COOKIES

Information About Our Use of Cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.

The cookies used on www.matalan.co.uk fall into the following categories:

Strictly Necessary Cookies
Analytical & Performance Cookies
Functional Cookies
Targeting Cookies
Advertising & Social Media Cookies

For more information about cookies see the further reading below.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.

Essential cookies let you move around the website and use essential features, essential cookies remember what is in your basket when you move to check out and record your bank details allowing you to purchase goods online. Essential cookies don't gather any information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you've been on the internet.

Matalan use essential cookies to remember information you will have entered when you navigate to different pages in a single web browser session, remember information entered into forms, including promotion codes, remember the goods in your basket when you get to the checkout page, and identify you as being logged in to www.matalan.co.uk Accepting essential cookies is a condition of using www.matalan.co.uk, so if you prevent these cookies we can't predict how the website will perform during your visit.

Analytical & Performance Cookies

They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

Analytical cookies collect information about how you use the website e.g. which pages you visit, and if you experience any errors. These cookies don't collect any information that could identify you – all the information collected is anonymous and is only used to help Matalan improve the functionality of our website, understand what interests our users and measure how effective our advertising is.

Matalan uses analytical cookies to provide statistics on how the website is used, see how effective our adverts and emails are (we don't use this information to target adverts to you when you visit other websites), provide feedback to partners that one of our visitors also visited their website. This can include details of any products bought. This lets our partners improve their websites, but we don't allow our partners to reuse this information for further advertising, help us improve the website by measuring any errors that occur and to test different designs of our website.

In some cases, some of these cookies are managed for us by third parties, but we don't allow the third party to use the cookies for any purpose other than those listed above. Using our site indicates that you accept the use of analytical cookies. Accepting these cookies is a condition of using www.matalan.co.uk, so if you prevent them we cannot guarantee how the website will perform for you.

Functional Cookies

These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

Matalan uses functionality cookies to remember settings you have applied such as layout, text size, preferences and colours, remember if we have already asked you if you want to fill in a survey, show you when you're logged in to the website and share information with partners to provide a service on our website. The information shared is only to be used to provide the service, product or function and not for any other purpose. Some of these cookies are managed for us by third parties, where this is the case we do not allow the third party to use the cookies for any purpose other than those listed above.

You can control whether or not these cookies are used, but preventing them may mean we are unable to offer you some of our online services and will reduce the support we can offer you. It is also possible that preventing these cookies stops us remembering that you did not want a specific service.

Targeting Cookies

These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

Targeting cookies are linked to services provided by third parties, such as 'Like' buttons and 'Share' buttons. The third party provides these services in return for recognising that you have visited our website.

Matalan uses targeting cookies to link to advertising services provided by Google and Facebook as outlined in our privacy policy, who may subsequently use information about your visit to target advertising to you on other websites, provide advertising agencies with information on your visit so that they can present you with adverts that you may be interested in, provide third parties with information on your visit so they can direct you to Matalan products you may be interested in. You can control whether or not these cookies are used, but preventing them may stop us from offering you some of our online services. Most of these cookies are managed by third parties, and you may use the third parties' own tools to prevent these cookies.

Advertising & Social Media Cookies

These cookies track user interactions with ads, websites, and content, enabling advertisers to create tailored advertising experiences based on user interests.

You can control whether or not these cookies are used, but preventing them may stop us from offering you some of our online services. Most of these cookies are managed by third parties, and you may use the third parties' own tools to prevent these cookies.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Matalan's Cookies (1st Party)

