Cookies
Version: 2.0
Released: 23rd October 2019
Thames Valley Air Ambulance (TVAA) makes use of cookies to function correctly and to provide the best user experience possible for you, the visitor. If you continue to use this site, you are giving consent for the site to use cookies on this device. This method of implied consent is in accordance with the Information Commissioner’s directives.
A cookie is a small text marker stored on your computer that enables us to track the use of our website.
When you visit our website we will collect data from your computer or other device such as a smartphone or tablet using “cookies”.
Cookies are created by your web browser when you visit our website. Every time you go back to the website, your browser will send the cookie file back to the website’s server. They improve your experience of using our website, for example, by remembering your preference settings so that you are presented with information likely to be most relevant to you, and by measuring your use of the website to enable us to continuously improve our website to ensure that it meets your needs.
Cookies can also be used to show you relevant TVAA content on social media services such as Facebook – these are known as ‘retargeting’ or ‘advertising’ cookies.
If you visit our website as an anonymous visitor (e.g. you switch off cookies), TVAA may still collect certain information from your browser, such as the IP address (an IP address is a number that can uniquely identify a computer or other internet device).
TVAA’s website makes use of the following types of cookies:
While no sensitive data is stored within these cookies, we do record personal information in the form of an IP address. If you wish to ensure that no cookies are created on your device, you are free to use your web browser’s settings to turn off cookies.
For further information, please see the Information Commissioner’s website or the All About Cookies website.
Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact the functionality of our website.
Our website may contain hyperlinks to websites owned and operated by other organisations. These third-party websites have their own privacy policies, including policies on their use of cookies, and we urge you to review them. They will govern the use of personal information you submit, or which is collected by cookies whilst visiting these websites.
We cannot accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of such third-party websites and your use of such websites is at your own risk.
Please note that, of the list of cookie providers below, some may distribute the cookie information gathered with other third-party websites for the purpose of activity tracking. You can find out more about the policy of each cookie provider on their respective privacy pages.
We use:
| COOKIE NAME | USED BY | DESCRIPTION | TYPE OF COOKIE | EXPIRATION | OPT-OUT LINK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| _fbp | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third party advertisers. | Targeting/Advertising | 3 months | https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/ | |
| __utma | Google Analytics | Stores the number of visits of a user, the time of their first visit, the previous visit, and the current visit. It does not contain any personal information and is used only for analytical purposes. | Performance | 2 years from set/update | https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en |
| __utmz | Google Analytics | This performance cookie stores where a user came from (e.g. search engine, search keyword, link). | Performance | 6 months from set/update | https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en |
| _ga and _gid | Google Analytics | Used to distinguish between website users in Google Analytics. | Performance | 2 years and 2 hours | https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en |
| _gat_UA-XXXXXXXX-X (where the Xs are replaced by the Google Analytics ID number) | Google Analytics | Used to moderate calls to the Google Analytics service. | Performance | 1 minute | https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en |
| _hjClosedSurveyInvites | Hotjar | This cookie is set once a visitor interacts with a Survey invitation modal popup. It is used to ensure that the same invite does not re-appear if it has already been shown. | Functionality | 365 days | https://help.hotjar.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002735873-How-to-Stop-Hotjar-From-Collecting-your-Data |
| _hjDonePolls | Hotjar | This cookie is set once a visitor completes a poll using the Feedback Poll widget. It is used to ensure that the same poll does not re-appear if it has already been filled in. | Functionality | 365 days | https://help.hotjar.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002735873-How-to-Stop-Hotjar-From-Collecting-your-Data |
| _hjMinimizedPolls | Hotjar | This cookie is set once a visitor minimizes a Feedback Poll widget. It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimizes when the visitor navigates through your site. | Functionality | 365 days | https://help.hotjar.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002735873-How-to-Stop-Hotjar-From-Collecting-your-Data |
| _hjIncludedInSample | Hotjar | This session cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate funnels. | Performance | 365 days | https://help.hotjar.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002735873-How-to-Stop-Hotjar-From-Collecting-your-Data |
| _hjShownFeedbackMessage | Hotjar | This cookie is set when a visitor minimizes or completes Incoming Feedback. This is done so that the Incoming Feedback will load as minimized immediately if they navigate to another page where it is set to show. | Functionality | 365 days | https://help.hotjar.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002735873-How-to-Stop-Hotjar-From-Collecting-your-Data |
| _hjid | Hotjar | This cookie is set when the customer first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the random user ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behaviour in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. | Performance | 365 days | https://help.hotjar.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002735873-How-to-Stop-Hotjar-From-Collecting-your-Data |
| __unam | ShareThis | Set as part of the ShareThis service and monitors “click-stream” activity, e.g. web pages viewed, navigation from page to page, time spent on each page etc. The ShareThis service only identifies a user if they have separately signed up with ShareThis for a ShareThis account and given them consent. Checks how long you stay on a site: when a visit starts and ends. It does not contain any personal information and is used only for analytical purposes. | Performance | 14 months | https://sharethis.com/privacy/ |
| cookieconsent_status | Website | Stores whether the user has accepted the cookie message or not. | Functionality | 365 days | https://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/stop-cookies-installed.html |
| salt_recent_post | Website | Used to display recently visited articles. | Functionality | 1 month | https://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/stop-cookies-installed.html |
| salt_recent_events | Website | Used to display recently visited events. | Functionality | 1 month | https://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/stop-cookies-installed.html |
| salt_recent_volunteer | Website | Used to display recently visited volunteer pages | Functionality | 1 month | https://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/stop-cookies-installed.html |
| salt_recent_search | Website | Used to display recently visited searches. | Functionality | 1 month | https://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/stop-cookies-installed.html |
