Cookie Policy
A cookie is a small text file comprised of numbers and letters that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables our website to remember your actions and preferences over a period of time, which helps us provide the best user experience to you on our sites. Cookies also make our websites work appropriately.
Other similar tracking technologies are also used to achieve the same function. Pixels are used to record information such as the time, location and operating system of the device a user has used to click through to our website from an email or advert. Browser or device fingerprinting collects information about a browser or device used to access our website to recognise this on future visits.
How we use cookies
We use cookies and related technologies to understand and improve our websites, systems and your experience, including personalising content, adverts and social media features.
Essential Cookies
We are allowed to store cookies on your computer which are essential for our website to function. No permission is required for these cookies.
These are required for our website to function, and these cookies let you use all the different parts of our websites. Without them, services that you’ve asked for can’t be provided. Some examples of how we use these cookies are:
- Signing into your account
- Remembering actions you’ve already taken, such as text you’ve entered into an order or booking form, so it’ll still be there when you go back to the page in the same web session; and
- Remembering security settings that affect access to certain content, for example, any payment details made for ordering or deposits
Non-Essential Cookies
For all non-essential cookies, we rely on your permission which is obtained by clicking “Allow All” on our cookie banner or via our “Manage Cookies” Page. Your cookie preference shall remain valid until either (if) your preference is updated by you, or (ii) 6 months has passed since your gave your consent; after such time the Cookies banner will appear on your next visit to our website, and you will be required to confirm your cookie preferences again. Furthermore, you can access the “Manage Cookies” page at any time to update your preference, by clicking here. Acceptance or withdrawal of consent for non-essential cookies above will change consent for all types of non-essential cookies.
The Non-Essential Cookies utilised on our website are as follows:
- Experience
These cookies consist of functional and analytical cookies.
Functional cookies recognise you when you return to our website, enabling us to personalise content and remember preferences (e.g., your region).
Analytical cookies allow us to recognise and count visitor numbers and see how they navigate the website. This helps us identify improvements, e.g. speeding up searches.
- Advertisement
These cookies record your visit to our website (e.g., links followed, pages visited) and allow us to show you more relevant content and advertisements and to create a profile of what we think might interest you. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
By clicking to agree to our storage of cookies on your device and/or the continued use of our websites, you give us permission to use the types of cookies set out below, in the manner and for the purposes described; see “Cookies We Set”.
You may refuse to accept both essential and non-essential cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies; see “Manage Cookies” below for guidance. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser settings so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue essential cookies when you log on to our site.
Most cookies store data in relation to the current brand/website which a user is interacting with. However, some cookies, which are identified belong as “global” cookies, have the facility to track data across the user’s use of the websites of our other M&B brands (a list of brands and outlets can be found at www.mbplc.com). Please be assured that such cross-brand tracking is only utilised if the user has provided cookie consent to each of the brands individually. More detail on the cookies with this facility and the purposes of such tracking is set out below.
Cookies we set
ce-cookie
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: Necessary
Description: Records the user's cookie consent
Duration: 6 Months
Essential or Non-Essential: Essential
ee cookies
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: Necessary
Description: Holds the data passed from the native mobile app
Duration: Session
Essential or Non-Essential: Essential
X-CSRF-TOKEN
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: Security
Description: Used to help prevent Cross Site Request Forgery attacks
Duration: session
Essential or Non-Essential: Essential
X-SEC-TOKEN
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: Security
Description: Identifies a single particular session
Duration: Session
Essential or Non-Essential: Essential
test_cookie
Domain: .doubleclick.net
Type: Advertisement
Description: This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the user's browser supports cookies.
Duration: 15 minutes
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
uuid2
Domain: .adnxs.com
Type: Advertisement
Description: This cookie is set by AppNexus. The cookies store information that helps in distinguishing between devices and browsers. This information us used to select advertisements served by the platform and assess the performance of the advertisement and attribute payment for those advertisements.
Duration: 3 months
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
Anj
Domain: .adnxs.com
Type: Advertisement
Description: The anj cookie contains advertising interest segments provided by clients and other third parties. Clients use those segments to select advertisements for delivery on the Platform.
