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Cookie Policy

1 What are cookies

Like most websites, we use cookies. Cookies are tiny pieces of data saved on your computer or mobile device. There are several types of cookie and they have different functions or uses. For example, some cookies help us improve the experience of our website.

2 What cookies does the Foundation use on the website?

2.1 Different terminology is used to describe cookies (and many websites and organisations use different types of terminology). We use cookies which are commonly categorised as ‘performance cookies’ (also often called analytic cookies). Performance cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way the website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

2.2 The types of cookies we use on the website are set out below:

Type of cookie	Function and further information
Google analytics	This is a common performance cookie that many websites use. It allows us to collect anonymous information about how you and other users use the website and helps us to improve the website.
Optimizely	Collects anonymized information about user sessions for content testing purposes (it then compares the behavior of groups of users).
Google	Google sets some cookies from the doubleclick.net domain related to management of their ad preferences.
Wordpress plugins: WPML	To track user’s browser language (WPML).

3 Third party websites and social networks

If you click on a hyperlink from our website to any third party websites (e.g. if you ‘share’ content from our website with friends or colleagues on social media), you may be sent cookies from these third party websites. They will do so pursuant to their own policies on privacy and cookies. It’s a good idea to check their privacy policies to fully understand their use of cookies.

4 Disabling cookies

4.1 By using the website you consent to our use of cookies as updated from time to time and the cookies we use will be stored on your device (unless rejected or disabled by your browser).

4.2 Internet browsers normally accept cookies by default. However, it is possible to set an internet browser to reject cookies. If you do not wish to accept our use of cookies as set out in this policy, please set your internet browser to reject cookies. This may impair your ability to use our website so that some features may not work.

5 Changes to this policy and further information

5.1 We may update our use of cookies, and this policy, from time to time, so please check this policy regularly.

You can find out more about cookies generally and how to disable them at www.allaboutcookies.org.