Cookie Policy Information
To make this site work properly, we sometimes place small data files called cookies on your device.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. This page details what cookies we use and why.
How do we use cookies?
A number of our pages use cookies to remember:
your display preferences, such as contrast colour settings or font size
if you have already replied to a survey pop-up that asks you if the content was helpful or not (so you won't be asked again)
if you have agreed (or not) to our use of cookies on this site
There is a list of the cookies we use set out below. The cookies are classed as:
Strictly necessary cookies
Functional cookies
Performance cookies
Advertising/Marketing cookies
Do we use other cookies?
Some of our pages or sub-sites may use additional or different cookies to the ones described above. If so, the details of these will be provided in their specific cookies notice page. You may be asked for your agreement to store these cookies.
Just browsing?
You will not be contacted by us if you just look around the site. We will only contact you if you complete a call back or contact request. If you want to know more about how we use your data please see our Privacy Policy.
How to control cookies
You can control your cookies preference and delete all cookies that are already on your computer via your web browser, and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Location | Classification | Name | What is it used for? |
Merchant Rentals | Strictly Necessary | NID | This cookie is used by Google to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language. Persists for 6 months unless deleted. |
Merchant Rentals | Strictly Necessary | AEC | Ensures that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites. Persists for 6 months unless deleted. |
Merchant Rentals | Strictly Necessary | _GRECAPTCHA | Identifies bots and protects website against malicious spam attacks. Persists for 6 months unless deleted. |
Merchant Rentals | Strictly Necessary | CookieControl | Used to detect if user has carried out confirmation of cookie preferences and to prevent cookie popup from appearing every time a new page loads. True or False value. Persists for 1 year unless deleted. |
Strictly Necessary | SOCS | Google third-party cookie that stores a user's choices regarding their cookie preferences for a specific website. Persists for 13 months unless deleted. | |
Cloudflare | Strictly Necessary | _cf _ bm | Used to detect access by bots and ensure website security. Persists for 30minutes unless deleted. |
Cloudflare | Functional | cf_clearance | Used for javascript detections. Expires instantly on use. |
Google | Marketing | _ga | Used to distinguish users. |
Google | Marketing | _ ga_<container-id> | Used to persist session state. |
Google | Marketing | _gat | Used to throttle request rate. . If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_<property-id>. Persists for 1 hour unless deleted. |
Google Ads | Marketing | DV | Used for google advert delivery and targeting. Persists for 1 day unless deleted. |
If you choose to manage or delete the cookies used, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.
ANALYTICS SOFTWARE
Merchant Rentals use hosted web analytics software. These are hosted services provided and managed by third party companies. These cookies are used to help the website analyse how users use the site. This is to help inform future product enhancements and improvements, and to diagnose any defects quicker.
The information generated by the cookie regarding our websites (including IP addresses) will be transmitted to and stored on servers that may be hosted in the United States. The third parties will use this information for the purpose of evaluating use of our website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other related services to Merchant Rentals.
By accepting these cookies you consent to the processing of data about you in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
Last updated: September 2025