Cookie Policy – CHT Website

This is our cookie policy – we use this to explain how we use cookies on our charity website and how we protect your privacy.

What are ‘cookies’?

Cookies are small files placed on your computer when you visit a website and sometimes by autogenerated emails. They provide important information about how people use our website but don’t contain personal information of users.

How we use Cookies:

Our website is managed by staff but the platform is overseen by a managing company who ensure that GDPR processes are in place and that cookies are regularly scanned and categorized. The first time someone visits our website, they are asked to consent to the use of cookies which allow for a better browsing experience.

Types of cookies on our website:

• Session cookies – deleted after visits
• Tracking cookies which remain across multiple visits
• Third Party cookies used by other organisations such as Google Analytics

We have a link to online donation platforms and an online shop, but personal details are protected and we do not use third party advertisers or their cookies.

 

Persistent cookies last beyond your visit to our website. We use google analytics on our website. This is a tracking cookie which enables us to track how popular a site is and to record visitor trends over time. The cookie does not contain any personal data, but it does contact your computer’s ip address to determine where in the world you are accessing the website from and to track your page visits within the site.

For more information on how to disable cookies in your browser please see the information

Accepting / blocking cookies

You can accept or block any cookies from any website through your browser settings. For more information on how to disable cookies in your browser please see the information commissioner’s office website. (http://www.ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/).

Please note that if you share your computer, accepting or blocking the use of cookies will affect all users of that computer.

Cookies and demographics

We may use data from google’s interest-based advertising or third-party audience data (such as age, gender and interests) with google analytics.

More information

For more information about cookies visit the information commissioners website www.ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies