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The Law
On May 25th 2012 a European Union law was implemented by UK legislation, The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011, with a requirement that websites that leave non-essential cookies on visitors’ devices have to inform the visitor what these cookies are. This website complies with this law by providing information on the cookies we use so that if you choose you can either modify your browser settings to manage cookies or leave the website.
How we use Cookies
This Site uses non-essential cookies so that we can serve you better, but all user data collected in this manner is anonymous. This Site uses visitor tracking that will use cookies to track information about how visitors come to the Site, which pages they visit, and other actions that visitors make whilst on the Site. This data is then used in order to improve the user experience of our Site.
Non-essential Cookies also enhance our Site performance in a number of ways, personalising your experience on our Site, making it more convenient for you.
Your Options
Should you wish to do so, you can refuse cookies by disabling them in your web browser’s settings. Most browsers are defaulted to accept and maintain cookies and you can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it or not. Please consult the support documentation for your web browser, which can be found online, for more information. More detailed information about controlling cookies on your computer is also available at the About Cookies website.
If you do not wish to disable cookies then you have the option to leave our Site.
What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent in a text file to your computer browser from a website’s server and is then stored on your computer, but only IF your browser’s preferences are set by you to allow it. The only personal information a cookie can obtain is information that you as a user supplies. A cookie cannot read data from your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites.
NB: If you are browsing from within a work based network you may not have adequate permissions to allow you to control the cookies that are set and certain elements of our Site may not work as intended.
This site uses the following non-essential cookies:
Cookie name | Cookie purpose |
PHP Session PHPSESSID | The PHPSESSID cookie is native to PHP, the coding language used to build this Site. On our Site it is used to establish a user session and to pass data via a temporary cookie, which is commonly referred to as a session cookie. This cookie is essential in order to enable you to move around the Site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the Site. Without these cookies, services that you may ask for cannot be provided. As the PHPSESSID cookie has no timed expiry, it disappears when your browsing session on our Site is closed. |
Google Analytics _utma _utmz _utmb _utmc | Used to collect information about how visitors use our Site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the Site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the Site, where visitors have come to the Site from and the pages they visited. |
ACCOUNT_CHOOSER | Some of these cookies only show if you are logged in to a Google Account or are using Google Plus while browsing our Site. These are Google preference cookies, a unique identifier used by Google applications to store user preferences. Some of them may not be delivered depending on the browser being used. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. |
Vimeo __utma __utma __utmb __utmc __utmz ab_bs aka_debug player vuid | When you use the Vimeo Service or visit a webpage with a Vimeo video, Vimeo or a third party may place a number of cookies in your browser. These are used for four purposes:
Some of the cookies will only be used if you use certain features or select certain preferences, and some cookies will always be used. |
act | If you have a Facebook account, these cookies will allow you to share content on our Site with your Facebook contacts. You will be also able to tell if you or your Facebook friends ‘Liked’ any content on our Site in the past. The cookies will also send some non-personal data to Facebook to gather aggregate information on how people interact with websites that use the Like button. Facebook does not use the information they receive to create a profile of your browsing behaviour or to show you targeted ads, although they may use anonymous or aggregate data to improve ads generally. Facebook delete or anonymise the information they receive within 90 days and don’t sell it to advertisers or share it without your permission |
Share this __stdlxmap __stid __uset na_id na_tc | This cookie is set by the ShareThis social sharing widget. It allows ShareThis to count the number of unique users that share content and how many page views are generated from the resulting share. This cookie is used for analytical purposes and it doesn’t link to personal information. Even though it is a first-party cookie, Wilderness England has no control over it. |
