Cookie Policy
Our Use of Cookies
Our website uses cookies, pixels and similar technologies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.
We use the following types of cookies:
· Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website.
· Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to understand how users interact and use the website to help improve user experience.
· Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website.
· Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below. Some of the cookies will be set by third parties. Where that is the case we have identified the relevant third party in the table below.
Cookies can change from person to person, depending on the device and browser used and whether or not the visitor is signed into other platforms, so what follows is a list of typical cookies set by our website and our understanding of their purpose, based on our own knowledge and publicly available materials. If you want to see the cookies placed on your device by our website, they should be visible through your browser. (Please see below for instructions).
Cookie | Domain | Description | Duration | Type |
CLID | www.clarity.ms | Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie to store information about how visitors interact with the website. The cookie helps to provide an analysis report. The data collection includes the number of visitors, where they visit the website, and the pages visited. | 1 year | Analytics |
lfa | dgcos.org.uk | This cookie is set by the provider Leadfeeder to identify the IP address of devices visiting the website, in order to retarget multiple users routing from the same IP address. | 1 year | Necessary |
clck | dgcos.org.uk | Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie to retain the browser's Clarity User ID and settings exclusive to that website. This guarantees that actions taken during subsequent visits to the same website will be linked to the same user ID. | 1 year | Analytics |
ga | dgcos.org.uk | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Analytics |
gid | dgcos.org.uk | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store information on how visitors use a website while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the collected data includes the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. | 1 day | Analytics |
gat_gtag_UA_* | dgcos.org.uk | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store a unique user ID. | 1 minute | Analytics |
li_sugr | linkedin.com | LinkedIn sets this cookie to collect user behaviour data to optimise the website and make advertisements on the website more relevant. | 3 months | Advertisement/ Targeting |
bcookie | linkedin.com | LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser IDs. | 1 year | Advertisement/ Targeting |
lidc | linkedin.com | LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection. | 1 day | Functional |
ga_* | dgcos.org.uk | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Analytics |
clsk | dgcos.org.uk | Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie to store and consolidate a user's pageviews into a single session recording. | 1 day | Analytics |
ln_or | www.dgcos.org.uk | LinkedIn sets this cookie to registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website for internal analytics. | 1 day | Analytics |
UserMatchHistory | linkedin.com | LinkedIn sets this cookie for LinkedIn Ads ID syncing. | 1 month | Functional |
AnalyticsSyncHistory | linkedin.com | LinkedIn set this cookie to store information about the time a sync took place with the lms_analytics cookie. | 1 month | Analytics |
bscookie | www.linkedin.com | LinkedIn sets this cookie to store performed actions on the website. | 1 year | Advertisement/ Targeting |
li_gc | linkedin.com | LinkedIn set this cookie for storing visitor's consent regarding using cookies for non-essential purposes. | 5 months 27 days | Functional |
SM.c | clarity.ms | Microsoft Clarity cookie set this cookie for synchronising the MUID across Microsoft domains. | session | Analytics |
MUID | clarity.ms | Bing sets this cookie to recognise unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. This cookie is used for advertising, site analytics. | 1 year 24 days | Advertisement/ Targeting |
MUID | bing.com | Bing sets this cookie to recognise unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. This cookie is used for advertising, site analytics, . | 1 year 24 days | Advertisement/ Targeting |
MR.c | bing.com | This cookie, set by Bing, is used to collect user information for analytics purposes. | 7 days | Analytics |
SRM_B | bing.com | Used by Microsoft Advertising as a unique ID for visitors. | 1 year 24 days | Performance |
GRECAPTCHA | google.com | Google ReCAPTCHA service sets this cookie to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. | 5 months 27 days | Necessary |
MR.c | clarity.ms | This cookie, set by Bing, is used to collect user information for analytics purposes. | 7 days | Analytics |
ANONCHK | clarity.ms | The ANONCHK cookie, set by Bing, is used to store a user's session ID and verify ads' clicks on the Bing search engine. The cookie helps in reporting and personalisation as well. | 10 minutes | Advertisement/ Targeting |
How do I change my cookie settings?
You can give or withdraw consent to cookies (including third party cookies) by adjusting the settings on your browser. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including necessary cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.
We have listed some browser-specific instructions here for convenience. Please note that there are different browsers and manufacturers upgrade them frequently. The best way to get the right instructions is to go to the manufacturer’s support page.
The following support/privacy pages, for some of the more common browsers, are correct as at 04 August 2023.
Chrome - https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
Edge - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy-bb8174ba-9d73-dcf2-9b4a-c582b4e640dd
Firefox - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop
Opera - https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/
Apple Macs (https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/15.1/mac/12.0) and Other Apple devices (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265)
If you have problems with these pages, can’t see individual cookies or want find out more about how cookies are handled within your browser, please go to the manufacturer’s site and search for the browser name and your cookie query.
You can also check the websites of the relevant third parties for more information about their cookies and how to manage them. For example, to opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
You can also use privacy-friendly search engines, privacy-friendly browsers and/or privacy add-ons/extensions to some browsers to help block tracking requests generally. Search online for options, to see what works best for you.
We’ll tell you about new ways to indicate your consent to cookies as they become available.
For more information about cookie notices and cookie consent, please see https://cookiepedia.co.uk/giving-consent-to-cookies or visit https://ico.org.uk/ and search for ‘cookies’.
Version 1 - 8th October 2024.
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