Cookie Policy
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
Controlling Cookies
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
You may limit site operation or functions if you limit cookies.
How do we use cookies on our website?
We make use of cookies to help manage the site and your visitor experience. These cookies may be used to collect analytics of ‘non-personal’ visitor activity outlines, manage user logins and personal preferences, provide relevant or timely information to you or offer focused advertisements.
Information about the cookies used
This cookie is set by our analytics provider, Google Analytics. This keeps track of the number of times a visitor has been to the site, when their first visit was, and when their last visit occurred. You can opt out of these by visiting Google’s opt out page
Domain- dcthomson.co.uk
Name of Cookie – Google Analytics_utma
Type of Cookie – Local Cookie
Expiry Date – 04-17-2016
Reason for use of cookie – This cookie is set by our analytics provider, Google Analytics. This keeps track of the number of times a visitor has been to the site, when their first visit was, and when their last visit occurred. You can opt out of these by visiting Google’s opt out page
Domain- dcthomson.co.uk
Name of Cookie – Google Analytics_utmb
Type of Cookie – Local Cookie
Expiry Date – 04-17-2016
Reason for use of cookie – This cookie is set by our analytics provider, Google Analytics. This is a timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor enters the site. You can opt out of these by visiting Google’s opt out page
Domain- dcthomson.co.uk
Name of Cookie – Google Analytics_utmc
Type of Cookie – Local Cookie
Reason for use of cookie – This cookie is set by our analytics provider, Google Analytics. This is a timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor leaves the site – having waited 30 minutes for another page view to happen, and if it doesn’t, it expires. You can opt out of these by visiting Google’s opt out page
Domain- dcthomson.co.uk
Name of Cookie – Google Analytics_utmz
Type of Cookie – Local Cookie
Expiry Date – 04-17-2016
Reason for use of cookie – This cookie is set by our analytics provider, Google Analytics. This keeps track of where the visitor came from, what search engine was used, what link was clicked on, what keywords used, and where in the world the site was accessed from. You can opt out of these by visiting Google’s opt out page
Type of Cookies
Persistent cookies – these cookies remain on a user’s device for the period of time specified in the cookie. They are activated each time that the user visits the website that created that particular cookie.
Session cookies – these cookies allow website operators to link the actions of a user during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser window and finishes when they close the browser window. Session cookies are created temporarily. Once you close the browser, all session cookies are deleted.
First Party – these cookies are set by us to give you the best user experience and to make sure our website is performing as it should.
Third Party – these cookies are set by our third party providers such as Google. We use Google Analytics to see how many people visit our site and how they use it, allowing us to make any necessary changes so that you have the best experience possible.
You can manage or block the cookies set by www.dcthomson.co.uk, or indeed any other website should you want to do so. You can do this through your browser settings using the Help function within your browser. Even if you have consented to cookies you can withdraw your initial consent in the same way at any time.
Otherwise you can visit www.aboutcookies.org for comprehensive information on how to manage or block cookies on a variety of browsers. If you want to manage or block cookies on the browser of your mobile phone you may need to refer to the manual of your handset.
Please be aware that restricting or blocking cookies will impact on the functionality of our website and it will not work properly.