Duration: 3 months
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
_fbp
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: Advertisement
Description: This cookie is set by Meta to deliver advertisements to users when they are on Facebook and / or Instagram, or a digital platform powered by Meta advertising after visiting this website.
Duration: 3 months
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
fr
Domain: .facebook.com
Type: Advertisement
Description: The cookie is set by Facebook to show relevant advertisements to the users and measure and improve the advertisements. The cookie also tracks the behaviour of the user across the web on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.
Duration: 3 months
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
rxVisitor
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: Analytics
Description: This cookie is set by the provider Dynatrace. This cookie is used to store the visitor ID for the returning visitors.
Duration: session
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
_gcl_au
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: Analytics
Description: This cookie is used by Google Analytics to understand user interaction with the website.
Duration: 3 months
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
___utmvc
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: Analytics
Description: This cookie is used for the function of Google Analytics. The cookie stores the visitor-level custom variable data.
Duration: session
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
_ga
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: Analytics
Description: This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors.
Duration: 2 years
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
_ga_<container-id>
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: Analytics
Description: This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used by Google to persist session state. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors.
Duration: 24 months
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
Last Updated: 25th January 2023
_gid
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: Analytics
Description: This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.
Duration: 1 day
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
dtSa
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: Functional
Description: This cookie is set by the provider Dynatrace. This is a session cookie used for saving the user action such as Click on Login across different pages.
Duration: session
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
visid_incap_2558911
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: Other
Description: This cookie is set by the provider Incapsula. This is a cookie used for website security.
Duration: 1 year
Essential or Non-Essential: Essential
incap_ses_452_2558911
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: Other
Description: This cookie is set by the provider Incapsula. This is a cookie used for website security.
Duration: session
Essential or Non-Essential: Essential
_dc_gtm_UA-60685446-1
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: other
Description: This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.
Duration: 1 minute
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
_dc_gtm_UA-3801110-51
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: Other
Description: This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.
Duration: 1 minute
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
_dc_gtm_UA-66410635-1
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: Other
Description: This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.
Duration: 1 minute
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
___utmvmIEuLfZEZ
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: Other
Description: This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.
Duration: 7 days
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
___utmvbIEuLfZEZ
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: Other
Description: This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.
Duration: 7 days
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
___utmvaIEuLfZEZ
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: Other
Description: This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.
Duration: 7 days
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
dtCookie
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: Performance
Description: This cookie is set by the provider Dynatrace. This is a session cookie used to collect information for Dynatrace. It is a system to track application performance and user errors.
Duration: session
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
dtLatC
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: Performance
Description: This cookie is set by the provider Dynatrace. This is a session cookie used for storing a numeric value.
Duration: session
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
rxvt
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: Performance
Description: This cookie is set by the provider Dynatrace. This is a session cookie used to store two timestamps.
Duration: session
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
dtPC
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: Performance
Description: This cookie is set by the provider Dynatrace. This is a session cookie used to collect information for Dynatrace. It is a system to track application performance and user errors.
Duration: session
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
_gat_UA-118450832-5
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: Performance
Description: This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.
Duration: 1 minute
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
IDE
Domain: .doubleclick.net
Type: Advertisement
Description: Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile.
Duration: 1 year 24 days
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
ouuid
Domain: .volvelle.tech
Type: Advertisement
Description: This cookie is used to store the unique visitor ID which helps in identifying the user on their revisit, to serve retargeted ads to the visitor.
Duration: 1 year
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
c
Domain: .volvelle.tech
Type: Advertisement
Description: This cookie is set by the Rubicon Project. This cookie is used to store the unique visitor ID which helps in identifying the user on their revisit, to serve retargeted ads to the visitor.
Duration: 1 year
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
ouuid_lu
Domain: .volvelle.tech
Type: Advertisement
Description: This cookie is used for serving the retargeted ads to the users. This cookie is used in association with the cookie "ouuid".
