Cookie Policy
A cookie is a snippet of text that is sent from a website’s servers and stored on a web browser. Like many websites, we use cookies and similar technologies to collect additional website usage data and to operate our services
We use cookies to:
- To make our site work properly and allow users to securely donate, access forms and generally browse our website as intended.
- Measure the use of the website to ensure we’re getting the right messages to the right people.
- To collect information about your use of our website which is anonymised and used to help improve the website for everyone who accesses it.
- Cookies are also placed by third parties (listed below) such as YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. We use these to enhance your experience across all platforms including our site.
We do not use cookies to:
- Store any personal identifiable information
- Pass any personal identifiable information to third parties
List of the cookies used by British Liver Trust
(Last updated 31/05/2020)
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.
Local_storage_support_test | Provider | Type | Expiry |
Twitter.com | HTML | Persistent | |
This cookie is used in context with the local-storage function in the browser. This function allows the twitter embeds on the site to load faster. | |||
rc::a | Provider | Type | Expiry |
Google.com | HTML | Persistent | |
This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is necessary for the website to make valid reports on the use of the site. | |||
rc::b | Provider | Type | Expiry |
Google.com | HTML | Persistent | |
This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is necessary for the website to make valid reports on the use of the site. | |||
rc::c | Provider | Type | Expiry |
Google.com | HTML | Persistent | |
This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is necessary for the website to make valid reports on the use of the site. |
Preferences
Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behave or looks, like your preferred language or the region you are in.
Provider | Type | Expiry | |
lang | Twitter.com | HTML | Persistent |
This cookie remembers the users selected language version of the website. |
Statistics
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
Provider | Type | Expiry | |
_utm.gif | Google-analytics.com | Pixel | Session |
This cookie provides google analytics with details about the visitor’s browser and computer. | |||
_utma | Britishlivertrust.org.uk | HTTP | 2 years |
This cookie collects data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. Used by Google Analytics.
British Liver Trust’s Privacy Policy can be found here |
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_utmb | Britishlivertrust.org.uk | HTTP | 1 day |
This cookie stores a timestamp with the exact time of when the user accessed the website. Used to calculate visit duration on Google Analytics.
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_utmc | Britishlivertrust.org.uk | HTTP | Session |
This cookie stores a timestamp with the exact time of when the user leaves the website. Used to calculate visit duration. Used by Google Analytics | |||
_utmt | Britishlivertrust.org.uk | HTTP | 1 day |
This cookie is used to throttle the speed of requests to the server. Used by Google Analytics. | |||
_utmz | Britishlivertrust.org.uk | HTTP | 6 months |
This cookie collects data on where the user came from, what search engine was used, what link was clicked on and what search term was used. Used by Google Analytics.
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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.
_widgetsettings | Twitter.com | HTML | Persistent |
Collects data on user behaviour and interaction in order to optimize the website and make advertisement on Twitter more relevant. | |||
_fbp | Britishlivertrust.org.uk | HTTP | 3 Months |
This cookie is used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products including Realtime bidding from third party advertisers.
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fr | Facebook.com | HTTP | 3 months |
This cookie is used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products including real time bidding from third party advertisers. | |||
i/jot/syndication | Twitter.com | Pixel | Session |
This cookie is used by Twitter for the purposes of marketing. | |||
NID | Google.com | HTTP | 6 months |
This cookie is used by Google to register a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. The ID is used for targeted ads. | |||
r/collect | Doubleclick.net | Pixel | Session |
This cookie is used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitors device and behaviour. It tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | |||
tr | Facebook.com | pixel | Session |
Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products including real time bidding from third party advertisers. |
Managing Cookies
Modern internet browsers automatically accept cookies from sites unless you change your browser settings. If you wish to block or delete cookies set by any website you can generally do this through your browser settings. For information on how to manage your cookie settings please follow the link for your browser:
- Internet Explorer
- Chrome
- Firefox
- Safari
- For other browsers and mobile devices we recommend you use a search engine and enter something like “how to change cookie settings in [browser/device name here]“.
Please be aware that if you set your internet browser preferences to block all cookies this may cause our site to not work as expected or to the standard we expect you to see.
Unless you have made changes in your internet browser settings to block cookies on our site our site will run with cookies.
For more information on Cookies and how to disable them on certain sites please visit: AboutCookies.