1. What are “cookies”?

When you visit this website, it will store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of “cookies”. These “cookies” are very small text files that may be downloaded to your computer or mobile device.

The information is used mostly in order to make this site work as you would expect. The information does not usually identify you directly, but it can give you a more personalised web experience.

Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some cookies. However, please be advised that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of this site and the services that we are able to offer.

2. Can cookies harm my computer or mobile device?

No. Cookies cannot harm your computer and cannot carry viruses. Cookies are intended to enhance your experience of a website, rather than obstruct it.

3. What cookies are on this website?

Sections 3.1 to 3.4 below describe the cookies which are installed upon this website. If you review these, and decide that you would prefer us not to use cookies, you can set your browser to reject cookies or to let you know when a website tries to put one in your browser software – for further information, see section 4 below.

3.1 Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are always active, and are necessary for this website to function. They cannot be switched off. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences.

You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

View our Strictly necessary cookies table

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3.2 Performance cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular, and see how visitors move around the site.

All information that is collected by these cookies is aggregated, and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.

In addition to the cookies listed below, we also use a session recording tool, provided by Hotjar, which enables us to track customer experience on certain areas of this site. However, please be assured that Hotjar stores this data in a pseudonymised user profile, and that the information will never be used to identify individual users or to match it with further data on an individual.

View our Performance cookies

Host Cookie name Duration
Halfords BVBRANDID 1 year
BVBRANDSID 27 minutes
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_gat 1 minute
_gid 1 day
_ga 2 years

3.3 Functional cookies

These cookies enable our website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They are set by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all of these services may not function properly.

View our Functional cookies

Host Cookie name Purpose Duration
Halfords Cookietest (x 96) To check if the browser is set to block or allow cookies Session only
__cfduid 1 year
Google __utma To support user accounts 1 year
GAPS 1 year
LSID 1 year

3.4 Targeting cookies

These cookies are set through our site by our partners. They are generally used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites.

They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. You can control these cookies by following the guidance in section 4 below. However, if you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

View our Targeting cookies

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Halfords __olapicU To enable data sharing with key partners including Olapic and Rakuten 1 Month
Bazaarvoice BVID To enable integration with our products review partner 1 year
BVSID 30 minutes
ai 1 year
Bing MUID To support the Microsoft search engine 1 year
MUIDB 1 year
Doubleclick (Google) id To support Google’s bidding advertising exchange 1 year
Facebook datr To serve targeted advertising via Facebook 1 year
fr 3 months
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NID 6 months
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Pinterest __utma To support social content sending via Pinterest 1 year
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Quantcast d To provide targeted advertising 3 months
mc 1 year
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Twitter auth_token To support tracking 15 years
twll 5 years
secure_session 15 years
guest_id 1 year
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demographics 1 year
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE 2 months
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APISID 1 year
SSID 1 year
LOGIN_INFO 2 years
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4. More information about cookies

To learn more about cookies, including how to manage them and how they affect your online activities, please visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org. You can also learn how to control cookies on different browsers at www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-control-cookies/, or if you want to know how to delete cookies, visit www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-delete-cookies/.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, you can visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

The Internet Advertising Bureau website (Your Online Choices) which you can visit at www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/ allows you to install opt-out cookies across different advertising networks.

New technologies such as Mozilla’s Do Not Track (www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/dnt/) allow you to tell websites not to track you.

It is noted however that blocking cookies may, on occasion, reduce the functionality of a website or prevent access, depending on the browser options which are selected.