What’s a cookie?
•A “cookie” is a piece of information that is stored on your computer’s hard drive if you agree to this and which
records how you move your way around a website so that, when you revisit that website, it can present
tailored options based on the information stored about your last visit. Cookies can also be used to analyse
traffic and for advertising and marketing purposes.
•Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system.
We are required to obtain your consent for all non-essential cookies used on our website. You can block
cookies (including essential cookies) at any time by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to
refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block essential cookies
you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
How do we use cookies?
•We use cookies to track your use of our website. This enables us to understand how you use the site and track
any patterns with regards how you are using our website. This helps us to develop and improve our website as
well as products and / or services in response to what you might need or want.
•Cookies are either:
– Session cookies: these are only stored on your computer during your web session and are automatically
deleted when you close your browser – they usually store an anonymous session ID allowing you to browse a
website without having to log in to each page but they do not collect any personal data from your computer; or
– Persistent cookies: a persistent cookie is stored as a file on your computer and it remains there when you
close your web browser. The cookie can be read by the website that created it when you visit that website
again. [We use persistent cookies for Google Analytics.]
•Cookies can also be categorised as follows:
– Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential to enable you to use the website effectively, such as
when buying a product and / or service. Without these cookies, the services available to you on our website
cannot be provided. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or
remembering where you have been on the internet.
– Performance cookies: These cookies enable us to monitor and improve the performance of our website. For
example, they allow us to count visits, identify traffic sources and see which parts of the site are most popular.
– Functionality cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide
enhanced features. For instance, we may be able to provide you with news or updates relevant to the services
you use. They may also be used to provide services you have requested such as viewing a video or commenting
on a blog. The information these cookies collect is usually anonymised.
– Targeting cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you
have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more
relevant to your interests.
First and third-party cookies: First party cookies are cookies set by our website. Third party cookies are cookies
on our website that are set by a website other than our website, such as where we have adverts on our
website or use Facebook pixels so that we can show you relevant content from us when you are on Facebook.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in
the list below:
Cookies Used
Necessary Cookies
∙Elementor The website’s WordPress theme uses this cookie. It allows the website owner to
implement or change the website’s content in real-time – Never Expires
∙wpEmojiSettingsSupports WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a
WordPress site. It helps determine if the user’s browser can display emojis properly – Expires after the
session
∙cookieyes-consent CookieYes sets this cookie to remember users’ consent preferences so that their
preferences are respected on subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal
information about the site visitors – Expires after 1 year
∙woocommerce_items_in_cart….. WooCommerce sets this cookie to record if there are any items in
the WooCommerce shopping cart – Expires after the session
∙woocommerce_cart_hash….. WooCommerce sets this cookie to determine when cart contents/data
changes – Expires after the session
∙wp_woocommerce_session_*….. WooCommerce sets this cookie to make a unique code for each
customer so that it knows where to find the cart data in the database for each one – Expires after 2
days
∙woolentor_viewed_products_list….. Woolentor set this cookie to store products in a cart – Expires
after 5 days
∙woolentor_already_views_count_product Woolentor set this cookie to store product count in cart
– Expires after the session
∙m Stripe sets this cookie for fraud prevention purposes. It identifies the device used to access the
website, allowing the website to be formatted accordingly. – Expires after 1 year 1 month 4 days.
∙__stripe_mid Stripe sets this cookie to process payments. – Expires after 1 year
∙__stripe_sid Stripe sets this cookie to process payments. – Expires after 1 hour
Functional Cookies
∙yt-remote-device-id YouTube sets this cookie to store the user’s video preferences using embedded
YouTube videos – Never Expires
∙ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY This cookie is used by YouTube to store the last search result entry
that was clicked by the user. This information is used to improve the user experience by providing
more relevant search results in the future – Never Expires
∙yt-remote-connected-devices YouTube sets this cookie to store the user’s video preferences using
embedded YouTube videos – Never Expires
∙yt-remote-session-app This cookie is used by YouTube to store user preferences and information
about the interface of the embedded YouTube video player – Expires after the session
∙yt-remote-cast-installed This cookie is used to store the user’s video player preferences using
embedded YouTube video – Expires after the session
∙yt-remote-session-name The yt-remote-session-name cookie is used by YouTube to store the user’s
video player preferences using embedded YouTube video – Expires after the session
∙yt-remote-fast-check-period This cookie is used by YouTube to store the user’s video player
preferences for embedded YouTube videos – Expires after the session
Analytic Cookies
∙_ga_* Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views – Expires after 1 year, 1
month and 4 days
∙_ga Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site
usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a
randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors – Expires after 1 year, 1 month and 4 days
∙sbjs_migrations Sourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action
information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor
experience on the website – Expires after the session
∙sbjs_current_add Sourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user
action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor
experience on the website – Expires after the session
∙sbjs_first_add Sourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action
information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor
experience on the website – Expires after the session
∙sbjs_current Sourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action
information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor
experience on the website – Expires after the session
∙sbjs_first Sourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action
information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor
experience on the website – Expires after the session
∙sbjs_udata Sourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action
information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor
experience on the website – Expires after the session
∙sbjs_session Sourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action
information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor
experience on the website – Expires after 1 hour
∙_gcl_au Google Tag Manager sets the cookie to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites
using their services = Expires after 3 months
Advertisement Cookies
∙test_cookie Doubleclick sets this cookie to determine if the browser accepts cookies – Expires after
15 minutes
∙YSC Youtube sets this cookie to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages – Expires
after the session
∙VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE YouTube sets this cookie to measure bandwidth, determining whether the
user gets the new or old player interface – Expires after 6 months
∙VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA YouTube sets this cookie to store the user’s cookie consent state for
the current domain – Expires after 6 months
Uncatergorised Cookies (Not classified as yet )
∙HTTP_X_WPAPPNINJA – Description not yet available, we will provide more information when it
becomes available
∙heyzine_session Description not yet available, we will provide more information when it becomes
available – Expires after 3 months
∙__cflb Used by Cloudflare for load Balancing – Expires after 1 hour
You can alter your cookie preferences at any time at the bottom left of our home page. Please refresh your
page to ensure that the new settings have taken effect.
You can also control your cookie settings through your web browser. (See browser specific instructions)
You can opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, by going
to http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
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If you have any questions about the cookies that we use, feel free to email us at admin@aac-org.uk