Cookies

Cookies are small data files placed on your computer to help websites run more smoothly.

Our cookies are used to:

  • remember your settings, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them
  • remember the notifications you’ve seen so we don’t keep showing them to you
  • understand how you use the website so we can make improvements to suit your needs.

Our cookies aren't used to identify you personally. They're just here to make the site work better for you.

Cookies we use

First Party and Session Cookies

First-party cookies are those set by the “https://www.barstandardsboard.org.uk” domain.

Session Cookies are only stored temporarily in the browser's memory and are destroyed when it is closed down, although they will survive if navigating away from the website they came from. Websites use session cookies for essential site functions such as logins, remembering your selections or preferences that you’ve previously made when looking at information or using features and services of the website.

Name

Description

Expires

__cfduid

Cookie associated with sites using CloudFlare, used to speed up page load times

After 29 days

_PRESIDE_LANGUAGE

Works in conjunction with DEFAULTLOCALE Cookie to determine language preferences.

When the user closes their browser.

cftoken

Used to maintain a user session with the web application server.

When the user closes their browser.

cfid

Works in conjunction with cftoken and is used to maintain a user session with the web application server

When the user closes their browser.

PSID

Preside Session ID used to maintain a user session with the web application server

When the user closes their browser.

CookieControl

Remember a user's cookie preferences.

After 364 days.

DEFAULTLOCALE

Cookie for determining language preferences.

When the user closes their browser.

JSESSIONID

Generated by the Application Server and used for session management in J2EE for the HTTP protocol.

When the user closes their browser.

VID

Unique ID created by Preside for identifying site visitors.

After 364 days.

PRESIDESHOPPINGCARTSESSION

Created by Preside for shopping cart state

After 364 days

PRESIDEARTICLEACCESSLIMIT

Cookie stored when user visit article which has metered subscription

session 

Find out more about how to manage your cookies.

Third Party Cookies

We use a number of suppliers who may also set cookies for their websites. These cookies are typically used to track browsing habits or to serve up targeted advertising, etc.

Website usage cookies (Google Analytics)

We use Google Analytics to collect information about how you use the site so we can make sure it meets your needs and understand how it can be improved.

Google Analytics stores information about the pages you visit, how long you stay, how you get here and what you click on.

We don't use cookies to collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so we can't identify you and we don't allow Google to use or share our data.

Google has developed a tool to help you opt out of Google Analytics cookies.

Name

Description

Expires

_dc_gtm_UA-#

Used by Google Tag Manager to load Analytics scripts.

After one day.

_ga

Registers a unique ID for Google Analytics purposes.

After two years.

_gat

Used to throttle request rate

One minute

_gat_gtag_UA_xxxxxxxx_x

Same as the _gat only Google uses this cookie when Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager.

One minute

_gat_UA-xxxxxxx-xx

Limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites

1 minute

_gid

Works in conjunction with _ga (above) to track user interactions with the website.

After one day.

collect

Sends data back to Google for analytics purposes.

When the user closes their browser.

DSID

Used by DoubleClick to link your activity across devices if you’ve previously signed into your Google Account on another device

After one year.

IDE

Used by DoubleClick to store information about users' interaction with the site and any advertising they may have seen before visiting.

After one year.

OGPC

Used by Google Maps to function.

After 31 days.

rc::c

Used by Google's reCAPTCHA to filter out spam and bot traffic.

When the user closes their browser.

_gcl_au

Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services

2 months 7 days

1P_JAR

Build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising.

1 month

ANID

Build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising.

2 years

APISID

Build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising

2 Years

HSID

Allows Google to authenticate users to show relevant & personalised ad content 

2 Years

LOGIN_INFO

Build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising

2 Years

SAPISID

Build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising

2 Years

SID

Allows Google to authenticate users to show relevant & personalised ad content 

2 Years

SIDCC

Help customise advertising on Google properties by remembering your most recent searches, your previous interactions with an advertiser's ads or search results and your visits to an advertisers website. 

