Last Updated on January 21, 2020
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WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookies are small text files that can be used by websites to make a user’s experience more efficient.
The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies we need your permission.
This website uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages.
WHAT COOKIES DO WE USE?
Necessary (3)
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.
Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
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atuserid | BBC | Contains an visitor ID – This is used to identify the visitor upon re-entry to the website. | 13 months | HTTP Cookie |
PHPSESSID | Crowdfunder | Preserves user session state across page requests. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
Statistics (1)
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
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WMF-Last-Access | Wikimedia Foundaton | This cookie is used to count how many times a website has been visited by different visitors – this is done by assigning the visitor an ID, so the visitor does not get registered twice. | 1 month | HTTP Cookie |
Marketing (14)
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.
Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
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_cfuuid_ | Crowdfunder | Pending | Session | HTTP Cookie |
GPS | YouTube | Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location. | 1 day | HTTP Cookie |
_ga | Google Analytics | his 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. | 2 years | HTTP Cookie |
_gid | Google Analytics | This cookie name is asssociated with Google Universal Analytics. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited. | 2 years | HTTP Cookie |
IDE | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. | 1 year | HTTP Cookie | |
NID | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. The ID is used for targeted ads. | 6 months | HTTP Cookie | |
test_cookie | Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. | 1 day | HTTP Cookie | |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | YouTube | Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. | 179 days | HTTP Cookie |
www-claim-v2 | Used for sharing content onto the social platform Instagram – This functionality is used for gathering information on visitor preferences for marketing purposes. | Session | HTML Local Storage | |
YSC | YouTube | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
yt-remote-cast-installed | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML Local Storage |
yt-remote-connected-devices | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
yt-remote-device-id | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
yt-remote-fast-check-period | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML Local Storage |
yt-remote-session-app | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML Local Storage |
yt-remote-session-name | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML Local Storage |
Unclassified (2)
Unclassified cookies are cookies that we are in the process of classifying, together with the providers of individual cookies.