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A recent example of this is the EU General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR). Cookie consent By using our website, our social media pages (such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram), subscribing to our services, and/or making a donation to us, you agree that, unless you disabled them within your internet browser, we can place the types of cookies set out below on your device and use that data in accordance with this Policy. What Third Party cookies does this website use? In order for us to help understand how this website is used and to improve website performance, we use a number of cookies to track usage. This list below contains of the main cookies set on the website and for what purpose: Necessary cookies Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies. Cookie Name Used by Description Expiration _cfduid Cloudflare Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic. It does not contain any personal information. 1 year ASP.NET_SessionId Website Used for authenticating a user's session after logging in. Closes when the user exits the browser. It does not contain any personal information. End of session ARRAffinity Website Tells our infrastructure which server to handle the request. It does not contain any personal information and is used only for analytical purposes. End of session MemberLoggedIn Website A binary flag which stores whether a user is logged in or not. It does not contain any personal information. End of session _stripe_sid Stripe Used by our payment provider, Stripe, in order to process payments on checkout. End of session _stripe_mid Stripe Used by our payment provider, Stripe, in order to process payments on checkout. 1 year nsr Stripe Used by our payment provider, Stripe, in order to process payments on checkout. End of session Performance cookies Performance cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously. Cookie Name Used by Description Expiration @@History/@@scroll|# Website Used by AppInsights to allow for monitoring of the platform database. It does not contain any personal information and is used only for analytical purposes. End of session _ga and _gid Google Analytics Used to distinguish between website users in Google Analytics. 2 years _gat Google Analytics Used to moderate calls to the Google Analytics service. It does not contain any personal information and is used only for analytical purposes. End of session ai_session and ai_user Website Tracks users as they navigate the website predominately for infrastructure performance insights. It does not contain any personal information. End of session p.gif Typekit Used by the font provider, Typekit, if you are using one of their fonts. Used for compliance and billing purposes only. It does not contain any personal information. End of session __utma Google Analytics Stores the amount of visits of a user, the time of their first visit, the previous visit, and the current visit. It does not contain any personal information and is used only for analytical purposes. 2 years __utmz Google Analytics This performance cookie stores where a user came from (eg. search engine, search keyword, link). It does not contain any personal information and is used only for analytical purposes. 6 months __unam ShareThis Set as part of the ShareThis service and monitors "click-stream" activity, e.g. web pages viewed, navigation from page to page, time spent on each page etc. The ShareThis service only identifies a user if they have separately signed up with ShareThis for a ShareThis account and given them consent. Checks how long a user stays on a site: when a visit starts, and ends. It does not contain any personal information and is used only for analytical purposes. 14 months cc_cookie_accept Website Stores whether the user has accepted the cookie message or not. It does not contain any personal information and is used only for analytical purposes. 365 days Marketing cookies Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers. Cookie Name Used by Description Expiration NID Google Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. Can be used for targeted ads. It does not contain any personal information. 6 months collect Google Analytics Used to send data to Google Analytics a user's device and behaviour. It does not contain any personal information. End of session r/collect Doubeclick.net These cookies are managed by DoubleClick, an advertising platform we use to display adverts. End of session IDE, DSID, _ct_rmm Doubleclick.net These cookies are managed by DoubleClick, an advertising platform we use to display adverts. 2 years DisplayName Website Keeps track of a donors preference to show their name during a Direct Debit. End of session VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE Youtube Used by Youtube if you've embedded a Youtube video in your posts. Tries to estimate a user's bandwidth on pages with integrated Youtube videos. It does not contain any personal information. 179 days YSC Youtube Used by Youtube if you've embedded a Youtube video in your posts. Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from Youtube a user has seen. It does not contain any personal information End of session