Cookie Policy
Last updated: 28 October 2026
1. About This Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how International Ads Ltd (“we”, “us” or “our”), the operator of WebShopsCompare.com (the “Site”), uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit or interact with the Site.
This Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains more generally how we process information relating to visitors to the Site.
2. What Are Cookies and Similar Technologies?
Cookies are small files or pieces of information that may be stored on or accessed from your device when you visit a website.
We may also use similar technologies, including tracking pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, link identifiers or other technologies that enable information to be stored on or accessed from your device or that assist with measuring interactions with the Site and links appearing on it.
In this Policy, we refer to these technologies collectively as “cookies and similar technologies”.
3. How We Use Cookies and Similar Technologies
Depending on the technologies implemented on the Site, we may use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Strictly Necessary
These technologies are required for the operation, security or functionality of the Site or to provide functionality requested by the user. Where applicable law permits their use without consent, they may operate automatically.
Affiliate Attribution and Performance Measurement
The Site is commercially supported through affiliate relationships with third-party merchants, service providers and affiliate networks. We may receive a commission or other compensation where a user follows an affiliate link and subsequently completes a qualifying action.
We do not place affiliate tracking cookies on the Site itself. When you follow an affiliate link, the relevant affiliate network or merchant may record that the referral originated from the Site, using information such as affiliate or campaign identifiers, click identifiers, referring pages and timestamps. Those technologies are deployed by the affiliate network or merchant on their own websites, and are described in their own privacy and cookie information (see section 7).
Advertising and Marketing
The Site displays advertising served by Google (Google AdSense and Google Ad Manager). These technologies are used to deliver advertisements, limit how often you see an advertisement, measure advertising performance and prevent advertising fraud. Where you consent, advertisements may also be personalised.
For visitors from the United Kingdom, European Economic Area and Switzerland, advertising consent is managed through Google's certified consent management platform, where applicable. Visitors from other regions will not ordinarily see Google's European consent message and can consult Section 6 for information about the available advertising preferences, browser controls and applicable privacy rights. Our use of advertising technologies remains subject to the legal requirements applicable to each visitor's location.
4. First-Party and Third-Party Technologies
Some cookies and similar technologies may be operated by us, while others may be provided or controlled by third parties, such as advertising platforms or technology suppliers.
Third parties may process information collected through their technologies in accordance with their own privacy and cookie policies. The use of a third-party technology does not remove our responsibility to provide appropriate information and controls in relation to technologies deployed through the Site.
5. Cookies and Technologies Used on This Site
The technologies currently used on the Site are listed below. Visitors from the United Kingdom, European Economic Area and Switzerland can manage their advertising consent through Google's consent management platform, accessible via the Cookie Settings facility. Visitors from other regions can consult Section 6 of this Policy for information about browser controls, Google's advertising preferences and other applicable privacy choices.
| Cookie / Technology | Provider | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| laravel_session | WebShopsCompare.com | Necessary | Maintains your browsing session and supports Site functionality, such as taking you to the merchant you selected. | 2 hours |
| XSRF-TOKEN | WebShopsCompare.com | Necessary | Security: protects our forms against cross-site request forgery. | 2 hours |
| FCCDCF, FCNEC | Necessary | Used by Google's consent message to remember your cookie and advertising choices. | Up to 13 months | |
| Cloudflare security cookies (such as __cf_bm, cf_clearance) | Cloudflare | Necessary | Security: protects the Site against bots and malicious traffic. Set only when Cloudflare applies a security check. | Set by Cloudflare, see Cloudflare's cookie policy |
| Cloudflare Web Analytics | Cloudflare | Analytics (no cookies) | Measures page views and Site performance in aggregate. It does not store or read any information on your device. | Not applicable |
| Google AdSense and Google Ad Manager (__gads, __gpi, __eoi and Google advertising cookies on doubleclick.net) | Marketing | Advertising: delivers and measures the advertisements shown on the Site, limits repetition and helps prevent advertising fraud. | Set by Google, up to 13 months, see Google's advertising policies | |
| google_adsense_settings, google_ama_config and other Google advertising local storage entries (such as __lsa__, __lsv__) | Marketing | Advertising: stores AdSense settings and advertising configuration, including the configuration of automatically placed advertisements. | Until cleared |
6. Your Choices and Consent
Where consent is required by applicable law, optional cookies and similar technologies will not be used unless and until the required consent has been obtained.
Visitors from the United Kingdom, European Economic Area and Switzerland
If you access the Site from the United Kingdom, European Economic Area or Switzerland, you can accept, reject or manage advertising technologies through Google's consent management platform, where applicable. You can review, change or withdraw your choices at any time by selecting the Cookie Settings link in the footer of the Site, which reopens Google's consent interface.
Visitors from Other Countries
If you access the Site from outside the United Kingdom, European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google's European consent message is not ordinarily displayed. In these regions, selecting the "Cookie Settings" link will direct you to this "Your Choices and Consent" section of our Cookie Policy.
You can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings, including blocking third-party cookies where supported. You can also review Google's advertising personalisation controls at https://myadcenter.google.com/. These controls may affect the advertisements you see but do not necessarily prevent all advertising cookies or related technologies from being used.
The availability of advertising preferences and privacy rights may vary depending on your location. Where applicable law provides additional consent, opt-out or other privacy rights, we will provide the relevant choices or mechanisms as required. You may also contact us using the details in Section 9 for questions or requests concerning the use of advertising technologies on the Site.
Apart from these advertising technologies, the Site uses only strictly necessary technologies and cookie-free analytics, so no other consent is requested.
Strictly necessary technologies, and other technologies that applicable law permits us to use without consent, may operate without your consent, subject to any applicable transparency, objection or other legal requirements.
You may also be able to control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking certain technologies may affect some Site functionality. You can find more information about how Google uses information from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
Advertising consent and your choices
We use Google's consent management platform to provide information about advertising technologies and allow eligible visitors to accept, reject or manage their preferences. Depending on your choices and applicable law, we may display personalised, non-personalised or contextual advertisements. Refusing consent does not necessarily prevent advertisements from appearing, but we will not use non-exempt advertising cookies or similar storage and access technologies without the consent required by law.
You can review or withdraw your consent at any time through the Cookie Settings link in our website footer. Withdrawal affects future processing but does not automatically remove cookies already stored on your device. You may delete these through your browser settings.
7. Third-Party Websites
When you follow a link from the Site to a merchant or other third-party website, that third party may use its own cookies and similar technologies.
The use of technologies on a third-party website is controlled by the relevant third party and is subject to its own privacy and cookie information. This Cookie Policy applies to technologies used through the Site and does not govern technologies independently deployed by third parties after you leave the Site.
8. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time, including where we change the technologies used on the Site, our service providers or affiliate arrangements, or where applicable legal requirements change.
The latest version will be published on this page, and the “Last updated” date will be revised accordingly.
9. Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies and similar technologies, please contact:
International Ads Ltd
95 High Street, Office B, Great Missenden, HP16 0AL, United Kingdom
[email protected]
Company number: 11000499
See our Privacy Policy.
