Brackmills Industrial Estate BID Cookie Policy
How we use Cookies. (Our Cookie Policy)
A “cookie” is a type of tracking software. It is a small, unique, text file that is sent to your browser from a web server and which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the cookie helps analyse web traffic. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We run Google Analytics, to aid the management of the site and for the purposes of authentication. We also use cookies to help you access our maps services, store session information and improve the users experience when navigating the website. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes. We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website
Cookie Name
Description
has_js
Used to check whether the user has JavaScript enabled.
SESS [id]
Used for login sessions
__utma
Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
__utmt
Used to throttle request rate.
__utmb
Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
__utmc
Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit.
__utmz
Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
Changes to the Cookie Policy
We will keep our policy under review.
This policy was last updated on 26 June 2018
Historic versions can be obtained by contacting us.