USE OF COOKIES

Cookie Policy

1. Introduction

1.1 Our website uses cookies.

1.2 Insofar as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our website, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website.

2. About cookies

2.1 A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

2.2 Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.

2.3 Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal data that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

3. Cookies that we use

3.1 We use cookies for the following purposes:

(a) authentication and status - we use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and to track a visitor’s sessions on the site, cookies used for this purpose are: ss_cvt, ss_cvisit, ss_cpvisit for the duration of 30 minutes and ss_cvr, ss_cid for the duration of 2 years;

(b) personalisation - we use cookies to store information about your preferences and to personalise our website for you. The persistent cookie cookieconsent_dismissed is saved for the duration of 1 year when the ‘Got it!’ button on the cookies banner is clicked. The cookie cookieconsent_status is used to remember that a user has accepted the cookie disclaimer when the website first loads. The cookie ss_cookieAllowed confirms that user has seen cookie message and allowed cookies, this is set for the duration of 1 month;

(c) performance - we use cookies, installed by Google Universal Analytics to throttle the request rate to limit the collection of data on high traffic sites, cookies used for this purpose are: _gat used for the duration of 1 minute;

(d) security - we use a necessary cookie crumb to prevent cross-site request forgery, this identifies the user’s computer for the duration of visit and expires when you end browsing,

(e) analysis - we use cookies installed by Google Analytics. The cookie _gid is used for the duration of 1 day to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected includes the number of visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form. The cookie _ga is used for the duration of 2 years to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors.

4. Cookies used by our service providers

4.1 Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.

4.2 We use Google Analytics. Google Analytics gathers information about the use of our website by means of cookies. The information gathered is used to create reports about the use of our website. You can find out more about Google's use of information by visiting https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ and you can review Google's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy. The relevant cookies are: _utma, _utmt, _utmb, _utmc, _utmz and _utmv.

5. Managing cookies

5.1 Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:

(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647 (Chrome);

(b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);

(d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);

(e) https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac (Safari); and

(f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).

5.2 Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.

5.3 If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.

6 Our details

6.1 This website is owned and operated by Bath Rambling Club.

6.2 You can contact us:

(a) using our website contact form;

(b) by email, using enquiries@bathramblingclub.co.uk.