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The UK Government has implemented the EU directive on tracking and in its guidelines it asks sites to ensure they inform users how they may be tracked on a site and what cookies are being set in their browser. Continued use of The H is regarded as implied consent for the site to set these cookies. We also set a non-tracking cookie on your computer to prevent the cookie information notice from showing on your future visits.

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The following table lists the cookies that The H directly sets and describes how they are used.

General
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Comments/Forum
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Search
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Price Insight

The Price Insight service is in cooperation with Skinflint. As such, several cookies from Skinflint are used as coming from The H. More information on these cookies can be found in Skinflint's privacy policy .

Etracker

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