Every time you visit our website, it sends us a cookie. Warm, crumbly and delicious? Sadly not. This is a text file that tells us about your visit. The information is all anonymous, so we’re told about your computer, not you. And when the data comes to us it’s bulked together with information from all the other visitors to our site. Cookies tell us, for example, about traffic data, location data, device information, the date and time people visit and the pages they visit.
Most major websites use cookies. You can find out more at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ or https://www.aboutcookies.org/.
Every time you visit our website, it sends us a cookie. Warm, crumbly and delicious? Sadly not. This is a text file that tells us about your visit. The information is all anonymous, so we’re told about your computer, not you. And when the data comes to us it’s bulked together with information from all the other visitors to our site. Cookies tell us, for example, about traffic data, location data, device information, the date and time people visit and the pages they visit.
Most major websites use cookies. You can find out more at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ or https://www.aboutcookies.org/.
To make the most of our website you should leave cookies turned on, otherwise you might not be able to see all of our lovely site.
Cookies help us:
To make the most of our website you should leave cookies turned on, otherwise you might not be able to see all of our lovely site.
Cookies help us:
There are a few external companies that Tearfund works with who set cookies on our website. These cookies are mainly used for reporting and advertising so we can improve the way we communicate.
We use websites like Youtube and Vimeo to embed videos, and they may send you cookies too. We don’t control the setting of these cookies, so check those websites for more information.
Tearfund also uses companies like Facebook, HotJar and Google Analytics, which may use cookies. They may also use tracking pixels, which tell us how effective our adverts are.
You can opt out of Google's tracking cookies any time you want. Google uses cookies to match adverts with your preferences so they’re more relevant to you. If you don’t want to see adverts from us based on that information, you can use Google's Ad Personalisation Tool.
All information we get through Google's cookies is anonymous, it just helps us understand how people use our website and which pages are more popular. If you don’t want Google to include you in this information, you can install the Google Analytics Opt Out Tool.
You can also visit the Digital Advertising Alliance to personalise your advertising preferences.
As some of these services may be based outside of the UK and the European Union, they might not fall under the jurisdiction of UK courts. If you’re worried about that, you can change your cookie settings (see above). Or for more information, visit https://ico.org.uk/
There are a few external companies that Tearfund works with who set cookies on our website. These cookies are mainly used for reporting and advertising so we can improve the way we communicate.
We use websites like Youtube and Vimeo to embed videos, and they may send you cookies too. We don’t control the setting of these cookies, so check those websites for more information.
Tearfund also uses companies like Facebook, HotJar and Google Analytics, which may use cookies. They may also use tracking pixels, which tell us how effective our adverts are.
You can opt out of Google's tracking cookies any time you want. Google uses cookies to match adverts with your preferences so they’re more relevant to you. If you don’t want to see adverts from us based on that information, you can use Google's Ad Personalisation Tool.
All information we get through Google's cookies is anonymous, it just helps us understand how people use our website and which pages are more popular. If you don’t want Google to include you in this information, you can install the Google Analytics Opt Out Tool.
You can also visit the Digital Advertising Alliance to personalise your advertising preferences.
As some of these services may be based outside of the UK and the European Union, they might not fall under the jurisdiction of UK courts. If you’re worried about that, you can change your cookie settings (see above). Or for more information, visit https://ico.org.uk/
This is a list of the main cookies set by Tearfund Learn, and what each is used for.
| Name of cookie owner/service | Associated cookies | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Asp.net | aso.net_sessionId | This cookie enables essential functioning of our site and your secure use of it during your current visit only. This cookie is deleted when you close your browser. |
| Sitecore | SC_ANALYTICS_GLOBAL_COOKIE_, SC_ANALYTICS_GLOBAL_COOKIE_Main Site, SC_ANALYTICS_SESSION_COOKIE, SC_ANALYTICS_SESSION_COOKIE_Main Site | These cookies help us deliver personalised content to you and provide anonymous reports to us on how visitors use our site. |
| Cloudflare | _cfduid | Set by the CloudFlare service to identify trusted web traffic. It does not correspond to any user id in the web application, nor does the cookie store any personally identifiable information. |
| Tearfund | tilz#lang | Set users preferred language version of the website. |
We work with a number of third party suppliers who set cookies on our website to enable them to provide us with services. These cookies are mainly used for reporting and advertising purposes so that we can improve the way we communicate with our audience.
More information about the main suppliers we use are listed below.
| Name of cookie owner/service | Associated cookies | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics | _utma, _utmb, _utmc, _utmt, _utmz, _dc_gtm_UA, _ga, _gat, _gid, collect, _utmli | _utma - Tracking Code that logs details about the visitor’s browser and computer. _utmb - Collects data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. _utmc - Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user leaves the website. _utmt - Used to throttle the speed of requests to the server. _utmz - Collects data on where the user came from, what search engine was used, what link was clicked and what search time was used. dc_gtm_UA - Used by Google Tag Manager to control the loading of a Google Analytics script tag. _ga - Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. _gat - Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. _gid - Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical ata on how the visitor uses the website. Collect - Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
| Google Adwords | ads/ga-audiences, ads/user-lists/ | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor’s online behaviour across websites. |
| Vimeo | Vuid | Collects data on the user’s visits to the website, such as which pages have been read. |
| Fr | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | |
| Youtube | GPS, PREF, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, YSC | GPS - Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location. PREF - Registers a unique ID that is used by Google to keep statistics of how the visitor uses Youtube videos across different websites. VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE - Tries to estimate the user’s bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. YSC - Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| Google DoubleClick | IDE | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. |
| Yumpu | _ga, _gat, _gid | Yumpu is used to display an interactive pdf of Footsteps and other publications _ga - Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the yumpu component. _gat - Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate for Yumpu component. _gid - Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the Yumpu component. |
| Microsoft Clarity | _clck | Microsoft Clarity records user sessions and heatmaps, which helps us understand how users are interacting with your website. |
| CookiePro | OptanonConsent, driftt_aid, _ga, drift_aid, _gid, __cfduid, OptanonAlertBoxClosed | This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor. |
