Cookie Policy

About cookies

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. 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. 

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

Cookies used by our service providers

Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website. We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google's privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.   Your rights 

With respect to our clients’ rights, we can provide a record of all data we hold upon receipt of a written request as per GDPR guidelines. We will amend any personal data held as instructed, and we will also adhere to anyone’s right to be “forgotten”. 

Cookies that we use

Necessary

Some cookies are necessary for our website to operate properly such as cookies used to record your cookie consent or your session ID. We use cookies to let us know who you are, and how you'd like us to interact with you during your browsing session.

Name Provider Purpose Expiry Type
laravel_session giveustime.org.uk Preserves user session state across page requests. Session HTTP Cookie
XSRF-TOKEN giveustime.org.uk Cross-site request forgery protection. Session HTTP Cookie


Statistics

Statistics cookies capture data about how you’re using our services and assist us in improving how they work. For example, if we see that you regularly undertake a series of actions, alongside other users, that involve a number of steps to get to, we may use the analytics information to identify this and modify the approach to make it easier to perform that action.

Name Provider Purpose Expiry Type
_ga giveustime.org.uk Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. 2 years HTTP Cookie
_gat giveustime.org.uk Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate Session HTTP Cookie
_gid giveustime.org.uk Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. Session HTTP Cookie