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:
Essential Cookies
Some cookies are required for the website to function:
_GRECAPTCHA
To provide spam protection we use Google reCAPTCHA and this cookie is required for its use.
__stripe_sid, __stripe_mid
Stripe is the service we use to accept payments on our website and these cookies are required for its use.
cookieconsent_status
This cookie is set so that we can action your request to opt-in or out of non-essential cookies.
PHPSESSID
This cookie allows us to provide functions across pages, such as adding items to a basket
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This cookies is used by our Web Application Firewall (WAF).
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Various cookies required to facilitate the login to the member’s area.
Non-Essential Cookies
The following cookies are optional and you can opt-out of them below.
Google Analytics
_ga
This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics and is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.
_gat_UA-
This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website.
_gid
This cookie is associated with Google Universal Analytics. The cookie registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
By default, we tell Google not to store any cookies for Google Analytics until you accept them. This is achieved by using Google Consent Mode.
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 | Description | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| __gads | Advertising | 13 months |
| FPAU | Analytics, Advertising | 90 days |
| _gcl_au | Analytics, Advertising | 90 days |
| FPGCLAW | Analytics, Advertising | 90 days |
| FPGCLGB | Analytics, Advertising | 90 days |
| _gcl_gb | Analytics, Advertising | 90 days |
| _gac_gb_<wpid> | Analytics, Advertising | 90 days |
| _gcl_aw | Analytics, Advertising | 90 days |
Google’s policy and cookie documents can be accessed below.
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.
How Do I Change My Cookie Settings?
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