What is a cookie?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
Necessary cookies
Enable core functionality. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and they can only be deactivated by changing your browser preferences.
Statistical cookies
Help us understand how our website visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
Use of cookies on this website
The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
| Cookie Consent
|
Cookie-interaction
Optional-cookie-0 |
Necessary These cookies are used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on our website. Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in these cookies. |
| Universal Analytics (Google) | _ga _gat _gid |
Statistical These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website.The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. |
| Hotjar | _hjid
_hjTLDTest _hjIncludedInSessionSample _hjIncludedInSessionSample _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress |
Statistical
We use Hotjar in order to better understand our users’ needs and to optimise this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users’ experience (e.g. how much time they spend on which pages, which links they choose to click, what users do and don’t like, etc.) and this enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users’ behaviour and their devices. This includes a device’s IP address (processed during your session and stored in a de-identified form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only), and the preferred language used to display our website. Hotjar stores this information on our behalf in a pseudonymized user profile. Hotjar is contractually forbidden to sell any of the data collected on our behalf. |
Policy Review
This policy will be reviewed periodically and least every three years.
| Review Process | ||||
| Policy review frequency: | Responsible for review: | |||
| This policy / procedure will be reviewed on a 2-yearly basis | This policy / procedure will be reviewed by: Chief Executive | |||
| Version Control | ||||
| Version | Date approved | Next review date | Author / Title | |
| V1 | 16/06/2022 | 01/06/2024 | Sharon Bannister Scollen – Chief Executive | |
| V2 | 04/07/2024 | 31/08/2027 | Chris Voisey – Head of Data Integrity | |