Cookies

What are cookies?

We put small files (known as ‘cookies’) onto your computer to collect information about how you browse the site.

Cookies are used to:

  • measure how you use the website, so that it can be updated and improved based on your needs

  • remember the notifications you’ve seen so that we don’t show them to you again

Our cookies cannot read other data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. We do not use cookies for collecting personal user information.

Why do we have a cookies bar appearing on our website?

We have a bar that appears when you come to our website.

This highlights that our website uses cookies.

We need to make you aware that cookies exist, to comply with cookie law; the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR).

When you see the cookie bar, you can:

  • accept all cookies and continue

  • reject non-necessary cookies and continue (some features of the website won't work)

  • choose to accept or reject non-necessary cookies, based on their function (some features of the website may not work, based on your choice)

  • disable cookies in your web browser (this will have an impact on your experience using this website and, if you choose to disable cookies, this will happen every website you visit with the same web browser)

Cookies used on this website

There are four types of cookies which are shown below.

Necessary

_GRECAPTCHA: This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.

crumb: Ensures visitor browsing-security by preventing cross-site request forgery. This cookie is essential for the security of the website and visitor.

rc::a: This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.

rc::b: This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots.

rc::c: This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots.

rc::f: This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots.

test: Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website.

p.gif: Keeps track of special fonts used on the website for internal analysis. The cookie does not register any visitor data.

Statistics

ss_cvisit: Contains data on the visit. Collects data such as time spent on the website and website interaction.

SS_HAS_LANDED: Collects data on the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded with the purpose of generating reports for optimising the website content.

SS_IS_FIRST_SESSION: Collects data on the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded with the purpose of generating reports for optimising the website content.

SS_lastvisit: Registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator.

SS_MATTR: : Registers data on visitors' website-behaviour. This is used for internal analysis and website optimization.

SS_MID: Registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator.

td: Registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator.

Marketing

collect: Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.

LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY: Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content.

LogsDatabaseV2:V#||LogsRequestsStore: Unclassified.

remote_sid: Necessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube video-content on the website.

ServiceWorkerLogsDatabase#SWHealthLog: Necessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube video-content on the website.

ss_cid: Collects data on visitors. This information is used to assign visitors into segments, making website advertisement more efficient.

ss_cpvisit: Collects data on visitors. This information is used to assign visitors into segments, making website advertisement more efficient.

ss_cvr: Collects data on visitors. This information is used to assign visitors into segments, making website advertisement more efficient.

ss_cvt: Collects data on visitors. This information is used to assign visitors into segments, making website advertisement more efficient.

TESTCOOKIESENABLED: Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content.

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE: Unclassified.

VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA: Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain.

YSC: Unclassified.

ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY: Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content.

YtIdbMeta#databases: Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content.

yt-remote-cast-available: Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.

yt-remote-cast-installed: Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.

yt-remote-connected-devices: Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.

yt-remote-device-id: Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.

yt-remote-fast-check-period: Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.

yt-remote-session-app: Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.

yt-remote-session-name: Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.