Cookie Policy

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your registered account(s) and preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Cookies used

Necessary (2)

Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Name: __cfduid
Provider: datatables.net
Cookie purpose description: Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 1 year

Name: PHPSESSID
Provider: trimetals.co.uk
Cookie purpose description: Preserves user session state across page requests.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session

Statistics (6)

Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

Name: _ga
Provider: trimetals.co.uk
Cookie purpose description: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 2 years

Name: _gat
Provider: trimetals.co.uk
Cookie purpose description: Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session

Name: _gid
Provider: trimetals.co.uk
Cookie purpose description: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session

Name: AWSALB
Provider: zopim.com
Cookie purpose description: Unclassified.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 6 days

Name: collect
Provider: google-analytics.com
Cookie purpose description: Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.
Type: Pixel
Expiry: Session

Name: flowplayerTestStorage
Provider: trimetals.co.uk
Cookie purpose description: This cookie is used to store information on the Flow player-status of the visitor, which determines if the visitor can access media content on the website.
Type: HTML
Expiry: Persistent

Marketing (6)

Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.

Name: __zlcmid
Provider: trimetals.co.uk
Cookie purpose description: Preserves users states across page requests.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 1 year

Name: ads/ga-audiences
Provider: google.com
Cookie purpose description: Used by Google Ad Word s to re-en gag e visitors th at are likely to co n vert to customers based on the visitor’s online behaviour across websites.
Type: Pixel
Expiry: Session

Name: ads/user-lists/#
Provider: google.com
Cookie purpose description: Unclassified.
Type: Pixel
Expiry: Session

Name: IDE
Provider: doubleclick.net
Cookie purpose description: Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 2 years

Name: test_cookie
Provider: doubleclick.net
Cookie purpose description: Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session

Name: zte#
Provider: trimetals.co.uk
Cookie purpose description: Saves a Zopim Live Chat ID that recognises a device between visits during a chat session.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session