Cookies
Cookie policy
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer's hard drive by websites you visit to enable the site to 'remember' who you are. In general, cookies are only visible to the site that serves them, not to other websites. 'Serves' means places on your computer's hard drive.
Roadchef Ltd (and any or all of its holding or subsidiary companies) (or “Roadchef”) serves cookies on its website for the purpose of traffic measurement using the Google analytics system, this includes any other websites or applications maintained by Roadchef utilising Google analytic technologies.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics (which uses cookies), the world's most widely used website analytics service, to analyse the way people use our website, and help us improve user experience.
For more information see Google's privacy policy, details of Google Analytics, and how to opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics.
Google Analytics' terms require us to reproduce the following wording in this policy:
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site.
The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.
Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. 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. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
Microsoft Clarity
We use Microsoft Clarity (which uses cookies), to help us understand what users want, care about and do on our site by visually representing their clicks, taps and scrolling behaviour.
For more information, see Microsoft’s cookie list, sharing information of the cookies Clarity sets, cookie consent, how to opt-out & data collection.
How to control and delete cookies
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 by 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 machine as well as more general information about cookies.
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive while they are visiting a particular website. It contains simple information about the user's identity but no personal information. The benefit of using cookies is that it allows us to monitor website traffic and record user's preferences. Roadchef acknowledges and complies with the recent changes to the rules and regulations in regards to using cookies and similar technologies for storing information. Roadchef will ensure that the use of cookies is managed in accordance with national and legal guidelines, such as those that require the consent of website visitors for their use.
The cookies used on the Roadchef website include:
- Google Analytics cookies: _utma, _utmb, _utmc, _utmz
- Microsoft Clarity cookies: _clck, _clsk, CLID, ANONCHK, MR, MUID, SM
Provider | Cookie name | Purpose | Benefit | Duration of cookies |
Google Analytics | _utma | To record how many people are using the site and how they move around the site once they've arrived: _utma tracks how many times (if any) you have visited the site before. | So service is available when you want it and fast, we measure numbers and volumes of visitors. Data stored by cookies: No personal information about you, just information about your computer and your browser. | Expires 2 years after your last visit to this site. |
_utmb | To record how many people are using the site and how they move around the site once they've arrived: _utmb and _utmc are connected, and track how long you stay on the site. | So service is available when you want it and fast, we measure numbers and volumes of visitors. Data stored by cookies: No personal information about you, just information about your computer and your browser. | Expires 30 minutes after your visit, or after 30 minutes of inactivity. | |
_utmc | To record how many people are using the site and how they move around the site once they've arrived: _utmb and _utmc are connected, and track how long you stay on the site. | So service is available when you want it and fast, we measure numbers and volumes of visitors. Data stored by cookies: No personal information about you, just information about your computer and your browser. | Expires when you close your browser. | |
_utmz | To record how many people are using the site and how they move around the site once they've arrived: _utmz tracks identifies where you've come from e.g. from a search engine or from another website. | So service is available when you want it and fast, we measure numbers and volumes of visitors. Data stored by cookies: No personal information about you, just information about your computer and your browser. | Expires 6 months after it was last set. | |
Microsoft Clarity | _clck | Persists the Clarity User ID and preferences, unique to that site, on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. | So service is available when you want it and fast, we measure numbers and volumes of visitors. Data stored by cookies: No personal information about you, just information about your computer and your browser. | 1 year |
_clsk | Connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording. | So service is available when you want it and fast, we measure numbers and volumes of visitors. Data stored by cookies: No personal information about you, just information about your computer and your browser. | 1 day | |
CLID | Identifies the first-time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity. | So service is available when you want it and fast, we measure numbers and volumes of visitors. Data stored by cookies: No personal information about you, just information about your computer and your browser. | 1 year | |
ANONCHK | Indicates whether MUID is transferred to ANID, a cookie used for advertising. Clarity doesn't use ANID and so this is always set to 0. | So service is available when you want it and fast, we measure numbers and volumes of visitors. Data stored by cookies: No personal information about you, just information about your computer and your browser. | 10 minutes | |
MR | Indicates whether to refresh MUID. | So service is available when you want it and fast, we measure numbers and volumes of visitors. Data stored by cookies: No personal information about you, just information about your computer and your browser. | Session | |
MUID | Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. | So service is available when you want it and fast, we measure numbers and volumes of visitors. Data stored by cookies: No personal information about you, just information about your computer and your browser. | 1 year | |
SM | Used in synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains. | So service is available when you want it and fast, we measure numbers and volumes of visitors. Data stored by cookies: No personal information about you, just information about your computer and your browser. | Session |