Cookie Policy:
Our website uses Cookies to help us provide you with a useful and reliable browsing experience and to help us improve our site. Cookies are small files of letters and numbers that are stored on your device. When someone visits our website, we collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We collect this information in a way which does not personally identify anyone.
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device to help our website provide a better user experience. Cookies are stored on your individual device and you have full control over their use.
How to change your cookie settings
You may deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing the settings of your web browser. Cookies that are already stored may be deleted at any time. To find out more about cookies and how to manage or delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org.uk.
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 tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
If you choose to disable cookies, you may not be able to use all the features on our website.
The types of Cookies we use on this site are:
The table below explains the types of cookies we use on our websites and why we use them.
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Category of cookies |
Why we use these cookies |
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Required |
These cookies are essential for our websites and services to perform basic functions and are necessary for us to operate certain features. These include those required to allow registered users to authenticate and perform account-related functions, store preferences set by users such as account name, language, and location, and ensure our services are operating properly. |
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Analytics and Performance |
These cookies allow us to optimize performance by collecting information on how users interact with our websites, including which pages are visited most, as well as other analytical data. We use these details to improve how our websites function and to understand how users interact with them. |
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Advertising |
These cookies are set by us and our advertising partners to provide you with relevant content and to understand that content’s effectiveness. They may be used to collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites to predict your preferences and to display more relevant advertisements to you. These cookies also allow a profile to be built about you and your interests and enable personalized ads to be shown to you based on your profile. |
Third Party Cookies
These are Cookies set by other suppliers which we may be using to enhance our site and which are controlled by them. The following section details third party Cookies you might encounter through this site. For more information on these Cookies or to opt-out of third parties collecting any data regarding your interaction on our website, please refer to their websites for further information.
Google Analytics
Like many websites, we use Google Analytics to collect information about visitor behaviour, such as the number of visitors to the various parts of our website. We do this to compile reports that help us improve our site. Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here, what documents you download and what you click on. This analytics data is not tied to personally identifiable information (e.g. your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.
Below is a description of the Google Analytics Cookies we may use on this site and what they are used for:
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Name |
Purpose |
Expires |
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_utm.gif |
Logs details about visitor’s browser and computer |
End of session |
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_utma |
Used to distinguish users and sessions |
2 years |
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_utmb |
Used to determine new sessions/visits |
30 mins |
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_utmc |
Used to determine the duration of a visit |
End of session |
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_utmv |
Use to determine visitor behaviour during a session |
End of session |
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_utmz |
Stores the traffic source that explains how the user reached the site |
6 months |
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_utmt |
Used to throttle request rate |
10 minutes |
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_utmt_masterTracker |
Updates the total number of page visits in anonymous form |
End of session |
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_ga |
Used to distinguish users |
2 years |
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_gid |
Used to distinguish users |
24 hours |
You can find more detailed information about the Google Analytics Cookies we use by clicking here.
You can find out more about Google’s position on data privacy as regards to its analytics service, including information about the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on in the Privacy Controls section here.
Other Third Party Cookies
We may use third party plugins or integrate with other websites or services (for example facebook, twitter, Linkedin, YouTube, Instagram, vimeo).
For these to work they may set Cookies through our site. We do not control these Cookies and you should refer to their websites for their respective privacy policies or for further information on how to opt out of them collecting any data regarding your interaction on our website. Alternatively you may deactivate or restrict the transmission of Cookies by changing the settings of your web browser.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, you can contact us on hello@thehikinghousehold.com