Cookies are small files that websites place on your computer, mobile phone, tablet or other device. They remember your visit to the site and your preferences, and enable additional features of the website to work.
They may also tailor the information or adverts you see on the site and on other websites. Use of cookies is common practice and many websites use them and most internet browsers automatically accept cookies.
We are providing this information to enable visitors to the site to understand the different types of cookies and how we use them.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, vfast.co.uk) are called "first party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third party cookies". Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. like advertising, interactive content and analytics). The parties that set these third party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
We use cookies on the Vfast website to collect information about how visitors use the website and to collect standard analytics to gather data to enhance the performance of our website. This is important to us as we want to improve the visitor journey when you browse our website and ensure that it is as user friendly as possible.
We use cookies to keep track of your postcode and the services available, and to deal with payment. We may also use cookies to understand customer shopping patterns and how customers select the products and services they ultimately buy, and to measure the success of our advertising and promotional campaigns.
We use first and third party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Websites to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Websites for advertising, analytics and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.
The specific types of first and third party cookies served through our Websites and the purposes they perform are described below
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. We group our cookies into two categories: Essential and Analytics. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services. Analytics cookies are only set if you choose "Accept all" or switch Analytics on.
When you first visit our website the cookie banner asks for your choice, and we remember it for 6 months before asking again. You can change your choice at any time: choose "Manage cookies" in the cookie banner, or Cookie settings at the bottom of every page. If you switch Analytics off, we remove the Google Analytics cookies. You may still use our website if you reject cookies. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.
In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices or http://www.youronlinechoices.com.
The specific types of first and third party cookies served through our Websites and the purposes they perform are described in the table below:
Essential
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Websites and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas
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Name
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Purpose
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Source
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Expires
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vfastwebsite_session
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Used to keep track of your shopping basket.
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Vfast
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Session
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XSRF-TOKEN
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Used to prevent CSRF attacks on forms.
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Vfast
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1 Hour
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vfast_consent
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Used to record your cookie choice.
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Vfast
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6 Months
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sid
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Used to keep you signed in to myVfast.
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Vfast
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24 Hours
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__stripe_mid
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Used by our payment provider to help prevent fraud.
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Stripe
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1 Year
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__stripe_sid
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Used by our payment provider to help prevent fraud.
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Stripe
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30 Mins
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Analytics
These Google Analytics cookies collect information in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is used, so we can improve it. They are only set if you accept them.
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Name
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Purpose
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Source
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Expires
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_ga_*
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Used by Google Analytics to persist session state.
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Google
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2 Years
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_ga
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It records a particular ID used to come up with data about website usage by the user.
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Google
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2 Years
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