The short version: the cookies our sites need to work, and marketing measurement only if you say yes. No advertising cookies, ever.
A small file a website stores on your device so it can remember something between page loads – that you are logged in, for example. Some sites also use similar browser storage; we treat it the same way.
| Name | Site | What it does | How long | Consent needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | vaulex.co.uk | Keeps you logged in and keeps your basket | Until you close your browser | No – the site cannot work without it |
| ef_urchin_referrer | vaulex.co.uk | Set by our platform provider to remember which website sent you to us, so that orders can be credited to referral partners | 7 days | Yes – see note below |
| __stripe_mid, __stripe_sid | vaulex.co.uk (checkout) | Set by Stripe when you pay, to prevent card fraud | 1 year; 30 minutes | No – needed to take payment securely |
| _grecaptcha (browser storage) | vaulex.co.uk (some forms) | Set by Google reCAPTCHA to tell people from automated abuse | Until you clear it | No – needed for security |
| vaulex-group-session | my.vaulex.co.uk | Keeps you logged in to the portal, and holds your order while you check out | 2 hours | No – the portal cannot work without it |
| XSRF-TOKEN | my.vaulex.co.uk | Protects forms against cross-site request forgery | 2 hours | No – needed for security |
| vxconsent (browser storage) | vaulex.co.uk | Remembers your cookie choice | Until you clear it | No |
| vxsrc (browser storage) | vaulex.co.uk | Remembers which website, search, AI assistant or advert first brought you to us, so we can tell which of our marketing works | 30 days | Yes – only set if you choose "Accept analytics", and deleted if you choose "Essential only" |
| Analytics | – | We do not use Google Analytics or any other analytics cookies. If we add them, we will list them here, and they will only be set if you choose "Accept analytics" | – | Yes |
| Advertising | – | We do not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies | – | Not applicable |
Note on ef_urchin_referrer. This cookie is set by the platform that runs vaulex.co.uk when you first visit, before you make a cookie choice. We are asking our platform provider to set it only after you accept non-essential cookies. Until then, you can delete it at any time in your browser; doing so does not affect the service you receive.
When you click from one of our pages to another, or to our portal, the link can carry what that page already shows – for example the campaign tags on the link you arrived by, or the site that sent you. Without your consent nothing is stored on your device to do this: it is passed along in the link, and the portal notes it as part of the session it needs for your order anyway. See our Privacy Policy for how we use it.
When you pay, you are taken to our payment processor, Stripe, which sets cookies needed to process the payment securely and to prevent fraud. Those are strictly necessary for checkout.
Our pages load fonts and icons from third-party content delivery networks (Google Fonts, Font Awesome, jsDelivr and cdnjs). They receive your IP address so they can deliver the files, but they do not set cookies on our sites.
You can change your mind at any time from the "Cookie settings" link in our footer, or by clearing cookies in your browser. Declining non-essential cookies does not reduce the service you receive.
See our Privacy Policy for how we handle personal data generally.
Cookies. This site sets only the essential cookies it needs to work. With your permission we also use analytics cookies to understand how the site is used – nothing else, and never for advertising. Cookie policy