Why do we use cookies?
We use cookies to help us enhance our website and make it easier for you to use. We have split the cookie we use into the following categories:
| Cookie Set | Available Action |
|---|---|
| Essential (required for the site to work properly) | None |
| Tracking cookies (e.g. Google Analytics, used to help ExtraCare analyse website traffic to help create a better user experience ) | |
| Social (e.g. twitter and Flickr website plugins). | |
| Mapping (e.g. Google maps). |
Our cookies policy
First party cookies are set by the website you are visiting and they can only be read by that site.
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| __utma | Persistent / Permanent cookie Expires after 2 years |
This cookie enables Google Analytics to function. This software helps us take and analyse visitor information such as browser usage and new visitor numbers. That information helps us to improve the website. The data stored in these cookies never contains any confidential information. |
| __utmb | Persistent / Permanent cookie Expires after 30 minutes |
This cookie enables Google Analytics to function. This software helps us take and analyse visitor information such as browser usage and new visitor numbers. That information helps us to improve the website. The data stored in these cookies never contains any confidential information. |
| __utmc | Session / Temporary cookie Expires when the browser closes |
This cookie enables Google Analytics to function. This software helps us take and analyse visitor information such as browser usage and new visitor numbers. That information helps us to improve the website. The data stored in these cookies never contains any confidential information. |
| __utmz | Persistent / Permanent cookie Expires after 6 months |
This cookie enables Google Analytics to function. This software helps us take and analyse visitor information such as browser usage and new visitor numbers. That information helps us to improve the website. The data stored in these cookies never contains any confidential information. |
3rd party Cookies
Third party cookies are set by a different organisation to the owner of the website you are visiting. For example, when using embedded content from, for example YouTube or Google Maps. These sites may then set their own cookies.
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| NID, PREF | Persistent / Permanent cookie Expires after 6 months – 10 years |
Used by Google to store user preferences and information when viewing pages with Google maps on them. |
Managing Cookies
All recent versions of popular browsers give users a level of control over cookies.
Users can set their browsers to accept or reject all, or certain, cookies. Users can also set their browser to prompt them each time a cookie is offered.