York SENDIASS Cookie Policy
Cookies are small files stored on your device which contain information about your visit to websites; see What are cookies? (Cookiepedia) for more information.
Our cookies policy covers:
- what cookies do
- cookies used by this website
- your consent to cookies
- managing cookies we set
- cookies and the law
What cookies do
Cookies are used to remember your settings when you revisit a website and to identify how you navigate the site. They provide valuable information which helps us to adapt and make changes, which improve your experience.
Depending on who sets them, how long they last, and what they are for, cookies can be one or more 'type':
- strictly necessary cookies enable you to move around a website and use its core features
- functionality cookies allow the website to remember choices you've made and provide a more enhanced, personalised service
- tracking and performance cookies collect information about how you use the website
- targeting and tracking cookies are used to deliver more relevant advertising
- session cookies are temporary and normally deleted when you close your browser, they help you complete tasks online, for instance remembering your details when you complete forms or remembering recent search terms
- persistent cookies are stored for a fixed period of time and recognise if you've visited a website before or previously set any preferences, they also collect visitor statistics
- first party cookies are set directly by the website you're visiting and the information is only used by that website
- third party cookies are set by a different website or organisation to the one you're currently using and the data they collect may be shared
Cookies used by this website
Settings on this website allow some cookies by default, to give you the best experience. You can change your cookie preferences via our 'cookie banner'.
We use a mixture of cookie types to help improve your experience using our website:
- strictly necessary cookies enable you to move around the website and use its core features, to log-in and submit forms
- functionality cookies store your preferences and customer satisfaction feedback
- tracking and performance cookies gather visitor metrics to help us improve website performance
Cookies on https://www.yorksendiass.org.uk/ are used to:
- remember the preferences you set
- make form submission easier
- recognise when you're logged in
- log you out automatically after a period of time to protect your account against misuse
- know how many people have visited our website, the search terms they use and the journeys they make to locate content
- capture user feedback and ensure we only ask you to partake once
Many (desktop) web browsers allow you to manually check which cookies are in use.
We've listed the cookies we use, for your reference:
| Cookie name | Lasts for | Purpose | Type of cookie | Is this cookie strictly necessary? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _GRECAPTCHA | 6 months | Used by Google reCAPTCHA to identify bots and protect the website against spam and abuse. | Security and functional | Yes |
| _ga (includes variants such as _ga_*) | 2 years | Google Analytics cookie that generates a unique ID to distinguish users and track engagement across sessions for statistical reporting. | Tracking and performance | No |
| cookie_consent_user_consent_token | 1 year | Stores a unique token to verify the user’s consent status for cookies. | Functional and consent management | Yes |
| vuid | 2 years | Used by Vimeo to collect analytics data on how videos are used across the website. | Tracking and performance | No |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 6 months | Used by YouTube to estimate bandwidth and determine which video interface to display. | Tracking and performance | No |
| cookie_consent_level | 1 year | Records which categories of cookies the user has consented to. | Functional and consent management | Yes |
| __cf_bm | 30 minutes | Set by Cloudflare to manage incoming traffic and distinguish between humans and bots. | Security and performance | Yes |
| YSC | Session | Used by YouTube to track views of embedded videos. | Tracking and performance | No |
| _gat (includes variants such as _gat_UA-*) | 1 minute | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate and limit data collection on high-traffic sites. | Tracking and performance | No |
| SKTID | Session | Likely used for session identification and maintaining logged-in state | Functional and session management | Yes |
| _gid | 1 day | Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users by generating a unique session ID. | Tracking and performance | No |
| __cf_bm | 30 minutes | Set by Cloudflare to prevent bots and optimise website performance (duplicate instance). | Security and performance | Yes |
| DEVICE_INFO | 6 months | Used by YouTube to track interactions with embedded videos across devices. | Tracking and performance | No |
| cookie_consent_user_accepted | 1 year | Indicates whether the user has accepted the website’s cookie policy. | Functional and consent management | Yes |
Cookies from other organisations
Some cookies are not related to https://www.yorksendiass.org.uk/. We currently embed links or snippets of code from the following sites:
- YouTube - information on embedded videos
- Facebook - Facebook privacy policy
- Google analytics - see a full list of Cookies and what information is stored by Google
- Google Tag Manager - read more about Google Tag Manager
Your consent to cookies
By browsing our website, you're accepting that we'll place 'strictly necessary' cookies on your device.
We recommend you continue to accept all of the cookies we set; they help us to provide you with a better service.
If you choose to delete our cookies, or disable future cookies, you may not be able to access certain areas or features of our website.
Managing cookies we set
Use our cookie banner to change your preferences; choose the type of cookies you allow/disable from our website. Alternatively, see 'How to manage cookies' in various browsers (Cookiepedia).
Using your (desktop) browser you can manually check which cookies are in use, and:
- delete any individual cookies your browser has stored previously
- set your browser to refuse cookies in future (or re-enable them at any time)
- opt out of being tracked by Google analytics across all websites
Learn more about cookies and how to manage them from the Information Commissioner's Office.
Cookies and the law
A European privacy law The ePrivacy Directive gives users of websites and other digital media control over the information which is collected about them. The Information Commission's Office enforce this directive in the UK; cookies are also governed by data protection legislation.