Cookie Policy

Scope of This Policy

  1. AB Building Products Ltd (weor us or our) uses cookies when you visit our website, abbuildingproducts.co.uk, (the Website) to help customise the Website and improve your experience using the Website.
  2. This Policy applies between you, the user of this Website, and us,AB Building Products Ltd, the owner and provider of this Website.
  3. When you visit the Website, and before your Website places cookies on your computer, you will be presented with a message bar requesting your consent to set those cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of cookies, you are enabling us to provide a better experience and service. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of these cookies; however, certain features of the Website may not function fully or as intended.
  4. This Cookie Policy should be read alongside, and in addition to, our Privacy Policy.

What Are Cookies?

  1. A cookie is a small text file placed on your computer by this Website when you visit certain parts of the Website and/or when you use certain features of the Website.
  2. This Website may place and access certain cookies on your computer. We use these cookies to improve your experience of using the Websiteand to improve our range of products.
  3. Cookies do not usually contain any information that personally identifies you, as the Website user. However, personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information obtained from and stored in cookies.For more information on how such personal information is handled and stored, refer to our Privacy Policy.

Types of Cookies

  1. This Website uses the following cookies:

Type of cookie

Purpose

Strictly necessary cookies

These are cookies that are required for the operation of the Website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of the Website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.

Analytical/performance cookies

These cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our Website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

Functionality cookies

These are used to recognise you when you return to our Website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region). By using the Website, you agree to our placement of functionality cookies.

Targeting cookies

These cookies record your visit to our Website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our Website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
  1. You can find a list of the cookies that we use in the attached Cookie Schedule.
  2. We have carefully chosen these cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy is protected and respected at all times.

How To Control Your Cookies

  1. You can choose to enable or disable cookies in your internet browser. By default, most internet browsers accept cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please see the help menu in your internet browser.
  2. You can switch off cookies at any time, however, you may lose information that enables you to access the Website more quickly and efficiently.
  3. It is recommended that you ensure that your internet browser is up-to-date and that you consult the help and guidance provided by the developer of your internet browser if you are unsure about adjusting your privacy settings.
  4. For more information generally on cookies, including how to disable them, please refer to aboutcookies.org. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your computer.

Changes To This Policy

  1. AB Building Products Ltd reserves the right to change this Cookie Policy as we may deem necessary from time to time or as may be required by law. Any changes will be immediately posted on the Website and you are deemed to have accepted the terms of the Cookie Policy on your first use of the Website following the alterations. 

Contact Details

  1. The Website is owned by AB Building Products Ltd incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 2313765 whose registered office is at 18 Smeaton Road, West Portway, Hampshire, SP10 3LF, England.
  2. You may contact us:
    1. by post at 18 Smeaton Road, West Portway, Hampshire, SP10 3LF, England.
    2. by telephone at 01264 359984.
    3. by email at orders@abbuildingproducts.co.uk.
    4. using the contact form on the Website.

This policy was updated on 16 May 2025.

Cookie Schedule

Below is a list of the cookies that we use. We have tried to ensure this is complete and up to date, but if you think that we have missed a cookie or there is any discrepancy, please let us know.

Strictly necessary

We use the following strictly necessary cookies:

Description of Cookie

Purpose

__cf_bm

This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. (First Party and Third Party) 

receive-cookie-deprecation

Google sets this cookie to enable Privacy Sandbox testing and previous how site behaviour and functionality work without third-party cookies.

XSRF-TOKEN

This cookie is written to help with site security in preventing Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.

Analytical/performance

We use the following analytical/performance cookies:

Description of Cookie

Purpose

fornax_anonymousld

BigCommerce sets this cookie to track users' behaviour on the website and uses data for internal analytics. 

athena_short_visit_id

This cookie is used to track short-term user behavior on the website to enhance user experience and performance monitoring.

_ga

This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.

_ga_H0K8X3628P

This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.

_ga_S8EC2R1HYJ

This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.

__kla_id

Klaviyo sets this cookie to collect information on the visitor's behaviour. This information is used for internal analytics and to optimise the website. It also registers if the visitor has subscribed to the newsletter.

_hjSessionUser_*
_hjSession_*

Hotjar sets these cookies to ensure data from subsequent visits to the same site is attributed to the same user ID, which persists in the Hotjar User ID, which is unique to that site.

klaviyoPagesVisitCount

Klaviyo sets this cookie to collect information on the visitor's behaviour. 

ar_debug

This cookie is used for troubleshooting and analytical purposes, intended to track errors and improve services by providing insights into how the website is functioning.

c

This cookie is used to identify the frequency of visits and how the visitor accesses the website. It collects data on the user's visits to the website, such as which pages have been read.

Functionality

We use the following functionality cookies:

Description of Cookie

Purpose

SF-CSRF-TOKEN

Session cookie (other)

Shopper_Pref

Session cookie (other)

SHOP_SESSION_TOKEN

Session cookie (other)

__HOST-SHOP_SESSION_TOKEN

Session cookie (other)

__kl_key

Session cookie (other)

klaviyoOnsite

Session cookie (other)

exchangeRate

Session cookie (other)

quoteSettings

Session cookie (other)

currencyCode

Session cookie (other)

exchangeRateTime

Session cookie (other)

adroll_dqs

Adroll marketing

adroll_flgs

Presents the user with relevant content and advertisement. The service is provided by third-party advertisement hubs, which facilitate real-time bidding for advertisers.

lastVisitedCategory

This cookie tracks the last product category visited by the user to improve the shopping experience and provide personalized product recommendations.

Targeting

We use the following targeting cookies:

Description of Cookie

Purpose

__adroll

This cookie is set by AdRoll to identify users across visits and devices. It is used by real-time bidding for advertisers to display relevant advertisements. 

__adroll_shared

Adroll sets this cookie to collect information on users across different websites for relevant advertising.

__adroll_fpc

AdRoll sets this cookie to target users with advertisements based on their browsing behaviour.

__ar_v4

This cookie is set under the domain DoubleClick, to place ads that point to the website in Google search results and to track conversion rates for these ads.
tuuid This cookie is mainly set by bidswitch.net to make advertising messages more relevant to the website visitor.
tuuid_lu Contains a unique visitor ID, which allows Bidswitch.com to track the visitor across multiple websites. This allows Bidswitch to optimize advertisement relevance and ensure that the visitor does not see the same ads multiple times.

CMID

Casale Media sets this cookie to collect information on user behavior, for targeted advertising.

CMPS

CMPS cookie is set by CasaleMedia for anonymous user tracking based on user's website visits, for displaying targeted ads.

CMPRO

CMPRO cookie is set by CasaleMedia for anonymous user tracking, and for targeted advertising.

TapAd_TS

TapAd sets this cookie to track users across devices to enable targeted advertising.

TapAd_DID

TapAd sets this cookie to offer personalized content, social media features, and traffic analysis for its retargeting of online advertising.

TapAd_3WAY_SYNCS

TapAd sets this cookie for data synchronization with advertising networks.

KRTBCOOKIE_*

Pubmatic sets this cookie to register a unique ID that identifies the user's device during return visits across websites that use the same ad network.

PugT

PubMatic sets this cookie to check when the cookies were updated on the browser in order to limit the number of calls to the server-side cookie store.

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