Our website uses cookies
Cookies are files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website.
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
We use both session and persistent cookies on our website.
The names of the cookies that we use on our website, and the purposes for which they are used, are set out below:
Cookies that measure website use
If you accept Analytical Cookies, these are set by Google Analytics and they help us to improve our website by collecting and reporting information on its usage.
- we use _ga to distinguish users.
- we use _gat to distinguish users.
- we use _gid to throttle request rate.
- we use __utma to distinguish users and sessions.
- we use __utmt to throttle request rate.
- we use __utmb to determine new sessions/visits.
- we use __utmc to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit.
- we use __utmz to store the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached the site.
- we use __utmv to store visitor-level custom variable data.
- we use _clck to see how people navigate the website
- we use _clsk to see how people navigate the website
Cookies that remember your settings
We need to use a cookie to remember if you have opted in or not. This is one of the sites ‘necessary cookies’. It is called ‘CookieControl’
Cookies for logged in users
These ONLY apply to people that login to our website, and that is only staff and volunteers.
These cookies do things like remember that you are logged in, and your preferences and the choices you make, to personalise your experience of using the site.
These cookies will start with ‘wp-‘, ‘wp’, or ‘wordpress’.