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Cookie policy

Information about how we use cookies and how you can let us know which cookies we can use.

Strictly necessary cookies

Essential cookies includes the use of any cookies that are necessary in order to transmit information over an electronic communications network (and therefore make it possible for you to view the website), as well as any cookies that are strictly necessary in order to make the website function (for example, remembering information input into a webform during a browsing session, or remembering items placed in a basket by a user). This includes cookies used to comply legal obligations which apply to our website, such as our obligation to take appropriate steps to secure personal information input into the website. Personalisation – cookies used to remember your preferences (such as login details, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the Website or browse from one page to another.

Name Typical content Expires
visited Contains a list of recently visited products. 30 days
_sample_basket Used to store sample items added to basket by user. Contents are serialised. 30 days
ASP.NET_SessionId Randomly generated number End of session
CookieLevel Used to check if your device accepts cookies and used to remember users cookie consent. 2 Years
CrodaUserLanguage Used to remember users choice of language. Could be various versions from different Croda sites eg CrodaUserLanguage_Solaveil 1 Year
SC_ANALYTICS_GLOBAL_COOKIE This analytics cookie is provided by Sitecore. It tracks a visitor’s multiple visits to our Website in one year. We use this information to help improve our Website. This cookie is not used to identify individuals using the Website. 10 Years
sc_expview This analytics cookie is provided by Sitecore. It stores whether or not the Experience View Mode is enabled. This cookie is not used to identify individuals using the website. End of Session
sitename#lang This cookie is provided by Sitecore. This cookie tracks a user's language selection. The name of the cookie varies based on the configured site name End of Session
__RequestVerificationToken An anti forgery token used to help prevent CSRF attacks. End of Session

Performance & analytics

We use analytics cookies to collect information about your use of the website in order to understand how users interact with the website, and then make changes in order to improve the website for all users.

Name Typical content Expires
_ga Randomly generated number used to determine unique visitors to our website 2 years
_gat Used to throttle request rate. 10 minutes

Cookies from other companies & social networking websites

During your visit to the site you may notice some cookies that are not related to Croda. This happens when you visit a page with content embedded from a third party (e.g. YouTube videos) or use some of the links to social networking sites (e.g. Share This). These websites may place cookies on your computer.

Croda does not control how a third party uses their cookies. You should check these third party websites' privacy policies for more information about their cookies if you are concerned about this.

Turning cookies off

If you want to delete any cookies that are already on your computer or stop future cookies then look at  www.allaboutcookies.org.

You will still be able to use the public areas of our website if you choose not to accept cookies but will not be able to access the restricted areas of our website.