Cookie Policy
Last updated: 3 November 2026
The site is operated as TheBootScout, based in Northern Ireland. For questions, contact us or email [email protected].
What are cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of information stored by your browser. They can keep a sign-in working or protect a form. Similar technologies, such as local storage and tracking pixels, can also store or access information on your device.
Essential cookies
Our application uses cookies for form security and administrator functions. Some are only used when you sign in or manage content.
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.* | Helps protect submitted forms, including contact and sign-in forms, against forged requests. The suffix varies. | Browser session. |
.AspNetCore.Identity.Application | Maintains an authorised administrator's sign-in. It is not a shopper tracking cookie. | Non-persistent browser-session cookie; the sign-in ticket also has its own expiry. |
.AspNetCore.Mvc.CookieTempDataProvider | Carries temporary confirmation messages between pages, such as a received enquiry or saved change. | Normally cleared when read; otherwise a browser-session cookie. |
Session cookies normally last for a browser session, although session-restore settings can retain them. These functions support requested features and security rather than personalised advertising.
Your analytics preference
We remember your acceptance or rejection in first-party browser storage named bootscout.analytics-consent.v1 for up to 180 days. This preference supports your privacy choice; it is not an analytics identifier and is not sent to Google. When it expires, we ask again. If your browser blocks this storage, your choice applies only to the current page.
Optional analytics cookies
Google Analytics 4 loads only after you choose Accept analytics. We use it to measure page visits, product views and retailer-link clicks so we can improve the site. Choosing Reject analytics does not affect essential functionality. Our integration does not enable Google advertising signals or ad personalisation.
| Cookie | Category and purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
_ga | Optional analytics: distinguishes browsers for usage measurement. | Up to 180 days after being set. |
_ga_* | Optional analytics: stores session information for our Google Analytics property. | Up to 180 days after being set. |
These identifiers are not fully anonymous. Analytics requests can include device/browser information and the page, product or retailer event being measured. Cookie lifetimes differ from Google's retention of analytics data, which depends on our property settings; see our Privacy Policy.
Affiliate links
Some purchase links are affiliate links. We may earn commission if you follow one and buy something, at no extra cost to you.
Links may pass through an affiliate network before reaching a retailer. Those services may use cookies or similar technologies to recognise referrals and attribute purchases. Their cookie names, purposes and lifetimes depend on the provider; consult its notice and consent choices when you visit. Clicking a link does not automatically give consent to non-essential tracking.
Separately from optional Google Analytics, we record retailer-link clicks on our server, as explained in our Privacy Policy. This server-side recording does not set a dedicated tracking cookie or read a persistent visitor identifier. Rejecting or withdrawing analytics consent does not disable these server-side referral records.
External images
Some images and logos are delivered by external servers. Loading them contacts the provider and may expose technical information. Whether a provider sends or receives cookies depends on the service and your browser's settings. Third-party tracking is not necessary simply because it accompanies an image.
Your choices
Use Cookie Settings in the footer to reopen the banner, accept analytics or withdraw by choosing Reject analytics. Withdrawal stops further analytics collection by this integration and clears accessible first-party analytics cookies. Information already sent cannot be recalled by deleting cookies. Your choice here does not control cookies set by retailers or affiliate networks on their own sites.
Your browser settings let you view, delete or block cookies, including third-party cookies. Blocking cookies needed for sign-in or form security may prevent those features from working. Browser controls are separate from any consent choices a retailer or other website offers.
We will review this policy when our technology or providers change. Our Privacy Policy explains your data-protection rights and how to raise a concern.