What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or device by websites you visit. Cookies are used for a number of purposes, including maintaining site functionality and protecting a website from malicious attacks. Cookies are also commonly used for analytical purposes, to allow website providers to gather aggregate information on how their website is used.
There are two types of cookies: these are session cookies, which only last for the length of time you are on our website before being deleted, and persistent cookies, which stay on your computer or device until they expire or you delete them. The Tudor website utilises both types of cookies in the administration of our website.
The BBC website gives a more detailed yet still straightforward explanation of what cookies are and how they work. For a more in-depth explanation you can visit the Information Commissioner’s Office website.
Acceptance of cookies
All cookies are categorised as either ‘strictly necessary’ cookies, ‘performance’ cookies or ‘functionality’ cookies. The Tudor website makes use of both ‘strictly necessary’ cookies, which are fundamental to the operation of our website and ‘performance’ cookies to monitor the use of our website.
If a cookie is not classed as ‘strictly necessary’ then we require your explicit consent to be able to place these cookies on your computer or device. We collect this consent and you can modify or withdraw this consent by using our cookie widget.
Cookies used on the Tudor website
The Tudor website uses ExpressionEngine and Google Analytics cookies to monitor the use of our website. We also utilise the Cloudflare service, which involves the use of cookies, to protect our website from cyber attacks, and we also use the Cookiebot widget to store your cookie preferences for when you visit our website.
We make use of the following cookies on our website:
Strictly necessary cookies:
Cookie | Provider | Description |
CookieConsent | Cookiebot | Stores your cookie consent preferences. |
__cf_bm | Cloudflare | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. |
Performance cookies:
Cookie | Provider | Description |
_ga [x2] | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | |
_ga_# [x2] | Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. | |
_gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | |
_gid | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | |
How do we use the information we collect?
The Tudor Trust uses cookies to collect aggregate statistics of how our website it being used. We may use the information we collect to make changes or improvements to the site. For example if we discover that some pages are rarely visited we may decide to remove them, or rewrite them to make them more helpful and relevant.
Changing your cookie settings
You can block cookies from being placed on your computer and erase cookies that are already there through accessing the settings within your web browser. However, it is important to be aware that many websites are reliant on the use of necessary cookies and may not work correctly if you set your browser to not to accept cookies. You can find out how to control the use of cookies within your internet browser here.
Questions about our use of cookies
If you have any questions about our use of cookies please email us at access@tudortrust.org.uk