Cookies Policy
This is the Cookie Policy for Blue Water Energy, accessible from www.bluewaterpe.com.
What Are Cookies
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the sites functionality.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Disabling Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of the this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
The Cookies We Set
You can change your cookie settings at any time via this link or by clicking “Manage Cookies” in the website footer.
Strictly Necessary cookies
Strictly necessary cookies allow core website functionality such as user login and account management. The website cannot be used properly without strictly necessary cookies.
| Cookie key | Domain | Path | Cookie type | Expiration | Description |
| CookieScriptConsent | www.bluewaterpe.com | / | First-party | 1 month | This cookie is used by Cookie-Script.com service to remember visitor cookie consent preferences. It is necessary for Cookie-Script.com cookie banner to work properly. |
wp-wpml_current_language | www.bluewaterpe.com | / | First-party | Session | Stores the current language. By default, this cookie is set only for logged-in users. If you enable the language cookie to support AJAX filtering, this cookie will also be set for users who are not logged in. |
| AEC | .google.co.uk | / | Third-party | 2 months | This cookie is used for security purposes, helping to ensure that the user’s interactions with the website are safe and to prevent fraudulent activity. |
| __stripe_mid | .www.bluewaterpe.com | / | First-party | 10 months | This cookie is set by Stripe to distinguish users and enable secure payment processing during interactions with the website. |
| wp-settings-2 | www.bluewaterpe.com | / | First-party | 10 months | This cookie is used to customise the admin interface and possibly also the main site interface for the user. It stores individual user settings for the WordPress dashboard. |
| wp-settings-time-2 | www.bluewaterpe.com | / | First-party | 10 months | This cookie records the time when wp-settings-2 was set, helping WordPress determine when to update or maintain the stored settings for a logged-in user. |
Performance cookies
Performance cookies are used to see how visitors use the website, eg. analytics cookies. Those cookies cannot be used to directly identify a certain visitor.
| Cookie key | Domain | Path | Cookie type | Expiration | Description |
| _pk_id.18.e6a6 | www.bluewaterpe.com | / | First-party | 1 year | This cookie name is associated with the Piwik open source web analytics platform. It is used to help website owners track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. It is a pattern type cookie, where the prefix _pk_id is followed by a short series of numbers and letters, which is believed to be a reference code for the domain setting the cookie. |
| _pk_ses.18.e6a6 | www.bluewaterpe.com | / | First-party | 30 minutes | This cookie name is associated with the Piwik open source web analytics platform. It is used to help website owners track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. It is a pattern type cookie, where the prefix _pk_ses is followed by a short series of numbers and letters, which is believed to be a reference code for the domain setting the cookie. |
| APISID | .google.co.uk | / | Third-party | 1 year | This DoubleClick cookie is generally set through the site by advertising partners, and used by them to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests and show relevant ads on other sites. This cookie works by uniquely identifying your browser and device. |
| _clck | .mtc.co.uk | / | Third-party | 11 months | This cookie is used to track user interactions and engagement on the website to improve user experience and website functionality. |
| _ga | .mtc.co.uk | / | Third-party | 9 months | 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. |
| _ga | .bluewaterpe.com | / | First-party | 1 year | 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. |
| _ga_WNXY9WSLLQ | .mtc.co.uk | / | Third-party | 1 year | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state. |
| _ga_7PVL34444J | .mtc.co.uk | / | Third-party | 9 months | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state. |
| _ga_E6XBPB5EM3 | .bluewaterpe.com | / | First-party | 1 year | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state. |
| zps-tgr-dts | .cookie-script.com | / | Third-party | 9 months | This cookie is used to track and report on user interactions on the website, such as pages visited or how the user navigates through the site. This information is used to improve the user experience and optimize the website’s performance. |
| customerly_jwt | .cookie-script.com | / | Third-party | 11 months | This cookie is used to authenticate users by maintaining session data to deliver a personalized experience. |
Targeting cookies
Targeting cookies are used to identify visitors between different websites, eg. content partners, banner networks. Those cookies may be used by companies to build a profile of visitor interests or show relevant ads on other websites.
| Cookie key | Domain | Path | Cookie type | Expiration | Description |
| _fbp | .mtc.co.uk | / | Third-party | 2 months | Used by Meta to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers |
| gclid_info | .cookie-script.com | / | Third-party | 21 days | This cookie is likely used to store campaign information in order to provide users with tailored advertising and to analyze ad campaign effectiveness. The name suggests it captures Google Click Identifier (GCLID) parameters for tracking Google Ads. |
| _gcl_au | .bluewaterpe.com | / | First-party | 1 month | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services |
Functionality cookies
Functionality cookies are used to remember visitor information on the website, eg. language, timezone, enhanced content.
| Cookie key | Domain | Path | Cookie type | Expiration | Description |
| zft-sdc | .cookie-script.com | / | Third-party | 5 hours | This cookie is used to store user preferences and information each time they visit web pages containing geographic maps of Google Maps. It does not collect any personal data. |
| customerly_sid | .cookie-script.com | / | Third-party | 10 months |
Unclassified cookies
Unclassified cookies are cookies that do not belong to any other category or are in the process of categorization.
| Cookie key | Domain | Path | Cookie type | Expiration | Description |
| wordpress_test_cookie | .www.bluewaterpe.com | / | First-party | Session | Used on sites built with WordPress. Tests whether or not the browser has cookies enabled |
- Account related cookies:If you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.
- Login related cookies:We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.
- Forms related cookies:When you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
Third Party Cookies
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
- This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
- From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site whilst ensuring we understand which optimisations our users appreciate the most.
More Information
Hopefully that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren’t sure whether you need or not it’s usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site.
However if you are still looking for more information then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods:
- By visiting this link: www.bluewaterpe.com/contact