Cookie Policy
We promise to respect any personal data you share with us and keep it safe. We aim to be clear when we collect your personal information and not do anything you wouldn’t reasonably expect. Here we tell you what we will and will not do with your personal data.
Use of cookies by Maudsley Charity
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
Necessary Cookies
| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Cookie preference | CookieControl | This cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on maudsley.org. Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie. |
| WordPress | wordpress_test_cookie | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. |
First Party Cookies
Analytics Cookies
Analytical cookies help us to improve our website by collecting and reporting information on its usage.
| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Universal Analytics (Google) | _ga, _gali, _gat, _gid | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. |
Functionality Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| secure_session | These cookies are from twitter.com and provide seamless integration with the twitter website. The twitter button s provide facilities to easily retweet and follow Safe-Move links. |
Engagement Cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to to inform, optimise, and serve adverts on other sites based on past visits to our website. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| _fbp, fr | This cookie is used by Facebook to track your interaction with our Facebook promoted posts. | |
| Google AdSense | gcl, PREF | This conversion cookie is used to help advertisers determine how many times people who click on their ads end up taking an action on their site (e.g., making a donation). Conversion cookies are not used for personalized ad targeting and persist for a limited time only. |
| Crazy Egg | __cfduid | Contains browser and user unique ID combination, used for targeted advertising. |
Third Party Cookies
| Cookie Host | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| vimeo.com | player, vuid | We embed videos from our official Vimeo channel. When you press play Vimeo will drop third party cookies to enable the the video to play and to collect analytics data such as how long a viewer has watched the video. These cookies do not track individuals. |
| youtube.com | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, YSC, GPS | YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. |
| doubleclick.net | test_cookie, IDE | This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange |
How do I change my cookie settings?
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the ‘C’ icon. You can then adjust the available sliders to ‘On’ or ‘Off’, then clicking ‘Save and close’. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect.
Alternatively, 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, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.