Please read these cookie policy carefully before using this website. Effective: 25/05/2018
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a piece of data that a website will store on your computer or mobile device. The majority of websites on the World Wide Web use cookies to make their websites easier to use. Cookies are safe and can't harm your computer. A cookie is very small and will not take up much space on your computer or mobile device. You are in control of the cookies that are stored and you can delete or block these cookies at any time. Blocking or deleting certain cookies may stop parts of a website from working properly.
What cookies do we currently use?
Necessary
Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expiry |
CookieConsent | sizzix.co.uk | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain | 1 year |
JSESSIONID | nr-data.net | Preserves users states across page requests. | Session |
PHPSESSID | sizzix.co.uk | Preserves user session state across page requests. | Session |
X-Magento-Vary | sizzix.co.uk | Highlights that the version of the page a user has requested has changed. Varnish creates a new version of the page based on this cookie. | Session |
Statistics
Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expiry |
@@History/@@scroll|# | sizzix.co.uk | Unclassified | Session |
_at.hist.# | sizzix.co.uk | Used by the social sharing platform AddThis to store the user's usage history of the AddThis sharing widget | Persistent |
_ga | sizzix.co.uk | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 2 years |
_gat | sizzix.co.uk | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | Session |
_gid | sizzix.co.uk | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | Session |
Marketing
Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expiry |
__atuvc | sizzix.co.uk | Updates the counter of a website's social sharing features. | 13 months |
__atuvs | sizzix.co.uk | Ensures that the updated counter is displayed to the user if a page is shared with the social sharing service, AddThis. | Session |
at-lojson-cache-# | sizzix.co.uk | Used by the social sharing platform AddThis | Persistent |
bt2 | addthis.com | Used by the social sharing platform AddThis to keep a record of parts of the site that has been visited in order to recommend other parts of the site | 256 days |
di2 | addthis.com | Share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms | 1 year |
fr | facebook.com | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | 3 months |
GPS | youtube.com | Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location. | Session |
IDE | doubleclick.net | 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. | 1 year |
loc | addthis.com | Geolocation, which is used to help providers determine how users who share information with each other are geographically located (state level). | 13 months |
mus | addthis.com | Unclassified | 1 year |
NID | google.com | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads. | 6 months |
ouid | addthis.com | Unclassified | 1 year |
PREF | youtube.com | Registers a unique ID that is used by Google to keep statistics of how the visitor uses YouTube videos across different websites. | 8 months |
r/collect | doubleclick.net | Unclassified | Session |
sess | adnxs.com | Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies. | Session |
SEUNCY | semasio.net | Registers a unique ID that identifies the user's device for return visits. | 179 days |
TapAd_DID | tapad.com | Used to determine what type of devices (smartphones, tablets, computers, TVs etc.) is used by a user. | 2 months |
TapAd_TS | tapad.com | Used to determine what type of devices (smartphones, tablets, computers, TVs etc.) is used by a user. | 2 months |
TDCPM | adsrvr.org | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads. | 1 year |
TDID | adsrvr.org | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads. | 1 year |
tr | facebook.com | Unclassified | Session |
uid | addthis.com | Creates a unique, machine-generated user ID. AddThis, which is owned by Clearspring Technologies, uses the user ID to make it possible for the user to share content across social networks and provide detailed statistics to various providers. | 1 year |
uuid2 | adnxs.com | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads. | 3 months |
uvc | addthis.com | Detects how often the social sharing service, AddThis, encounters the same user. | 13 months |
vc | addthis.com | Used by the social sharing platform AddThis | 1 year |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | youtube.com | Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. | 179 days |
YSC | youtube.com | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Session |
No Category
Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expiry |
autocomplete | sizzix.co.uk | Allows the browser to predict the value | Session |
autocomplete-provider | sizzix.co.uk | The service where the functionality has come from | Session |
autocomplete-recent | sizzix.co.uk | Recent autocompletes made by the user | Session |
crl8.fpcuid | sizzix.co.uk | Randomly created UUID by client-side JS | 1 year |
cuid | sizzix.co.uk | Randomly created UUID by server | 1 year |
ex_vib_4036072113170809035 | sizzix.co.uk | Unclassified | 10 days |
ex_vsb_2194463060022689852 | sizzix.co.uk | Unclassified | 10 days |
v1/pixel/116890/pixel.png | sizzix.co.uk | Unclassified | 10 days |
v1/reels/FieFOKpu/events.png | sizzix.co.uk | Unclassified | 10 days |
vib_4036072113170809035 | sizzix.co.uk | Unclassified | 10 days |
vsb_2194463060022689852 | sizzix.co.uk | Unclassified | 10 days |
We currently use a few cookies to make our site more efficient and useful for our customers. Some of these cookies are set by Sizzix and some are set by third parties such as YouTube or Facebook.
Cookies set by VeriSign
We use VeriSign to show that our site is secure. VeriSign scans our site periodically to make sure that we are secure. When you click the website seal, it will open a new browser window and sets a cookie. This cookie is set from a domain outside of our control but we have included the cookie information below:
Name | Set by | Expires | Purpose |
v1st |
verisign.com |
7 years 9 months |
Tracks the number of clicks of the seal |
We use analytics services which are a set of tools used to collect and analyse usage statistics, enabling us to better understand how users use the website. This, in turn, enables us to improve the website and the products offered through it. You do not have to allow us to use these cookies, as detailed below, however whilst our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of the website, it does enable us to continually improve our business.
The analytics services used by this website use cookies to gather the required information. Certain of these cookies may be placed immediately when you decide to visit the website and it may not be possible to obtain your prior consent. You may remove these cookies and prevent future use of them by following the steps set out below.
Blocking and deleting cookies
The method to block or delete cookies depends on which browser you are using. We have included external links to instructions for the most popular browsers, please see below:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9
Block or Delete - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows7/How-to-manage-cookies-in-Internet-Explorer-9
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 or 7
Block - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies
Delete - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-vista/Delete-your-Internet-cookies
Google Chrome
Block or Delete - http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=95647
Mozilla Firefox
Block – http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Blocking%20cookies
Delete - http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Deleting%20cookies
If you are using a browser that isn’t listed above please see: http://www.aboutcookies.org/Default.aspx?page=1
Changes to the law
On 26th May 2011, the EU Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive was amended to require consent for cookie placement for EU visitors. Sizzix is currently analysing its sites to find the best way to gain consent without impeding on your experience.
More information
For more information about cookies please see http://www.aboutcookies.org.
If you have any queries or opinions on this cookie policy please write to us at:
Ellison Europe Ltd.
Unit 3, Whitegate Industrial Estate
Wrexham
United Kingdom, LL13 8UG