The Weald Foundation website uses cookies.
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer 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 these websites. These cookies do not collect or store any personally identifiable information and you can refuse the use of cookies at any time.
The list below explains the cookies we use and why:
Google Analytics
These cookies allow us to anonymously collect information about how visitors to our website use our website.
They recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
We only use these cookies to improve how our website works. We also anonymise IP addresses in our analytics so we cannot identify you.
By default, we tell Google not to store or use any cookies for Google Analytics until you accept them and we achieve this by using Google Consent Mode.
You can find out more information in the Google Privacy Policy and you can opt out of Google Analytics by visiting the Google Analytics Opt-out Page.
The following first party cookies are related to this service:
| Cookie | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| _ga_<container-id> | Used to persist session state | 2 years |
| _ga | Used to distinguish users | 2 years |
Google’s policy and cookie documents can be accessed below.
- Google Analytics Cookie Usage on Websites
- Security and privacy in Universal Analytics
- How Google uses cookies
Google Ads
This website uses the Google Ads remarketing service to advertise on third party websites (including Google) to previous visitors to our site.
It could mean that we advertise to previous visitors who haven’t completed a task on our site, for example not completing a performer profile.
This could be in the form of an advertisement on the Google search results page, or a site in the Google Display Network.
Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to our website.
Of course, any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and Google’s privacy policy. We have no control over third party cookies.
By default, we tell Google not to store or use any cookies for Google Ads until you accept them and we achieve this by using Google Consent Mode.
You can opt out of the Google Marketing Platform’s use of cookies by visiting the Google Ad personalisation opt-out page.
The following first party cookies are related to this service:
| Cookie | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| __gads | Advertising | 13 months |
| _gac_gb_<wpid> | Analytics, Advertising | 90 days |
| _gcl_au | Analytics, Advertising | 90 days |
| _gcl_aw | Analytics, Advertising | 90 days |
| _gcl_gb | Analytics, Advertising | 90 days |
| FPAU | Analytics, Advertising | 90 days |
| FPGCLAW | Analytics, Advertising | 90 days |
| FPGCLGB | Analytics, Advertising | 90 days |
Google’s policy and cookie documents can be accessed below.
How Do I Change My Cookie Settings?
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