COOKIE POLICY

Cookies are small information files that are stored on your smartphone, tablet or computer that help us improve your visits the Combined Cadet Force website. This page explains what cookies we use and how you can manage them.

The Combined Cadet Force (CCF) website uses small text files called cookies that are stored on your smartphone, tablet, or computer. Cookies make the website easier to use and can help customise the website if you visit it regularly by remembering:

  • Strictly necessary cookies – required to enable you to move around the website and use essential features
  • Statistic cookies - collect information about how you use our website and help us improve performance and provide a better user experience
  • Targeting cookies – used by advertising networks to track your browsing across the internet whilst enabling us to enhance our website with services provided by third-parties

More information on cookies, what they are and how they are used is available on the Information Commissioner’s Office website.

Some cookies are set directly by the combinedcadetforce.org.uk website. Others are set by third-parties when you visit the Combined Cadet Force website. Third-party cookies include those set by advertising networks, the partners we use for web analytics, and external websites delivering embedded content and videos (e.g. YouTube and Vimeo).

Cookies are stored on your computer for different lengths of time depending on what they are used for. Session cookies are temporary cookies and are only stored until you leave the website or when you close your web browser. Persistent cookies last for a fixed period of time, defined within the cookie, and allow the website to recognise the device and track repeat visits.

We do not sell the information collected by cookies.

Further information about individual cookies used on this website is provided below.

WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES ARE USED ON THE COMBINED CADET FORCE WEBSITE?

The following cookies are strictly necessary to enable you to move around the website and use essential features. These cookies don’t collect any information that is used to identify you personally.

Accepting these cookies is a condition of using the CCF website. If you prevent these cookies, we may be unable to protect your privacy or predict how our website will perform during your visit.

STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES SET BY THE COMBINED CADET FORCE

CONSENT - Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for compliance of the website with data protection legislation.

CraftSessionId - Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes only.

test_cookie - Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies.

Statistic cookies help us to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This also helps us to improve the CCF website in the future.

_at.hist.# - Used by the social sharing platform AddThis to store the user's usage history of the AddThis sharing widget.

_ga - Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.

_gat - Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate.

_gid - Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.

These cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.

__atuvc - Updates the counter of a website's social sharing features.

__atuvs - Ensures that the updated counter is displayed to the user if a page is shared with the social sharing service, AddThis.

_at.cww - Used by the social sharing platform AddThis

at-lojson-cache-# - Used by the social sharing platform AddThis

at-rand - Used by the social sharing platform AddThis

IDE - Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user.

loc - Geolocation, which is used to help providers determine how users who share information with each other are geographically located (state level).

uvc - Detects how often the social sharing service, AddThis, encounters the same user.

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE - Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.

xtc - Registers the user's sharing of content via social media.

YSC - Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.

yt.innertube::nextId - Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.

yt.innertube::requests - Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.

yt-remote-cast-available - Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

yt-remote-cast-installed - Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

yt-remote-connected-devices - Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

yt-remote-device-id - Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

yt-remote-fast-check-period - Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

yt-remote-session-app - Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

yt-remote-session-name - Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video