Cookie Policy
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, smartphone, or other devices when you access the internet. Cookies help websites function properly, remember your preferences, and provide a better user experience. Some cookies are essential for the operation of the website, while others are used for analytics or advertising purposes.
Why are cookies used on this website?
This website, along with many others, uses cookies. Cookies let users navigate around sites and, where appropriate, let us tailor the content to fit the needs of our visitors. Without cookies enabled, we cannot guarantee that the website and your experience of it are as we intended it to be.
We will ask for your consent before placing any cookies on your device that are not strictly necessary for the operation of the website, in line with UK GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR). You can manage or withdraw your consent at any time using your browser settings.
None of the cookies we use collect personal information, and they cannot be used to identify you.
Types of cookies
The length of time a cookie stays on your device depends on its type. We use two types of cookies on our websites.
- Session (Transient) cookies: these cookies are erased when you close your browser and do not collect information from your computer. They typically store information in the form of a session identification that does not personally identify the user.
- Persistent cookies: these remain on your device until they expire or are deleted. They are used to remember your preferences or track your use of the website anonymously.
COOKIE | PURPOSE |
| YSC | YSC cookie is set by YouTube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on YouTube pages. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. |
| _fbp | This cookie is set by Facebook to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising, after visiting the website. |
| fr | Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. |
| yt-remote-device-id | YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt.innertube:requests | This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| yt.innertube::nextId | This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video |
| _ga | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. |
| _gid | Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. |
| CONSENT | YouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data. |
| pll_language | The pll _language cookie is used by Polylang to remember the language selected by the user when returning to the website, and also to get the language information when not available in another way. |
| _GRECAPTCHA | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| _gat | This cookie is installed by Google Universal Analytics to restrain request rate and thus limit the collection of data on high traffic sites. |
Cookies used for advertising or tracking purposes are only set if you have given your consent.
Controlling Cookies
Visitors may wish to restrict the use of cookies, or completely prevent them from being set. Most browsers provide for ways to control cookie behaviour such as the length of time they are stored, either through built-in functionality or by utilising third-party plugins.
To find out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit aboutcookies.org. For more details on advertising cookies, and how to manage them, visit youronlinechoices.eu (EU based), or aboutads.info (US based).
For more information about how we use cookies and how to manage your preferences, please visit our Privacy Policy.
Some specific opt-out programs are available here:
Google Analytics – https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
It is important to note that restricting or disabling the use of cookies can limit the functionality of sites or prevent them from working correctly at all.