Our Policy

 

We, at Friends of Friar Gate Bridge, very much value your privacy whilst browsing our site however, to aid monitoring to give you a better site experience we do use cookies. You have been asked if you wanted to opt-out of cookies before browsing the site and we hope you have chosen to accept our cookies. We would like to explain what cookies are and which ones we use. Also, please view our Privacy Policy to ensure that, at all times, we respect your privacy.

 

What is a cookie?

 

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your personal computer, mobile or other device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user's device.

 

How long are cookies stored for?

 

Persistent cookies - these cookies remain on a user's device for the period of time specified in the cookie. They are activated each time that the user visits the website that created that particular cookie.

 

Session cookies - these cookies allow website operators to link the actions of a user during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser window and finishes when they close the browser window. Session cookies are created temporarily. Once you close the browser, all session cookies are deleted.

 

Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improve the user experience.

 

You can find more information about cookies at:

www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu.

 

Cookies used on the Website

 

A list of all the cookies used on the Website by category is set out below.

 

Performance cookies

 

These cookies collect anonymous information on the pages visited.  By using the Website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.

 

These cookies collect information about how visitors use the Website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don't collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how the Website works.

 

Functionality cookies

 

These cookies remember choices you make to improve your experience.  By using the Website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.

 

These cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

 

Third party cookies

 

These cookies allow third parties to track the success of their application or customise the application for you. Because of how cookies work we cannot access these cookies, nor can the third parties access the data in cookies used on our site.

 

For example, if you choose to ‘share’ content through Twitter or other social networks you might be sent cookies from these websites. We don't control the setting of these cookies, so please check those websites for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.

 

If you have any views on the cookies we are using, we would welcome your input! You can contact us here

 

Don’t want any cookies ever?

 

While we’d love to offer a cookie-free version of our site we are a small organisation and simply don’t have the resources to provide and maintain one. You can remove any cookies we have already put on your machine within your browser settings – pressing Ctrl+Shift+Delete may work in many cases.

 

If you opted-out and now, having read this, wish to allow our cookies then please go to the preferences in your browser and click to allow Friends of Friar Gate Bridge to place cookies in your browser.

 

Thank you for your patience.