Cookies
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For further reading on cookies you can visit AboutCookies.org
Use of cookies on our website
The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
| Cookie | Name | Expires | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie preference | ckmsg | 6 months | This cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on sthelensscouts.org.uk. Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie. |
| Universal Analytics (Google) | _ga _gali _gat _gid |
2 years | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. |
| PHPSESSID | PHPSESSID | end of session | Preserves user session state across page requests |
| YouTube cookies | PREF* VSC* VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE* remote_sid* |
Session | We embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode. Read more at YouTube’s embedding videos information page.PREF – * Expires after eight months VSC – * expires at the end of your session VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE – *expires after eight months remote_sid – * expires at the end of your session |
Third party cookies
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.
How to manage 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.
Please bear in mind that if you do this, certain personalised features of this website cannot be provided to you.
