Shiply Cookie Policy
We want to make Shiply easy, useful and reliable. On the internet, in order to do this we sometimes need to place small amounts of information on your computer/device. This includes small files, which are known as cookies. These cookies cannot be used to identify you personally. We use these pieces of information for you and to the benefit of all users of www.shiply.com. For example:
- Detecting you as a logged in user so that you don't need to log in every time you come to Shiply (unless you log out)
- Collecting anonymous data to help us measure how people are using our web-site, so we can improve it, make it easier to use and ensure there's enough capacity to keep things running fast
- Collecting anonymous data to help us measure what sources of our marketing work best and help find more users for our shipping companies and more shipping companies for our users - benefiting both sides of the marketplace.
You can manage these cookies yourself and learn more about them through this helpful article.
There are two types of cookie which may be placed on you computer/device when you use the Shiply web-site; first party and third party. First party cookies are our own cookies, controlled by us. Third party cookies are those found on other service providers' tools the aim of these is to improve our service to you.
First Party Cookies
Shiply uses cookies in several places across the site - we've listed these below along with some details on why we use them.
| Name | Purpose |
|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | Helps keep you logged in on the site when you move between pages. |
| is_returning | Used to anonymously detect whether or not you have visited Shiply before and offer you a more tailored experience. |
| PAPCookie_* | If you clicked through from one of our partner sites, they might be entitled to some sales commission, this cookie helps us track what's due to them. |
| autolink | If you clicked through from one of our partner sites, they might be entitled to some sales commission, this cookie helps us track what's due to them. |
| google_seo_tracking_link | Used to collect anonymous information about how visitors found our site on Google and other search engines. We then use this data to make informed decisions about how we can improve the site for both users and transport providers. |
| marketing_source_id | Used to collect anonymous information about how visitors found our site. We then use this data to make informed decisions about how we can improve the site for both users and transport providers. |
| marketing_source_keyword_id | Used to collect anonymous information about how visitors found our site. We then use this data to make informed decisions about how we can improve the site for both users and transport providers. |
| shiply_ref | Used to collect anonymous information about how visitors found our site. We then use this data to make informed decisions about how we can improve the site for both users and transport providers. |
Third Party Cookies
Shiply uses a number of suppliers to help us improve the web-site. They may place cookies on our behalf, however Shiply does not have any control over the dissemination of these. You should check the third party web-sites' own privacy policies for more information about these.
| Third Party | Name | Purpose | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
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Used by Facebook to track when a visitor has clicked their like button | Facebook's Privacy Policy | |
| Google Analytics | _utma _utmb _utmc _utmx _utmxx _utmz |
Used to collect anonymous infomation about how visitors use our site. This is then used to make informed decisions about how we can improve the site. | Google's Privacy Policy |
| GetClicky | WRUID | Used to collect anonymous information about how visitors use our site. This is then used to make informed decisions about how we can improve the site. | Clicky's Privacy Policy |
| Optimizely | optimizelyBuckets optimizelyCustomEvents optimizelyEndUserId optimizelyPendingLogEvents optimizelyRedirect optimizelyReferrer |
Used to anonymously send different visitors to different versions of the web-site in an effort to identify which ones work best and provide the best user experience. | Optimizely's Privacy Policy |
| Yahoo Search Marketing | ysm_* | Used to collect anonymous information about how visitors originating from Yahoo's search engine use our site. This is then used to make informed decisions about how we can improve the site. | Yahoo's Privacy Policy |