What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files which websites place on your computer when you visit a specific website. Cookies are used on websites to help visitors navigate around them effectively. They are also used to perform certain vital functions within a website. You can disable cookies through your internet browser -however, this may impact on how websites work.
Cookies also provide information to website owners to analyse visitor behaviour patterns, for example, how many visitors view a particular page.
More information about cookies can be found at www.allaboutcookies.org
Our use of cookies
When someone visits our website, we collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. We collect this information in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting any of our websites. We will not associate any data gathered from our sites with any personally identifying information from any source. If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will be upfront about this. We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.
The cookies also assist with downloading certain documents.
The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
These cookies are used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on the ECOLOG website. On arrival to the site, no cookies are set unless the user agrees to them when they first arrive at the site or switches cookies on while on the site. All cookies are then set. If users choose to switch cookies off at any time, the cc-cookie-decline cookie is set, and all other cookies are deleted.
| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
| Cookie preference | cc-cookie-accept cc-cookie-decline |
These cookies are used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on the ECOLOG website. On arrival to the site, no cookies are set unless the user agrees to them when they first arrive at the site or switches cookies on while on the site. All cookies are then set. If users choose to switch cookies off at any time, the cc-cookie-decline cookie is set, and all other cookies are deleted. |
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These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. Click here for an overview of privacy at Google |
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org. If you activate the setting on your browser that allows you to block all cookies (including essential cookies), this may affect how our website works.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across our website visit tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
