A cookie is a small piece of text a website asks your browser to keep and send back on your next visit. Auto Market World uses a handful of its own cookies, only to make the site work. We don’t use advertising cookies, analytics cookies or third-party tracking of any kind, so there is nothing to opt out of beyond what is listed here. Last updated October 3, 2026.
The cookies we set
bm_session: keeps you logged in
Set when you log in or create an account. It holds a random key that identifies your session; the key itself is useless to anyone else, and scripts on the page can’t read it (it is “HttpOnly”).
- Lasts: until you close the browser, or 14 days if you tick “Keep me logged in”. Logging out deletes it.
- Needed: yes. Without it you can’t log in.
bm_guest: remembers your picks and guest bookings
Set only when you tick an offer or book without an account. It holds a random key that links your picks and your guest bookings to your browser, so they are still there when you come back, and so they can move into your account if you create one. It is HttpOnly as well.
- Lasts: 90 days. It is removed when your picks and bookings move into an account.
- Needed: yes, for picking offers and booking as a guest.
bm_postal: remembers your postal code
Set when you enter a postal code, so the home page and the flyers page show the shops near you without asking again. It holds only the postal code.
- Lasts: 30 days, or until you enter another postal code.
- Needed: no. Without it, you type your postal code on each visit.
bm_resetpass: finishes a password reset
Set only when you open a password-reset link from our e-mail, so the reset page knows which request it belongs to without keeping the key in the address bar.
- Lasts: until you close the browser; it is deleted once the password is changed. A reset link itself expires after 24 hours.
- Needed: yes, to reset a password.
Other things kept in your browser
The booking sheet and the request form keep what you have typed in your browser’s session storage, so reloading the page, or stopping to log in before you post a request, doesn’t lose it. It stays on your device, nothing is sent until you press send, and your browser clears it when you close the tab.
What we don’t do
- No Google Analytics, Meta pixel or similar tracking scripts.
- No advertising or retargeting cookies.
- No third-party embeds that set their own cookies. Map links open Google Maps in a new tab; they don’t load anything on our pages.
- Our fonts and images are served from our own site.
Controlling cookies
Every browser lets you see, block and delete cookies in its settings. You can delete ours at any time: you will be logged out, your picks as a guest will be forgotten, and the site will ask for your postal code again. If you block bm_session, you won’t be able to log in; if you block bm_guest, you won’t be able to pick offers or book as a guest.
Questions
Write to hello@automarketworld.com. Our privacy policy explains how we handle personal information in general.