Duration: 1 year
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
Tuuid
Domain: .bidswitch.net
Type: Advertisement
Description: This cookie is set by .bidswitch.net. The cookies store a unique ID for the purpose of the determining what adverts the users have seen if you have visited any of the advertisers’ website. The information is used for determining when and how often users will see a certain banner.
Duration: 1 year
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
c
Domain: .bidswitch.net
Type: Advertisement
Description: This cookie is set by the Rubicon Project. The exact purpose of the cookie is not known.
Duration: 1 year
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
tuuid_lu
Domain: .bidswitch.net
Type: Advertisement
Description: This cookie is set by .bidswitch.net. The cookies store a unique ID for the purpose of the determining what adverts the users have seen if you have visited any of the advertisers’ website. The information is used for determining when and how often users will see a certain banner.
Duration: 1 year
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
__ssid
Domain: .veinteractive.com
Type: Advertisement
Description: The domain of this cookie is owned by Veinteractive.com. This cookie contains a numerical identifier. It is used to identify and collect behavioural information about users of client sites.
Duration: 1 year 1 month
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
C2303EB6-B898-40D3-8D67-2B9AD7EC8302
Domain: .veinteractive.com
Type: Advertisement
Description: This cookie is installed by VE Interactive.com, and triggers an offers popup when the guest moves their mouse pointing close to the X (close) in their browser.
Duration: 1 year
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
_cm
Type: Analytics
Description: This cookie is installed by Clicks & Mortar, one of our technology providers, for the purpose of enhancing your experiences on this website. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. The cookie is used to persist session state. This cookie will also be utilised in order for the Refer a Friend and Spin To Win features to work and the cookie will track referrals (and acceptances) and/or the number of spins by a guest and will be used to identify guests to provide guest rewards.
Duration: 12 Months
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
_cm_id
Type: Analytics
Description: This cookie is installed by Clicks & Mortar, one of our technology providers, for the purpose of enhancing your experiences on this website. The cookie stores information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. The cookie is used to understand visitor, session, campaign data and to tailor and personalise website experiences for returning visitors. This cookie will also be utilised in order for the Refer a Friend and Spin To Win features to work and the cookie will track referrals (and acceptances) and/or the number of spins by a guest and will be used to identify guests to provide guest rewards.
Duration: 12 Months
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
_fr
Domain: .browns-restaurants.co.uk
Type: Advertisement
Description: This cookie is set by Meta to deliver advertisement when they are on Facebook and / or Instagram, or a digital platform powered by Meta advertising after visiting this website.
Duration: 3 months
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
_cm_global_id
Domain: mab.api.uk.clicksandmortar-production.com
Type: Analytics
Description: This cookie is installed by Clicks & Mortar, one of our technology providers, to anonymously store a randomly generated number, facilitating the understanding of visitor, session, and campaign data. It enables personalised website experiences for returning visitors and overall user experience improvement. Additionally, the cookies allow tracking of preferences and online behaviour across M&B Brands and multiple devices, enhancing the ability to tailor experiences based on guests' preferences and online behaviour.Duration: 3 months
Duration: 12 months
Essential or Non-Essential: Non-Essential
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control.
Manage Cookies
If you wish to block or restrict cookies set by this or any other website you can do so through your web browser's settings. The "Help" function (often in the main menu options at the top of your browser screen, and usually accessible by pressing the F1 key in Windows) should tell you how to do so.
Many browsers give a range of options for managing cookies, including obtaining consent for every cookie, blocking certain types of cookie and blocking cookies from unrecognised websites. You can set your browser to block all cookies; however, you should be aware that many sites will not work as smoothly as you are used to and some basic functionality that is dependent on cookies will not work at all.
The following links go to the relevant help sections for the major web browsers and explain how to manage your cookies:
Chrome - https://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647&p=cpn_cookies
Safari OS X - http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Safari/5.0/en/9277.html
Safari iOS - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677
Internet Explorer - https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies;
Firefox - http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Cookies?s=cookies&r=0&e=es&as=s
Contact us
If you have any questions about how our website uses cookies, please contact our Data Protection Officer at any time using the following contact details:
Data Protection Officer
27 Fleet Street, Birmingham B3 1JP
Please also see our Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 21st October 2022
