What is in a cookie?
A cookie is a simple text file that is stored on your computer or mobile device
by a website's server and only that server will be able to retrieve or read the
contents of that cookie. Each cookie is unique to your web browser. It will contain
some anonymous information such as a unique identifier and the site name and some
digits and numbers. It allows a website to remember things like your preferences
or what's in your shopping basket.
What to do if you don't want cookies to be set
Some people find the idea of a website storing information on their computer or
mobile device a bit intrusive, particularly when this information is stored and
used by a third party without them knowing. Although this is generally quite harmless
you may not, for example, want to see advertising that has been targeted to your
interests. If you prefer, it is possible to block some or all cookies, or even to
delete cookies that have already been set; but you need to be aware that you might
lose some functions of that website.
How can I control cookies?
If you don't want to receive cookies, you can modify your browser so that it
notifies you when cookies are sent to it or you can refuse cookies altogether. You
can also delete cookies that have already been set.
If you wish to restrict or block web browser cookies which are set on your device
then you can do this through your browser settings; the Help function within your
browser should tell you how. Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org, which contains comprehensive information
on how to do this on a wide variety of desktop browsers.
Please note that if you disable the use of Cookies on this website some functionality
such as navigation may not work as intended.
Cookies in use by this website
The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
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Cookie
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Name
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Purpose
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More information
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Google Analytics
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_utma
_utmb
_utmc
_utmz
_utmv
_atuvc
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These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site.
We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies
collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the
site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.
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Click here for an overview of privacy at Google
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Site cookie acceptance
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GreenlightCookiesAccepted
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This cookie is used to record if a user has accepted the use of cookies on this
website.
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GOSSIP sign in
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gossip_GL_ID
yourAuthCookie
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These two cookies remember that you have logged into the GOSSIP platform
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GOSSIP navigation
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ct
filters
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These two cookies are used to remember what navigational filters you have used
when browsing content on the GOSSIP platform
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Third party cookies
We sometimes embed photos and video content from websites such as flickr and
YouTube and 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. We do not control the
dissemination of these cookies and your acceptance of our cookie policy includes
these 3rd party cookies. You should check the relevant third party website for more
information about these. We don’t sell the information collected by cookies, nor
do we disclose the information to third parties, except where required by law (for
example to government bodies and law enforcement agencies).
