Cookie Policy
Using cookies is a really common practice and helps us to give you the best experience possible on our websites.
When you use our website, we place a small text file called a ‘cookie’ (made up of letters and numbers) on your computer, tablet or mobile phone’s storage device. Using cookies is a really common practice and helps us to give you the best experience possible on our websites. Cookies are completely harmless and can’t be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.
Find out more about cookies on the Information Commissioner’s Officer (ICO) website.
The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
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Name
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Format
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Expires
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Reason
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ckmsg
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Numeric String
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6 months
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Cookie message to user
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__utma
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Numeric String
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2 years
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Google Analytics
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__utmb
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Numeric String
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30 minutes
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Google Analytics
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__utmc
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Alphanumeric String
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Session
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Google Analytics
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__utmz
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Alphanumeric String
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6 months
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Google Analytics
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__utmz
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Alphanumeric String
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2 years
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Add This Share Widget
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We sometimes embed content from different websites such as Add This and Twitter. Pages with this embedded content may present cookies from these websites. Similarly, when you use one of the share buttons on our website, a cookie may be set by the service you have chosen to share content through. You should check the relevant third party website for more information about these cookies.
If you wish to restrict, block or delete cookies from our website – or any other website – you can use your browser to do this. Each browser is different so check the ‘Help’ menu of your particular browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences. You can click on the available support links from the “managing your cookies” tab below.
Please bear in mind that if you do this, certain personalised features of this website cannot be provided to you.
We also use pixels on our website, which are snippets of code that allow cookies to be downloaded to your device. These pixel tags identify a device as it browses different websites, partly so that targeted adverts can be shown to the user. SESS don’t receive any identifiable data from pixels. If you disable cookies, your visit to sesscouts.org.uk website will register as an anonymous visit.
We use website analytics tools such as Google Analytics to understand how you interact with the sesscouts.org.uk website, which allows us to understand how we can improve the experience you have using the site. The data collected on you via Google Analytics are anonymous and does not contain personally identifiable information. The data we collect on you from our website includes:
We also collect data about you indirectly from third parties. If you click on a Scouts advert on a website or social media platform (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube or Twitter) which leads you to our website, these platforms may share your data with us. We use this data to understand how our advertising and website performs, and in some instances advertise to you on other websites (e.g. Facebook) about things that might be of interest to you.
The data we gather on you, through our website and third parties are collected and stored by cookies.
SESS website may share your personal data with remarketing services – including Facebook, Google Adwords and Google Analytics – to serve our adverts to you on third party websites. Third-party vendors, including Facebook and Google, use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to sesscouts.org.uk.
You’re able to view and delete the cookies stored on your computer/laptop, tablet or mobile phone and if you want to you can prevent cookies from being stored on your device in the future. Information about how to do this can be found in your internet browser’s ‘Help’ pages, or alternatively find out more about how to control your cookies on the ICO’s website.
You can control which types of cookies you allow in your web browser. You can turn cookies on or off using your browser’s settings. You can also remove cookies and clear your browser’s history.
The following links describe how you can change your cookie settings in the popular browsers: