Cookies Policy
What are cookies?
Cookies are files saved on your phone, tablet, or computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
The information stored in cookies is used to make websites work or contains things about how you use the website. For example, that you have acknowledged a pop-up or the pages you visit.
Cookies are not viruses or computer programs. They are very small, so they do not take up much space.
You can delete the cookies stored on your computer at any time. You can also change your browser's privacy settings to block websites from storing cookies on your device (computer, mobile phone, tablet etc.). Click www.whatarecookies.com to learn more about cookies.
This statement refers to ‘cookies’ but covers similar browser storage technologies, such as HTML local storage and pixels.
How we use cookies
We use cookies to:
- make our website work, for example by keeping it secure
- improve your user experience (for example, by remembering your text size)
- remember your preferences, for example which pop-ups or banners you have seen, so you don’t see them again
- measure how you use our website, for example which links you click on
- These 3 types of cookies are described and listed below. Each cookie listed shows the cookie name, type, duration, and purpose. We use cookies only for the purpose described.
Cookies will not store any information that would, on its own, allow us to identify individual users of this service without their permission. Any cookies that may be used by this website are used either solely on a per session basis or to maintain user preferences.
When you first visit this website, we notify you that we use cookies. By proceeding and using this website you are agreeing to accept cookies. The notification message is only shown once; it is hidden when you choose to view further pages in this website.
If you are not happy, then you should either not use this site, delete the cookies having visited the site, or you should browse the site using your browser’s anonymous usage setting (called “Incognito” in Chrome, “InPrivate” for Internet Explorer, “Private Browsing” in Firefox and Safari etc.).
In some instances, such as in the Resources section, there may be a third party pixel (a form of cookie) embedded into a link: this enables the third party to see that you visited their site via a link on our site, but no other information about your activity or details relating to the Community Hub. For example, this would allow then to track the number of visits to their website, and track any changes in visitor flow.
Current Cookies
Please be aware that the providers listed below may change their cookie names without notice. As an example, we use the following cookies on our website:
[insert all here, when confirmed]
Cookie: Google Analytics
Name: [insert when confirmed]
Description: These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. To find out more, please see Google analytics safeguarding your data
Duration: [insert when confirmed]
Third Party Cookies
These are cookies set on your machine by external websites whose services are used on this site. Cookies of this type are the sharing buttons across the site allow visitors to share content onto social networks.
Cookies are currently set by Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube. In order to implement these buttons, and connect them to the relevant social networks and external sites, there are scripts from domains outside of our website. You should be aware that these sites are likely to be collecting information about what you are doing all around the internet, including on this website, but that this is normal.
You should check the respective policies of each of these sites to see how exactly they use your information and to find out how to opt out, or delete, such information.
Managing cookies
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer's website.