1 Years

SSID

Help customise advertising on Google properties by remembering your most recent searches, your previous interactions with an advertiser's ads or search results and your visits to an advertisers website. 

 2 Years

__Secure-3PAPISID

Build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising

2 Years

__Secure-3PSID

Build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising

2 Years

__Secure-APISID

Build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising

15 days

__Secure-HSID

Allows Google to authenticate users to show relevant & personalised ad content 

15 days

__Secure-SSID

Help customise advertising on Google properties by remembering your most recent searches, your previous interactions with an advertiser's ads or search results and your visits to an advertisers website. 

15 days

Social Media

If you share any content using our social media sharing tools, the relevant cookies listed below will be applied.

AddThis

Name

Description

Expires

__atrfs

This cookie is used to collect non-personal information on the visitor's behavior and non-personal visitor statistics, which can be used by a third-party ad-targeting agency.

After one minute.

__atuvc

Updates the counter of a website's social sharing features.

After one year.

__atuvs

Ensures that the updated counter is displayed to the user if a page is shared with the social sharing service, AddThis.

After one day.

loc

This cookie is set by AddThis. This is a geolocation cookie to understand where the users sharing the information are located.

After one year.

uvc

The cookie is set by addthis.com to determine the usage of Addthis.com service.

After one year.

xtc

Registers the user's sharing of content via social media.

After one year.

mus

Add this store the profile status

13 months.

na_id

pending

13 months.

na_tc

pending

13 months.

ouid

Unique Oracle user ID.

13 months.

ssc

pending

13 months.

uid

Machine generated user ID.

13 months.

ShareThis

Name

Description

Expires

_stid

ShareThis cookie ID

After one year

_stidv

ShareThis cookie ID version

After one year

_vwo_uuid_v2

VWO cookie calculates unique traffic on a website

After one year

Facebook

Name

Description

Expires

_fbp

This cookie is set by Facebook to deliver advertisements when they are on Facebook or a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting this website.

After three months.

fr

The cookie is set by Facebook to show relevant advertisements to the users and measure and improve the advertisements. The cookie also tracks the behaviour of the user across the web on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.

After three months.

LinkedIn

Name

Description

Expires

bcookie

Browser ID cookie. The purpose of the cookie is to enable LinkedIn functionalities on the page.

After two years.

bscookie

This cookie is a secure browser cookie set by Linked share Buttons and ad tags.

After two years.

Lang [x3]

This cookie is used to store the language preferences of a user to serve up content in that stored language.

When the user closes their browser.

lidc

This cookie is set by LinkedIn and used for routing.

After one day.

li_sugr

Browser identifier

After three months.

lissc

Pending

After one year.

UserMatchHistory

LinkedIn Ads ID syncing

After 30 days.

Twitter

Name

Description

Expires

gt

Pending

Pending

guest_id

Detects whether a user is logged into Twitter

After two years

personalization_id

Integrates social sharing capabilities

After two years

lang

This cookie is used to store the language preferences of a user to serve up content in that stored language.

When the user closes their browser.

tfw_exp

Integrates social sharing capabilities

After two years

metrics_token

Used by twitter to provide embedded content.

36 Days

YouTube

Name

Description

Expires

CONSENT

Facilitates embedded YouTube videos.

When the user closes their browser.

GPS

Gives Google/YouTube location data when a user watches a video.

After one day.

PREF

Gives Google/YouTube information on how people use YouTube.

After eight months.

remote_sid

This cookie is set by the YouTube video service on pages with embedded YouTube video. 

When the user closes their browser.

test_cookie

Used by YouTube to determine whether a user's browser accepts cookies.

After one day.

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

A cookie that YouTube sets that measures your bandwidth to determine whether you get the new player interface or the old.

After five months.

YSC

Used to track the views of embedded videos.

When the user closes their browser.

