Cookies Policy

1. Who are we?

1.1. We are Unlimited Web Hosting UK Limited (t/a "1st Domains") ("we", "us" or "our"), a company registered in England and Wales under company number 06786340 and with registered office at The Copper Room, Deva Centre, Trinity Way, Manchester, M3 7BG.

1.2. We own and operate the Website.

1.3. For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulation (or any other subsequent enactment of it in the United Kingdom) (together, "Data Protection Laws"), we are:

1.3.1. a data controller in respect of any personal data that you share with us, or that we collect, through the Website (including personal data you provide to us, or that we collect, during your registration for, and subscription to, the services we provide); our obligations in relation to that personal data are set out in our Privacy Policy; and

1.3.2. a data processor in respect of personal data that you share with us as part of your use of the services that we provide, and in respect of which you are the data controller; our and your respective obligations in relation to that personal data are set out in our Terms and Conditions.

You can contact us at the above address, or through our support ticketing system.

2. What does this Cookies Policy apply to?

This Cookies Policy applies to all use of the Website.

3. Information about our use of cookies

3.1. The Website uses cookies. Cookies are tiny text files which identify your computer to our server as a unique user when you visit certain pages on the Website and they are stored by your Internet browser on your computer's hard drive. Cookies can be used to recognise your Internet Protocol address, saving you time while you are on the Website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse the Website and also allows us to improve the Website based on your experience.

3.2. We only use cookies for your convenience in using the Website and not for obtaining or using any other information about you (for example targeted advertising). Your browser can be set to not accept cookies, but this would restrict your use of the Website.

3.3. If you want to find out more information about cookies, go to https://www.allaboutcookies.org or to find out about removing them from your browser, go to https://allaboutcookies.org/how-to-manage-cookies.

3.4. Please note that we collect data from the Website about use of the Website using a web analysis tool which uses cookies that are (able to be) used to generate pseudonyms for a user's profile. This means that use cookies (which may be stored on your computer after you leave the Website) can store information about your visit.

3.5. Please also note that our suppliers and partners may also use cookies, over which we have no control.

3.6. The Website uses the following cookies - names of cookies are only provided as illustrations of Purpose and may change outside our control. Wildcards are denoted by the Asterisk (*) symbol:

Name Expiration Date Purpose
WHMCS* Up to 1 year from setup/update This cookie is set by WHMCS (our billing and support system) to track sessions, affiliates, links within marketing emails and enables the 'remember me' feature when logging into the client area.
_ga* Up to 1 year, 1 month and 4 days from setup/update Google Analytics sets these cookies to calculate visitor, session and campaign data, store and count page views and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors.
_gcl_* Up to 3 months from setup/update Google Tag Manager sets the cookie to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services.
rc::* Never Expires This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.
crisp-client* Up to 6 months from setup/update Crisp sets these cookies. These cookies are used to provide our live chat functionality on our website.
_fpb Up to 3 months from setup/update Facebook sets this cookie to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting the website.
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Up to 1 year, 1 month and 4 days from setup/update Stripe sets these cookies to process payments and for fraud prevention purposes. It identifies the device used to access the website, allowing the website to be formatted accordingly.
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Up to 1 year from setup/update CrazyEgg sets these cookies for A/B performance testing of our website, to help us analyse usage patterns and web traffic and to store session information in an anonymous form for the purpose of website improvement and optimisation.
cookieyes-consent Up to 1 year from setup/update CookieYes sets this cookie to remember users' consent preferences so that their preferences are respected on subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information about the site visitors.
test_cookie Up to 15 minutes from setup/update Google Ads sets this cookie to determine if the user's browser supports cookies.

4. Changes to our Cookies Policy

Any changes we may make to this Cookies Policy in the future will be posted on the Website and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Each time you enter the Website, you agree that the Cookies Policy current at that time shall apply to all information held by you.

5. Contact

Questions, comments and requests regarding this Cookies Policy are welcomed and should be sent to us through our support ticketing system.


Updated on 29th January 2026.