Cookie Policy & Control
This page was last updated on 31 July 2024. Whenever this policy is changed in a material way, you will be asked to renew your cookie consent.
We, Kingspan Insulation Ltd ("Kingspan Insulation") and each of our affiliates (“Kingspan Insulation Affiliate/s”), through our global website www.u-value calculator.com, and each of its regional microsites, use cookies. These cookies help to ensure that our microsites are secure and work properly, and if you consent so, it will help us to improve your experience by, for example, remembering your preference settings or sending you personalised information about our products and services.
What are cookies?
Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information, which are downloaded to your computer or mobile device by websites that you visit. They can improve your experience of using a website by, for example, remembering your preference settings and tracking your use of a website so that it can be improved to meet your needs. Most of our cookies only collect anonymous information. However, we or the other companies we use for cookies (listed below), may collect information such as log-in details and IP addresses that in some countries is considered personal data. We take your privacy seriously and would like you to understand how we process this personal data as per our Website Privacy Notice.
You will be able to access other websites from the u-valuecalculator.com microsites and these websites are not under our control. Please review their cookie and privacy policies when you visit them.
Also, when you use an external account (such as Facebook or Disqus) to log-in to our website, note that any preferences saved (such as remembering log-in details) are saved and further managed by your account provider and this is outside of our control.
What cookies do we use?
We know that understanding cookies, their uses and how these uses affect your online experience can be challenging. We want to make this as simple as possible for you. Below, you will find a summary of the purposes for which we use cookies followed by a complete cookie list.
Type 1: Functionality Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are used for security, or to enable the website to function – without these cookies you will not be able to use our websites.
Functionality cookies that provide website services to enhance your experience and cookies that save your preferences e.g. website language, enquiries or comments you make on our website – these cookies are not necessary for your use of our websites but enabling these cookies can improve your website experience. A full list of functionality cookies is available below.
Type 2: Analytical Cookies (Anonymised)
Cookies that can tell us how (anonymised) users interact with our website, to help us improve. For these cookies, you will allow the companies we use (e.g. Google) to see some personal information e.g. IP address, but Kingspan will not see this information.
If you accept these cookies, we will be able to analyse anonymous interactions such as:
- the sources from which you access our website,
- general online behaviour and interactions with our websites e.g. user clicks and number of website visits, and;
- general user preferences such as popular keyword searches and advert clicks.
Type 3: Analytical Cookies (Personal)
Cookies that allow us to use your personal information to tailor our product and service offering to you based on your interests, needs and interactions.
If you accept these cookies, we will be able to analyse interactions such as:
- Utilising third party cookies (this means that they are provided by other companies, for example, Google or Facebook) to advertise to you based on your interests and interactions with Kingspan.
What consent options do I have?
Kingspan would like to have your consent to send cookies to your computer or mobile device.
Our use of strictly necessary cookies does not require your consent. If you do not agree with the saving of strictly necessary cookies on your device, you should stop browsing our webpages.
If you do not consent to our functionality cookies, some parts of our website may not work as you wish.
Consent for Kingspan's cookies will last for 12 months, after which time we will ask you to renew your cookie consent.
Can I withdraw my consent or manage my cookies?
You can withdraw your consent to our cookies at any time, even if you have previously consented. More information about consent withdrawal is provided in our Website Privacy Notice.
To manage your cookie preferences, please click here.
You can also manage your cookies from your browser settings. You can find more information on how to do this here:
- Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en-GB
- Internet explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
- Mozilla Firefox: http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
- Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4468242/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy-microsoft-privacy
What is the difference between a 'persistent' and a 'session' cookie?
Persistent Cookie | Session Cookie |
These cookies remain on your device between browsing sessions. They are activated each time you visit the website. | These cookies allow for website operators to link your actions during a browsing session. A browsing session starts when you open your browser window and finishes when you close the browser window. These cookies are created temporarily. Once you close your browser, all cookies are deleted. |
Type 1: Functionality Cookies
Strictly Necessary Cookies | ||
Cookie | Purpose | Persistent / Session |
ARRAffinity | ARRAffinity cookie is set by Azure app service, and allows the service to choose the right instance established by a user to deliver subsequent requests made by that user. | Session |
ARRAffinitySameSite | This cookie is set by Windows Azure cloud, and is used for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session. | Session |
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cltk |
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lastExternalReferrerTime | Detects how the user reached the website by registering their last URL-address. | local |
lastExternalReferrer | Detects how the user reached the website by registering their last URL-address. | Persistent |
Type 2: Analytical Cookies (Anonymised)
Cookies to register sources and links | ||
Cookie | Purpose | Persistent / Session |
_ga_* | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state. | persistent |
_ga | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. | persistent |
_gid | This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores and update a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track pageviews. | session |
_gat_* | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It is a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. | session |
cltk | The _cltk cookie is placed on users’ browsers by Microsoft Clarity and tracks interactions with a site |
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Type 3: Analytical Cookies (Personal)
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