What is a cookie?
Cookies are usually small text files, given ID tags that are stored on your computer’s browser directory or program data subfolders. Cookies are created when you use your browser to visit a website that uses cookies to keep track of your movements within the site, help you resume where you left off, remember your registered login, theme selection, preferences, and other customization functions delivering customised experiences for past visitors.
What do Addison use cookies for?
We use cookies to help improve our site through tracking movement and behaviours of visitors to our website.
Your options
You can choose to accept or decline cookies through our website. To decline, you can modify your browser settings but this may effect how the website works on your device.
What cookies do we use?
Below is a list of the cookies found on our website
Necessary Cookies
Cookies vital to the functionality of the website, ensuring visitors can use the site as intended.
Cookie Name | Description | Expiry |
has_js | Registers whether or not the user has activated JavaScript in the browser to deliver the correct format of information. | Close of browsing session |
Statistical Cookies
Cookie Name | Description | Expiry |
_ga | Registers a unique user ID that is used to generate statistical data on how much the visitor uses the website | 2 years |
_gat | Used by google analytics to throttle request rate | Close of browsing session |
_gid | Registers a unique user ID that is used to generate statistical data on how much the visitor uses the website | Close of browsing session |
APISID, HSID, SID, SSID, NID, OGP, OGPC | Used by Google to store user preferences and information of Google maps | Close of browsing session |
Third Party Cookies
Cookie Name | Description | Expiry |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Tries to estimate users bandwidth on pages with integrated youtube videos | 179 days |
PREF | Registers a unique ID that is used by google to keep statistics of how the user uses YouTube videos across different sites | 8 months |
YSC | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube a user has seen | End of Session |
This Policy will be updated as cookies are added or removed from addisonsaws.co.uk.