Cookies Used On Our Website

Last updated: January 2025

How we use Cookies on our website

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently and enhance your experience as a site user. They can also provide us with information about site visitors patterns of navigation. We use this information to improve the site navigation and user experience when visiting this website.

You may delete and block all Cookies from this site, but parts of the site may not work properly. To find out more about the Cookies we use and how to delete them, see below.

How we use your information

This privacy notice tells you what to expect when this website collects personal information entered by you. It applies to information we collect about:

  • People who subscribe to any of our services
  • People who create accounts or register with this website
  • People who contact us via the contact form
  • People who use the wishlist, quote or basket stages
  • People who use any special forms designed to allow instant download of resources or entry into online competitions, surveys or other interactive communication

We collect Google Analytics information to log details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site, which areas are of most interest and which areas are the easiest to find. We use the information we gather to improve the site navigation and user experience when visiting this website.

We collect subscribers information to create accounts. We do not use Cookies to collect personally identifiable information from any site visitor.

Cookies used on this website
NamePurposeExpiration
bib_visitorThis Session cookie is set when any visitor uses bibonline.co.uk. This cookie is used simply to allow you to perform certain tasks such as using our checkout when purchasing one of our services, or using any of the forms on our site. This session cookie does not store any of your information and is not used to track user behaviour. This cookie is an essential part of the site and certain parts of the site will not operate without it.30 mins from set/update
bib_userThis cookie is used to allow registered users of our site make use of certain features, functions and to allow them private access to their account details. This cookie is set once when a registered user logs in via our login form and is removed upon logout.30 mins from set/update
_utmaThis cookie is typically written to the browser upon the first visit to your site from that web browser. If the cookie has been deleted by the browser operator, and the browser subsequently visits your site, a new __utma cookie is written with a different unique ID. This cookie is used to determine unique visitors to your site and it is updated with each page view.2 years from set/update
_utmbThis cookie is used to establish and continue a user session with your site. When a user views a page on your site, the Google Analytics code attempts to update this cookie. Each time a user visits a different page on your site, this cookie is updated to expire in 30 minutes, thus continuing a single session for as long as user activity continues within 30-minute intervals.30 minutes from set/update
_utmzThis cookie stores the type of referral used by the visitor to reach your site, whether via a direct method, a referring link, a website search, or a campaign such as an ad or an email link. It is used to calculate search engine traffic, ad campaigns and page navigation within your own site.6 months from set/update
MUIDMUID (Microsoft User Identifier) This cookie is set by Microsoft and is used to identify unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. It is widely used in analytics and marketing to track user interactions and improve services.390 days (approximately)
CLIDCLID (Clarity Identifier) This cookie is specific to Microsoft Clarity and is used to identify individual users anonymously for the purpose of analyzing user behavior on the website. It enables features like session replay and heatmaps.1 Year

For more information on Google analytics Cookies, visit http://www.google.com/policies

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To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This allows you to download and install a Google analytics cookie free browser.

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