Vimeo

Name

Description

Expires

_mkto_trk

Used to track users for the Vimeo video.

After 7 months

continuous_play_v3

Used to track whether continuous play is on or not for a user.

After 7 months

player

Used to enable Vimeo player.

1 year

vuid

Unique visitor id.

2 years

Other Tracking

Bing

Name

Description

Expires

MUID

Unique user identifier used for advertising, site analytic, and other operational purposes.

1 year 24 days

MR

Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie used to measure the use of the website for internal analytics.

7 days

MR2

pending.

7 days

_uetvid

To store and track visits across websites.

16 days

_uetsid

Used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that may be relevant to the end user perusing the site.

1 day


 

Payment Gateways

If you make a payment through our MyBar website, the following cookies will be applied.

SagePay

Name

Type

Description

Expires

_utma

Analytic/Non-essential

SagePay's own implementation of Google tracking capabilities to determine who is listening to a track.

After two years.

NSC_xxx-xxxxxxx-xxx

Functional/Necessary

Used by SagePay to remember customer information used to complete e-commerce transactions.

When the user closes their browser.

Apple Pay

Name

Description

Expires

See: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/cookies/ 


Google Pay

Name

Description

Expires

See: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=en-US 

Reciteme

If you use the cloud based ReciteMe software on our website to enhance your access experience, the relevant cookies listed below will be applied.

Necessary website cookies:

These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.

Provider

Cookie Name

Purpose

Expiration

Recite Me

Recite.Persist

This cookie is used when the Assistive Toolbar is launched and allows the toolbar to persist across subsequent web pages on the website.

1 year

Recite.Preferences

This cookie is used when the Assistive Toolbar is launched and allows user-selected settings to auto-load on subsequent web pages on the website.

1 year

Recite Me

country-code

This cookie is used to store the country of the user and display localized content

7 days

CloudFlare

__cf_bm

This cookie is used to help manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots

30 minutes

CookieMonster

cm_level

This cookie is used to store cookie consent preferences.

1 year

Iubenda

_iub_cs.*

This cookie is used to store cookie consent preferences.

Session

Google

_GRECAPTCHA

This cookie is used for risk analysis in spam protection.

6 months

Experience cookies:

These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Website but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality (like videos) may become unavailable.

Provider

Cookie Name

Purpose

Expiration

LinkedIn

bcookie

This cookie is used to store browser details

1 year

bscookie

This cookie is used to store performed actions on the website

1 year

li_gc

This cookie is used to store cookie consent preferences

6 months

lidc

This cookie is used to provide load balancing functionality

1 day

Elementor

elementor_split_test_client_id

This cookie is used to provide A/B testing on the website

1 year

Measurement cookies:

These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Website for you.

Provider

Cookie Name

Purpose

Expiration

Elementor

Elementor

This cookie is used store performed actions on the website

1 year

Google Analytics

_ga

This cookie is used to store and count page views

2 years

_ga_

This cookie is used to store and count page views

2 years

HubSpot

__hssc

This cookie is used to store anonymised statistics

30 minutes

__hssrc

This cookie is used to store a unique session ID

Session

__hstc

This cookie is used to store time of visit

13 months

LinkedIn

AnalyticsSyncHistory

This cookie is used to store and track website visits across websites

30 days

ln_or

This cookie is used to determine if Oribi analytics can be carried out on a specific domain

1 day

Marketing cookies 

These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They Perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.

Provider

Cookie Name

Purpose

Expiration

Google

_gcl_au

This cookie is used to store and track conversions

90 days

DoubleClick

IDE

This cookie is used to provide ad delivery or retargeting

13 months

HubSpot

hubspotuk

This cookie is used to store and track a visitors identity. It is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts

13 months

LinkedIn

li_sugr

This cookie is used to store and track a visitors identity

90 days

UserMatchHistory

This cookie is used to provide ad delivery or retargeting

30 days