Cookies
When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, your computer or mobile phone. These small amounts of information are known as cookies.
What are cookies?
Cookies are pieces of data created when you visit a site, and contain a unique, anonymous number. They are stored in the cookie directory of your device. Some expire at the end of your website session; others remain on your device for slightly longer.
Cookies do not contain any personal information about you and cannot be used to identify you personally. You may safely turn off cookies on our web site without affecting how our web pages are displayed or function.
Where does The Monument use cookies?
We use cookies across the The Monument website (www.themonument.org.uk).
How does The Monument use cookies?
Cookies are used to improve The Monument website and your experience when using it through, for example:
- Measuring how many people are using our web pages, so they can be made easier to use and there's enough capacity to ensure they are fast.
- Analysing data to help us understand how people interact with our web pages so we can make them better.
Cookies enable us to identify your device, or you when you have logged in. We use cookies that are strictly necessary to enable you to move around the site or to provide certain basic features.
The Monument website use cookies to enhance the functionality by storing your preferences, for example. We also use cookies to help us to improve the performance of our websites to provide you with a better user experience.
When you use and access the Service, we may place a number of cookies files in your web browser. We use cookies for the following purposes: to enable certain functions of the Service, to provide analytics and to store your preferences. We use both session and persistent cookies on the Service. Cookies will not be used for any purpose other than the one stated.
We don’t sell the information collected by cookies, nor do we disclose the information to third parties, except where required by law.
Types of cookies
First party cookies
First party cookies are cookies placed by the specific website visited - the website displayed in the browser’s address bar. In our case that’s towerbridge.org.uk and towerbridge.recreatex.be.
Third party cookies
Linked to third party cookies are cookies placed by a third-party website that The Monument’s website provides a link to.
What cookies does The Monument website put on my device?
Last updated on 6 December 2022 by Cookiebot.
Cookiebot
|
Name |
Persistent |
Expiry |
Type |
Category |
Purpose |
|
CookieConsent |
Yes |
1 year |
First party |
Necessary |
Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. |
|
Name |
Persistent |
Expiry |
Type |
Category |
Purpose |
|
CONSENT |
Yes |
2 years |
Third party |
Necessary |
Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website. |
|
collect |
No |
Session |
Third party |
Optional – statistics |
Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
|
_ga |
Yes |
2 years |
First party |
Optional – statistics |
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
|
_gat |
Yes |
1 day |
First party |
Optional – statistics |
Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. |
|
_gid |
Yes |
1 day |
First party |
Optional – statistics |
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
|
NID |
Yes |
6 months |
Third party |
Optional – marketing |
Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads. |
YouTube
|
Name |
Persistent |
Expiry |
Type |
Category |
Purpose |
|
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
Yes |
179 days |
Third party |
Optional - Marketing |
Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. |
|
YSC |
No |
Session |
Third party |
Optional - Marketing |
Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
How to manage your cookies
Web browser cookies
If you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our website, or indeed any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. The 'Help' function within your browser should tell you how.
Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org which contains comprehensive information on how to block cookies on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your device as well as more general information about cookies.
Adobe Flash Player Cookies
The Adobe Flash Player, used to provide services to view videos, is also capable of storing information on your device. However, these cookies cannot be controlled through your web browser. Some web browser manufacturers are developing solutions to allow you to control these through your browser, but at the present time, if you wish to restrict or block Flash Cookies, then you must do this on the Adobe website.
Feedback
If you have any questions about how we use cookies on our website, please contact us.