could be used to advertise products or services to you on other websites
  • Remember your preferences or username beyond your current visit
  • Target adverts to you on any other website

In some cases, some of these cookies are managed for us by third parties, but we don't allow the third party to use the cookies for any purpose other than those listed above.

Using our site indicates that you accept the use of 'Performance' cookies.

Accepting these cookies is a condition of using the website, so if you prevent them we cannot guarantee how our site will perform for you.

List of strictly necessary and performance cookies

Here is a list of the cookies we have defined as 'strictly necessary'.

BTW.com cookies

  • SMSESSION
  • JSESSIONID_btwosfportal
  • JSESSIONID_btwportal
  • FORMCRED
  • btw_username
  • SMUSRMSG
  • VS:www.btwholesale.com:80:cookie
  • VS:www.btwholesale.com(SSL):443:cookie
  • SMTRYNO
  • VS:www.btwholesale.com(SSL):80:cookie
  • JSESSIONID_btwosfportalB

Here is a list of the cookies we have defined as 'Performance'.

BTW.com cookies

  • s_cc
  • s_sq
  • BTWOSPMISTAGS

List of functional cookies

Functional cookies

'Functionality' cookies are used to provide services or to remember settings to improve your visit.

We use 'Functionality' cookies to…

  • Remember settings you've applied such as layout, text size, preferences and colours
  • Remember if we've already asked you if you want to fill in a survey
  • Provide proactive live chat sessions to offer you support
  • Show you when you're logged in to the website
  • Share information with partners to provide a service on our website. The information shared is only to be used to provide the service, product or function and not for any other purpose

Cookies defined as 'Functionality' will not be used to…

  • Target you with adverts on other websites

Some of these cookies are managed for us by third parties – where this is the case we don't allow the third party to use the cookies for any purpose other than those listed above.

You can control whether or not these cookies are used, but preventing them may mean we can't offer you some services, and will reduce the support we can offer you. It's also possible that preventing these cookie stops us remembering that you didn't want a specific service.

Here is a list of the cookies we have defined as 'Functionality'.

BTW.com cookies

  • MYPAGEACCESS
  • MYPAGEBUTTON
  • alogin
  • rlogin
  • LOGIN_GROUP
  • JARRITAACCESS
  • cookieTest
  • CLASSICBUTTON
  • ASP.NET_SessionId
  • s_pn
  • bn_u
  • bn_ec
  • bz_help_do_not_show
  • do_not_show_product_message
  • btw_prim_nav
  • btw_sec_nav

1 this cooke is controlled by a tick box, if you opt to remember your forum log-in we will use this cookie even if you have opted out of 'functional cookies'


2 we are currently unable to control this cookie using our cookie toolbar

List of targeting cookies

Targeting

'Targeting' cookies are linked to services provided by third parties, such as 'Like' buttons and 'Share' buttons. The third party provides these services in return for recognising that you have visited our website.

We use 'Targeting' cookies to…

  • Link to social networks like Facebook, who may subsequently use information about your visit to target advertising to you on other websites
  • Provide advertising agencies with information on your visit so that they can present you with adverts that you may be interested in

You can control whether or not these cookies are used, but preventing them may stop us from offering you some services. All of these cookies are managed by third parties, and you may alternatively use the third parties' own tools to prevent these cookies.

Here is a list of the cookies we have defined as 'Targeting'.

BTW.com cookies

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    • Name of Cookie Function
    BTW website Cookies

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    Marketo
    The Marketo marketing platform collects anonymous web visit information and where possible will tie this information to known identifiable contacts within the BT Wholesale customer database, where permission has been given. The following information is captured against anonymous and known website visitors:

    • Date and time of visit(s)
    • IP Address information
    • Web browser information
    • Clicks from BT marketing emails
    • BT form submissions.

    Further information about Marketo, its privacy policy and cookies are available here: http://www.marketo.com/trust/legal/privacy

Further reading

Information of cookies

You can read more about cookies at:

Internet advertising Bureau

A guide to behavioural advertising and online privacy has been produced by the internet advertising industry which can be found at:

International chamber of commerce United

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