Cookie Policy and Cookie Information
What are Cookies?
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. 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.
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.
What cookies are generally used.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being browsed. This data about webpage traffic can then be analysed and as a result improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. This information is used for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Session Cookies
Session Cookies are used by the server to store information about user page activities so users can easily pick up where they left off on the server's pages. They are usually removed when the browser is closed.
Persistent Cookies
Persistent Cookies are used to store user preferences. These changes make the site easier to navigate and/or lets user leave a part of the user's “personality” at the site. These cookies expire after a certain period, or can be removed manually.
First Party
Cookies issued from the site you are visiting. We use a number of suppliers to provide the services we offer, but the majority of cookies we place on your machine fall under this category.
Third Party
Cookies issued that are different from the site you are visiting e.g. a Facebook feed on a page.
What are Cookies used for on halcyondays.co.uk?
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Cookie Name
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Cookie Description
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Cookie behaviour
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ASP.NET_SessionId
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Session, First Party: Stores transactional information
only. Our suppliers have deemed this as essential to the operation of the
service.
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This cookie disappears when your browser closes.
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__utma
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Session: First Party: Used by Google Analytics to track
user count of visits to a site, when a first visit was, and a last visit.
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Persistent, lasts for 2 years.
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__utmb
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Session: First Party: Used by Google Analytics to track
exactly when a user visits a site.
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Persistent, lasts for 30 minutes.
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__utmc
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Session: First Party: Used by Google Analytics to track
exactly when a user leaves a site.
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Session only, expires on browser quit.
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__utmz
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Session: First Party: Used by Google Analytics to track
how a user got to this site (where from), what link was used, what part
of the world.
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Persistent, lasts for 6 months.
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We use Google Analytics cookies (_utma, _utmb, _utmc,
_utmz) to hold information about your visit to halcyondays.co.uk. By doing
this we can better identify those services that matter to you. Should you
wish us not to do this, you may either remove these cookies, or opt out of
the Analytics service by installing an add-on for your browser. This can be
found at http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
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If you want to know more about how cookies work and how to manage or delete them, visit the
World Wide Web Consortium's website.