Most websites you visit will use cookies in order to improve your user experience by enabling that website to ‘remember’ you, either for the duration of your visit (using a ‘session cookie’) or for repeat visits (using a ‘persistent cookie’).
Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, storing your preferences, and generally improving your experience of a website. Cookies make the interaction between you and the website faster and easier. If a website doesn’t use cookies, it will think you are a new visitor every time you move to a new page on the site.
What is in a cookie?
A cookie is a simple text file that is stored on your computer or mobile device by a website’s server and only that server will be able to retrieve or read the contents of that cookie. Each cookie is unique to your web browser. It will contain some anonymous information such as a unique identifier and the site name and some digits and numbers. It allows a website to remember things like your preferences or what’s in your shopping basket.
What do we use Cookies for?
(1) Remember you (anonymously) when you visit this website to keep track of your browsing patterns and to build up a profile of how you and other users use the website.
(2) Make our website work as efficiently as possible.
NB – The cookies we use do not hold any personal information about you.
Most browsers allow you to turn off cookies. To do this look at the “help” menu on your browser. Switching off cookies may restrict your use of the website and/or delay or affect the way in which it operates.
By using our website, you agree to the use of cookies as described in this Cookie Policy. The cookies used at www.gbprojects.co.uk are as follows:
Category: Necessary Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies. |
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Cookie Name | Purpose | Provider | Type | Expiry |
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PHPSESSID | Preserves user session state across page requests. | www.gbprojects.co.uk | HTTP | Session |
Category: Preferences Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in. |
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Cookie Name | Purpose | Provider | Type | Expiry |
yt-player-bandwidth | Used to determine the optimal video quality based on the visitor’s device and network settings. | youtube.com | HTML | Persistent |
Category: Statistics Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously. |
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Cookie Name | Purpose | Provider | Type | Expiry |
_ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | www.gbprojects.co.uk | HTTP | 2 Years |
_gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. | www.gbprojects.co.uk | HTTP | 1 day |
_gid | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | www.gbprojects.co.uk | HTTP | 1 day |
collect | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | google-analytics.com | Pixel | Session |
yt-player-headers-readable | Used to determine the optimal video quality based on the visitor’s device and network settings. | youtube.com | HTML | Persistent |
Category: Marketing Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers. |
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Cookie Name | Purpose | Provider | Type | Expiry |
GPS | Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location. | youtube.com | HTTP | 1 day |
IDE | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s action s after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. | doubleclick.net | HTTP | 1 year |
PREF | Registers a unique ID that is used by Google to keep statistics of how the visitor uses YouTube videos across different websites. | youtube.com | HTTP | 8 months |
rc::c | Unclassified | google.com | HTML | Session |
test_cookie | Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. | doubleclick.net | HTTP | 1 day |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. | youtube.com | HTTP | 179 days |
YSC | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | youtube.com | HTTP | Session |