A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes a unique identifier that is sent to your computer or mobile phone (referred to here as a "device") browser from a website's computer and is stored on your device's hard drive.
Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your
browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your
browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already
sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other websites. Many
websites do this whenever a user visits their website in order to
track online traffic flows.
On WCVA's websites, cookies record information about your online
preferences. Users have the opportunity to set their devices to
accept all cookies, to notify them when a cookie is issued, or not
to receive cookies at any time. The last of these means that
certain personalised features cannot then be provided to that user
and accordingly they may not be able to take full advantage of all
of the website's features. Each browser is different, so check the
"Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie
preferences.
During the course of any visit to a WCVA website, the pages you
see, along with a cookie, are downloaded to your device. Many
websites do this, because cookies enable website publishers to do
useful things like find out whether the device (and probably its
user) has visited the website before. This is done on a repeat
visit by checking to see, and finding, the cookie left there on the
last visit.
Below you will find information on what cookies may be set when
you visit the www.wcva.org.uk
website and how to reject or delete those cookies.
How to control and delete cookies
WCVA will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable
information about you. However, if you wish to restrict or block
the cookies which are set by WCVA websites, or indeed any other
website, you can do this through your browser settings. The Help
function within your browser should tell you how.
Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org which
contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide
variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete
cookies from your computer as well as more general information
about cookies. For information on how to do this on the browser of
your mobile phone you will need to refer to your handset
manual.
Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the
functionality of the WCVA website. WCVA use a number of suppliers
who also set cookies on our websites on our behalf in order to
deliver the services that they are providing. If you would like
more information about the cookies used by these suppliers, as well
as information on how to opt-out, please see sections 3 below.
List of the main WCVA cookies
This is a list of the main cookies set by the www.wcva.org.uk website, and
what each is used for.
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Name
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About
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Use
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Expires
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_utma
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This is written the first time visitor visits the site. Updated
with each visit.
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Helps identify the unique visitors.
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2 years from last update
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_utmb
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Session cookie that is update with each page view or event.
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This cookie is used to establish and continue a user session
with your site
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30 mins after the last update/visitor inactivity
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_utmz
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This cookie stores the type of referral used by the visitor to
reach the site. The cookie is updated with each page view.
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It is used to calculate traffic drivers e.g. search engine
traffic, ad campaigns and navigation within the site
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6 months from set/update
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_utmv
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This cookie stores the custom variable information that you set
in your code.
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It is used to set and pass custom variable information to Google
Analytics server.
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2 years from set/update
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_utmx
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This is a Google Website Optimizer (GWO) cookie and won't show
up if the site is not using GWO.
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The cookie stores the variation a particular visitor is assigned
to for each experiment, so that the visitor continues to see same
variation in each his/her visit.
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2 years from set/update
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Third party cookies are also placed by Facebook and Twitter if you use social
sharing.