Cookie Name	Description	Domain Cookie Category
_schn2		Functional Cookies
_schn1		Advertising & Social Media Cookies
JSESSIONID	General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written in JSP. Usually used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server.	Strictly Necessary Cookies
JSESSIONID	General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written in JSP. Usually used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server.	Strictly Necessary Cookies
LPSID-nnnnnnnn	This is a pattern type cookie associated with software from LivePerson which enables online chat functionality with site visitors. This cookie appears to be a unique session identifier.	Functional Cookies
lpTestCookie	This cookie name is associated with the LivePerson chat sofware used to enable live chat on a website. It is a pattern type cookie which uses a unique identifier for each page. It appears to test whether or not the browser is set to accept first party cookies.	Functional Cookies
_tt_enable_cookie		Functional Cookies
qb_permanent		Functional Cookies
_uetvid	This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website.	Targeting Cookies
_uetvid	This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website.	Strictly Necessary Cookies
_sc_cspv		Functional Cookies
en_chosenSubsite_V6		Strictly Necessary Cookies
cookietest	Common cookie name could have a number of different origins. Where this is first party and a session cookie, its most likely to do with checking to see if the browser is set to block or allow cookies.Common cookie name could have a number of different origins. Where this is first party and a session cookie, its most likely to do with checking to see if the browser is set to block or allow cookies.	Strictly Necessary Cookies
locale_V6	N/A	Functional Cookies
qb_session		Functional Cookies
_screload		Functional Cookies
_gclxxxx	Google conversion tracking cookie	Strictly Necessary Cookies
_ttp		Functional Cookies
OptanonAlertBoxClosed	This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information.	Strictly Necessary Cookies
ab	This cookie is generally provided by agkn.com and is used for advertising purposes.	Targeting Cookies
ab	This cookie is generally provided by agkn.com and is used for advertising purposes.	Targeting Cookies
chumewe_user	user	Strictly Necessary Cookies
recentlyViewedProducts		Functional Cookies
FPGSID		Strictly Necessary Cookies
_gid	This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited._gid	Strictly Necessary Cookies
_gid	This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited._gid	Strictly Necessary Cookies
_qubitTracker		Functional Cookies
LPVID	This cookie name is associated with software from LIvePerson, which enables website owners to add online chat funcitonality to communicate directly with visitors. This cookie is believed to be a unique visitor identifier.	Functional Cookies
_scid	Cookie associated with Snapchat. Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. This pairing service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitates realtime bidding for advertisers.	Targeting Cookies
_gcl_au	Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services	Targeting Cookies
_ga_xxxxxxxxxx		Strictly Necessary Cookies
metric_nonce		Strictly Necessary Cookies
cee		Targeting Cookies
NSC_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	This cookie name is associated with the Netscaler load balancing service from Citrix. This is a pattern type cookie with the root being NSC_ and the rest of the name being a unique encrypted alpha numeric identifier for the virtual server it originated from. The cookie is used to ensure traffic and user data is routed to the correct locations where a site is hosted on multiple servers, so that the end user has a consistent experience.	Strictly Necessary Cookies
csrf_token	This cookie is used by Cloudflare to identify trusted web traffic.	Strictly Necessary Cookies
chumewe_sess		Strictly Necessary Cookies
chumewe_sess		Strictly Necessary Cookies
qb_generic		Functional Cookies
_uetsid	This cookie is used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that may be relevant to the end user perusing the site.	Targeting Cookies
_uetsid	This cookie is used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that may be relevant to the end user perusing the site.	Targeting Cookies
_fbp	Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers	Targeting Cookies
_fbp	Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers	Targeting Cookies
_gat_UA-XXXXXX-X	Google Analytics Cookies	Strictly Necessary Cookies
_ga_xxxxxxx	_ga	Analytics & Performance Cookies
_ga_xxxxxxx	_ga	Analytics & Performance Cookies
__cf_bm	The __cf_bm cookie is a cookie necessary to support Cloudflare Bot Management, currently in private beta. As part of our bot management service, this cookie helps manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. This is a CloudFoundry cookie	Strictly Necessary Cookies
_csrf		Strictly Necessary Cookies
_scid_r		Functional Cookies
_yfpc		Analytics & Performance Cookies
_yfpc		Strictly Necessary Cookies
_yfpc		Strictly Necessary Cookies
OptanonConsent	This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor.	Strictly Necessary Cookies
_cs_nnnnnnnnnnnnn	This is a session cookie. This is a pattern type cookie where a random 13-digit number is appended to the prefix _cs_.	Analytics & Performance Cookies
_cs_nnnnnnnnnnnnn	This is a session cookie. This is a pattern type cookie where a random 13-digit number is appended to the prefix _cs_.	Analytics & Performance Cookies
_cs_nnnnnnnnnnnnn	This is a session cookie. This is a pattern type cookie where a random 13-digit number is appended to the prefix _cs_.	Analytics & Performance Cookies
_pin_unauth	This cookie is assocate with pinterest. It is used to track the usage of services.	Functional Cookies
ESESSIONID		Strictly Necessary Cookies
_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. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners._ga	Strictly Necessary Cookies
qb_persist_test		Functional Cookies
ElysiumBasketmatalan_V6		Strictly Necessary Cookies

Used by Matalan (3rd Party)

