Cookie policy
Last updated: 27 September 2022
Like many websites, seafish.org (the Service) uses small files called cookies to help provide the best possible online experience for you.
Our cookie policy explains what cookies are, how we use cookies, how third parties we may partner with may use cookies on the Service, your choices regarding cookies and further information about cookies.
What are cookies
Cookies are small pieces of text sent by your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the Service or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the Service more useful to you.
Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies.
- Persistent cookies continue to exist after you finish your website visit. They are eventually deleted, often after 6 months or longer. They are used to help the Service recognise when you return so that it can remember things like your preferences, or who you are.
- Session cookies are deleted automatically soon after you finish your website visit, usually within 30 minutes. They are used to help the Service to remember the status of your current visit, for example, a session ID might be stored to ensure you remain logged in.
You can remove cookies from your device at any time, and your device will automatically delete expired cookies.
Who sets cookies
Cookies can be set in two ways – some are set by the Service itself. Others are set by other services which may be used bring enhanced functionality.
First-party cookies
These cookies are set directly by the Service. Only the Service can read them.
Third-party cookies
These cookies are set by other digital services and are accessible only by those digital services. For example, if a webpage contains an embedded YouTube video, YouTube may set its own cookies to enable the video to work correctly.
Some cookies are set by services used to provide a better experience for you. For example, Google Analytics is a common service used to understand how users interact with websites so the website owners can make improvements, so the website is easier to use.
Some cookies are set by services for advertising purposes. For example, and advertising platform may set a cookie so that it recognises a user across different websites.
It is not the Service which sets these third-party cookies.
How cookies are used
We categorise cookies based on how they are used and help you to make broad choices about which cookies you allow us to set.
Essential cookies
These cookies let you use all the different parts of the Service. Without them, the Service cannot be provided. They are sometimes called “strictly necessary” cookies.
Some examples of how we use these cookies are:
- To remember your preferences (for example, whether you have given your consent for cookies to be set)
- Remembering security settings that affect access to certain content, for example, whether you are logged in.
Functional cookies
These cookies might be used to provide functionality.
For example:
- Enabling embedded video
- Remembering that you have visited the site before so that messages for new visitors are not repeated to you
Performance cookies
These help us make sure that the website is working properly and fix any errors.
Any performance cookies we use collect anonymised data to protect your identity. We do not collect any data on sex, political or religious beliefs, nationality, or postcodes through cookies.
Advertising cookies
Some websites use advertising networks to show you specially targeted adverts when you visit. These networks may also be able to track your browsing across different sites.
Cookies are widely used in online advertising. Neither the Service nor its advertising partners can gain personally identifiable information from these cookies.
The cookies we set
• Essential cookies
Session ID
|
Name |
Data stored |
Purpose |
Expires |
|
UMB-XSRF-TOKEN, UMB-XSRF-V, UMB_UCONTEXT |
Stores a GUID reference to the current logged in backend user. Randomly generated at login and stored in the database. |
These are Umbraco backend specific cookies. They are only seen by site administrators accessing the back end of the website. They are used in maintaining the session state of the logged in user. |
This expires at the end of your session. |
Load balancer
|
Name |
Data stored |
Purpose |
Expires |
|
ARRAffinity |
A unique identifier. |
Used for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session. |
This expires at the end of your session. |
Microsoft Application Insights
|
Name |
Data stored |
Purpose |
Expires |
|
ai_session, ai_user |
A random unique number or string of letters and numbers to identify your browser |
We use Microsoft Application Insights software, which collects statistical usage and telemetry information for apps built on the Azure cloud platform. This is a unique anonymous session identifier cookie. |
The longest lasting cookie expires after 1 year, the other expires on the same day. |
• Preference cookies
|
Name |
Data stored |
Purpose |
Expires |
|
.CookiePreferences |
A string for each preference set |
Used to store information about a visitor's cookie preference settings. |
After 1 year |
• Performance cookies
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is an example of a first party cookie used for performance. Other organisations can’t access your data or view cookies used by our website, and we do not sell your data to any third parties. We also do not allow Google to share our analytics data.
|
Name |
Data stored |
Purpose |
Expires |
|
_ga |
Browser ID |
Collects information about how you use this website. |
After 2 years |
|
_gid |
User ID |
Used to distinguish users. |
After 24 hours |
|
_gat, _dc_gtm_property-id |
A numeric value |
Used to throttle request rate. |
After 1 minute |
|
_ga_JR3ZDB27FM |
Session |
Used to persist session state |
After 2 years |
|
_gac_gb_JR3ZDB27FM |
Campaign |
Contains campaign related information. |
After 90 days |
Click Dimensions
Click Dimensions is another first party cookie used for performance measurement. Other organisations cannot access your data or view cookies used by our website, and we do not sell your data to any third parties.
Twitter uses first and third-party cookies to measure the performance of promoted links from tweets and other similar advertising features. This helps Twitter to understand which websites you visit, including this one.
Twitter may use this information to target personalised advertising such as promoted tweets to you. It will not change whether you see promoted tweets or other advertisements on Twitter or supported platforms, but it may influence which tweets or advertisements you see.
| Name | Data stored | Purpose | Expires |
| _twclid | A unique ID | Advertising | 30 days |
| muc_ads | A unique ID | Advertising | 2 years |
| auth_token | A unique ID | Twitter log-in cookie | 5 years |
| personalization_id | A unique ID | Advertising | 2 years |
| guest_id | A unique ID | Advertising | |
| guest_id_ads | A unique ID | Advertising | |
| quest_id_marketing | A unique ID | Advertising |
LinkedIn uses first and third-party cookies to measure the performance of its services, to help balance the load on its servers, and to ensure your experience with LinkedIn content is smooth and uninterrupted. LinkedIn will be aware of which websites you visit, including this one.
LinkedIn will use this information to ensure that your service from LinkedIn is stable. It will also use it to measure and improve its own user experience. It will use some of the data it collects to measure the performance of and to personalise advertising. This will not change whether you see advertising on LinkedIn, but it may influence which advertisement s you see.
| Name Data stored Purpose Expires | Data stored | Purpose | Expires |
| bcookie | Unique browser ID | Browser Identifier cookie to uniquely identify devices accessing LinkedIn to detect abuse on the platform and diagnostic purposes. | 1 year |
| bscookie | Unique browser ID | Used for remembering that a logged in user is verified by two factor authentication. | 1 year |
| JSESSIONID | Unique browser ID | Used for Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection. | Session |
• Advertising cookies
Facebook
Facebook uses first and third-party cookies for tracing the performance of advertising campaigns run through Facebook’s advertising platforms. These allow Facebook to understand which websites you visit, including this one.
Facebook may use this information to target personalised advertising to you on Facebook and its partners and subsidiaries. It does not change whether you see advertising, only which advertisements might be served to you.
| Name | Data stored |
Purpose |
Expires |
| fr | User ID | Used to limit the number of times you see the same ad. | After 90 days |
| xs, c_user | Facebook user information | These cookies are set when you log into Facebook, and are referenced by Facebook to see that you are logged in. | After 365 days |
| m_pixel_ratio | Integer | A cookie that enables Facebook to test the functionality of the site. | At the end of your session |
| _fbp | Browser ID | Used to measure the performance of advertising campaigns. | After 90 days |
Your choices regarding cookies
If you would like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, you can do this for any website by visiting the help pages of your web browser.
Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.
At the end of this cookie policy, we provide a mechanism for you to accept or refuse cookies for the Service. Using this method rather than your browser’s in-built blocking will enable you to block categories of cookies but keep others active. This will help you to preserve the functionality of the site.
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.