Cookie Policy

www.visitardsandnorthdown.com

Visit Ards and North Down Cookie Policy
 

How we use your information
Like most websites, visitardsandnorthdown.com uses cookies. Our privacy notice outlines what you can expect when Visit Ards and North Down uses cookies. If you would like to know more about cookies and the EU Cookie Directive, please visit eucookiedirective.com.

Visitors to our website
When someone visits visitardsandnorthdown.com we collect standard internet log data and details of visitor behaviour patterns using Google Analytics. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. We collect this information in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifying information from any source. If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will be clear and honest about it. We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.

What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The information below outlines the cookies that Visit Ards and North Down use and why.
A cookie is stored on a user's computer (or mobile device) and is created when a user visits a website using a program called a browser (for example Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari).
A cookie isn't a program itself and doesn't actively do anything on a user's computer. A cookie cannot be used to identify a user personally, but they do contribute to improving a user's experience of a website.
A cookie simply allows the website to read the contents of the cookie text file. The text file itself simply contains a unique identifier code; the site name and some digits and numbers.

Why are Cookies used?
Most websites will use cookies in order to improve the user experience by enabling the website to remember the user, either for the duration of the visit or for repeat visits.
Cookies do lots of different jobs, such as:
•    remembering which items a user may have added to a shopping basket or an itinerary as the user moves between pages on a website
•    saving a user's preferences to allow them to customise a website
•    measuring what users do on a website to ascertain which parts of a website are popular, how long they spend on a website, how often users return, where they come from etc.

Which Cookies are used by this site?
Cookies are set by this website (first party cookies) but may also be set by other websites (e.g. You Tube and Vimeo) that run content on the website's pages (third party cookies).
Cookies can be set to remember a visitor for the duration of their visit (session cookies) or to remember a visitor for repeat visits (persistent cookies).

Cookie categories 
Necessary    Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.
Analytics    Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Functional    Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features.
Performance    Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
Advertisement    Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.
Other    Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analysed and have not been classified into a category as yet.
Here are the standard cookies used by this website:

Please note:This cookie policy is based on information last updated on 1st  September 2022 does not cover any other cookies used by external sites that may be linked to this site e.g. YouTube, Ticketsource, Vimeo, SnapWidget, Mailchimpor any Social Network sites – refer to these sites to review their specific Cookie Policy.

How do I disable cookies?
Each browser has different settings which allow a user to adjust their particular cookie permissions
For Internet Explorer
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For Safari (OS X)
For Safari (iOS)
For Android

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit allaboutcookies.org.