Cookie Name	Description	Domain Cookie Category
Cookie does not have a name	This domain is owned by Facebook, which is the world's largest social networking service. As a third party host provider, it mostly collects data on the interests of users via widgets such as the 'Like' button found on many websites. This is used to serve targeted advertising to its users when logged into its services. In 2014 it also started serving up behaviourally targeted advertising on other websites, similar to most dedicated online marketing companies.	Targeting Cookies
LPVisitorID	This domain is owned by LivePerson. The main business activity is: Online Chat/Customer Data	Functional Cookies
LPSessionID	This domain is owned by LivePerson. The main business activity is: Online Chat/Customer Data	Functional Cookies
IDE	This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange	Targeting Cookies
lpTestCookie	This cookie name is associated with the LivePerson chat sofware used to enable live chat on a website. It is a pattern type cookie which uses a unique identifier for each page. It appears to test whether or not the browser is set to accept first party cookies.	Functional Cookies
TESTCOOKIESENABLED	YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.	Targeting Cookies
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA	YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.	Targeting Cookies
_ttp		Advertising & Social Media Cookies
X-AB	This domain is commonly associated with Scorecard Research, a service that provides marketers with analytics and other tracking information.	Advertising & Social Media Cookies
test_cookie	This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange	Targeting Cookies
recentlyViewedProducts		Functional Cookies
MSPTC	This domain is owned by Microsoft - it is the site for the search engine Bing.	Targeting Cookies
_cfuvid	This domain is owned by Vimeo. The main business activity is: Video Hosting/Sharing	Functional Cookies
fr	Contains browser and user unique ID combination, used for targeted advertising.	Targeting Cookies
chumewe_sess		Analytics & Performance Cookies
guest_id_marketing	This domain is owned by Twitter. The main business activity is: Social Networking Services. Where twitter acts as a third party host, it collects data through a range of plug-ins and integrations, that is primarily used for tracking and targeting.	Targeting Cookies
guest_id	Twitter does not currently provide information on the use of specific cookies.	Targeting Cookies
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos	Targeting Cookies
guest_id_ads	This domain is owned by Twitter. The main business activity is: Social Networking Services. Where twitter acts as a third party host, it collects data through a range of plug-ins and integrations, that is primarily used for tracking and targeting.	Targeting Cookies
ar_debug	This domain is owned by Pinterest. The main business activity is: Social Content Sharing platform	Targeting Cookies
muc_ads		Functional Cookies
_pinterest_ct_ua		Targeting Cookies
MUID	This domain is owned by Mircosoft - it is the site for the search engine Bing.	Targeting Cookies
__cf_bm	This is a CloudFoundry cookie	Functional Cookies
YSC	YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.	Targeting Cookies
personalization_id	This domain is owned by Twitter. The main business activity is: Social Networking Services. Where twitter acts as a third party host, it collects data through a range of plug-ins and integrations, that is primarily used for tracking and targeting.	Targeting Cookies
_GRECAPTCHA	This domain is owned by Google Inc. Although Google is primarily known as a search engine, the company provides a diverse range of products and services. Its main source of revenue however is advertising. Google tracks users extensively both through its own products and sites, and the numerous technologies embedded into many millions of websites around the world. It uses the data gathered from most of these services to profile the interests of web users and sell advertising space to organisations based on such interest profiles as well as aligning adverts to the content on the pages where its customer's adverts appear.	Targeting Cookies
_cs_nnnnnnnnnnnnn	This is a session cookie. This is a pattern type cookie where a random 13-digit number is appended to the prefix _cs_.	Analytics & Performance Cookies
CONSENT	This domain is owned by Google Inc. Although Google is primarily known as a search engine, the company provides a diverse range of products and services. Its main source of revenue however is advertising. Google tracks users extensively both through its own products and sites, and the numerous technologies embedded into many millions of websites around the world. It uses the data gathered from most of these services to profile the interests of web users and sell advertising space to organisations based on such interest profiles as well as aligning adverts to the content on the pages where its customer's adverts appear.	Targeting Cookies
CONSENT	YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.	Targeting Cookies

Please note that our third parties and social networks will use cookies for a variety of reasons, their privacy

policies are available here:

Careers Site

Below is a list of the cookies that we set for our Careers site at https://www.matalan.jobs

Name	Purpose	Type
UserName	Identifies your email address to populate the log-in field when you return to the site.	Functional
RememberMe	Identifies you have chosen your username to be remembered.	Functional
ASP.session	Identifies when your session on the website started and keeps you logged in until your session has ended.	Functional

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.

You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

Information about cookies can be found on the ICO (UK) site: https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/