{"id":139,"date":"2023-08-24T11:11:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T11:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.geographicatrophy.uk\/?page_id=139"},"modified":"2024-02-22T12:36:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T12:36:59","slug":"cookie-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.geographicatrophy.uk\/cookie-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Cookie Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"default-block container\">\n<p>Cookies are pieces of data that a website can transfer to a user\u2019s web browser. The cookies may remain on your computer after you leave the website but you can manually delete them using most browsers. Most web browsers are pre-set to accept cookies. Some cookies store data just for the time you are on the website. These are called session cookies and are not stored on your computer after you have left the website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"default-block container\">\n<p>If you prefer not to receive cookies, you can adjust your web browser to refuse cookies or to warn you when cookies are being used. Most elements of this site will still function if you disable cookies in your web browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"default-block container\">\n<p>When you visit this Site, if your browser is using the standard settings and it is accepting cookies, you are giving consent for cookies on this site to be stored on your computer. If you do not wish for this to happen, you can disable them in the settings of your browser.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"default-block container\">\n<p>The following cookies&nbsp;are used on the Site. Per default, all allowed cookies are stored for one year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"default-block container\">\n<p><strong>Different types of cookies<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"default-block container\">\n<p><strong>Session and persistent cookies<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"default-block container\">\n<p>Cookies can expire at the end of a browser session (from when a user opens the browser window to when they exit the browser) or they can be stored for longer periods of time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"default-block container\">\n<p><strong>Session cookies<\/strong> \u2013 allow websites to link the actions of a user during a browser session. They may be used for a variety of purposes such as remembering what a user has put in their shopping basket as they browse around a site. These session cookies expire after a browser session.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"default-block container\">\n<p>The use of the so-called session cookies (that, in any case, are not stored persistently on the user\u2019s computer and are deleted automatically as soon as the browser is shut down) is strictly limited to the purpose of transmitting data (made up of random numbers created by the server) identifying the specific session and necessary to allow a safe and efficient website surfing. The so-called session cookies used in this website avoid any other computer methods that could potentially compromise the privacy about users\u2019 web-surfing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"default-block container\">\n<p><strong>Persistent cookies<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 are stored on a users\u2019 device in between browser sessions, which allow the preferences or actions of the user across a site (or in some cases across different websites) to be remembered. 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If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"default-block container\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Cookie name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Source<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Expiry<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Default status<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>AMCV_###@AdobeOrd<\/td><td>Adobe Experience Cloud ID Service<\/td><td>2 years<\/td><td>Used to identify a unique visitor by Adobe Solutions<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>s_ecid<\/td><td>Adobe Analytics<\/td><td>2 years<\/td><td>Used to allow persistent ID tracking in 1st Party state<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>s_vi<\/td><td>Adobe Analytics<\/td><td>2 years<\/td><td>Used by Adobe Analytics (to identify unique visitor)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>s_cc<\/td><td>Adobe Analytics<\/td><td>Session<\/td><td>Used by Adobe Analytics (check if cookies are enabled)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>s_sq<\/td><td>Adobe Analytics<\/td><td>Session<\/td><td>Used by Adobe Analytics (track links selected by user)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Other s_*** cookies<\/td><td>Adobe Analytics Plugins<\/td><td>Session or upto 2 years<\/td><td>Used by Adobe Analytics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>s_nr30<\/td><td>Adobe Analytics Plugins<\/td><td>1 month<\/td><td>Used by Adobe Analytics (identify repeat or new visitor)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>s_plt<\/td><td>Adobe Analytics Plugins<\/td><td>Session<\/td><td>Used by Adobe Analytics (get page load time)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>s_pltp<\/td><td>Adobe Analytics Plugins<\/td><td>Session<\/td><td>Used by Adobe Analytics (get page name of previous Adobe Analytics request)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>s_ppv<\/td><td>Adobe Analytics Plugins<\/td><td>Session<\/td><td>Used by Adobe Analytics (% page viewed)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>s_tslv<\/td><td>Adobe Analytics Plugins<\/td><td>2 years<\/td><td>Used by Adobe Analytics (track time since last visit)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"default-block container\">\n<p>Adobe Analytics cookies allow us to anonymously measure how you use our sites and which information you are looking for. 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