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Use of cookies on our website

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file that a website transfers to the browser on your computer’s hard disk so that the site can remember who you are.
A cookie will typically contain the name of the website from which the cookie has come, the “lifetime” of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number.

We cannot identify you personally by using a cookie. Cookies store no personal data and are not used to gather personal information.

How we use cookies

We use the following cookies to collect statistics about your usage, and improve the user experience of our website.:

CookieTypeDurationDescription
_gaUnique string2 yearsUsed by Google Analytics to distinguish users, by using unique randomly generated codes that do not link back to user details.
_gatInteger10 minutesUsed by Google Analytics to throttle request rate between our site and Google.
viewed_cookie_policyText1 yearUsed at www.godstonebc.org to track if the cookie policy has been viewed.

Deleting Cookies

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Enabling or disabling cookies

If you decide to disable our cookies then you may not be able to access certain parts of our website.

Information about how to enable or disable cookies is available on the About Cookies website.