Introduction
By accessing and using our websites or other services, you are agreeing
to the
terms of this policy. Please do read this cookie policy carefully.
We may update this cookie policy from time to time and will post any changes
on
our website at www.yorknotes.com so it's a good
idea to come back
occasionally and read through it again. This cookie policy was
last updated on 13th Sept 2012.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small files of letters and numbers. These files are either stored in
the memory of your computer or other device such as mobile phones or tablet
devices (these cookies are generally known as session cookies) or are placed on
the hard drive of your device (generally known as persistent cookies).
Cookies are created when you visit a website or other service that uses cookies.
Cookies are commonly used to help the user’s browsing experience and provide
more information about the user’s experience and interests. This information is
generally used to make content and services more relevant and
useful during future visits.
For more details about cookies and details of how to delete and disable cookies
you can visit
www.aboutcookies.org and also see our section on more information and
turning cookies off below.
How does York Notes use cookies?
Our websites and services use cookies to distinguish you from other users of our
services and to provide increased functionality when you are using our services.
This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our websites
and also allows us to improve our websites and our services.
Unless you have adjusted your browser settings (where possible) to refuse
cookies, our systems will issue cookies as soon you visit our websites or access
other services. If you have switched off cookies then some of the functionality
of our services may not be available to you.
The cookies that we use on our websites only collect anonymous information to
optimise our services, and do not collect personal information.
Please note that not all the cookies on our sites are set by us. Please see the
section below on third party cookies.
What cookies are on the York Notes websites?
The cookies on our websites generally fall into the following categories: (1)
functional and (2) analytical cookies.
What functional and analytical cookies
do we use?
We have set out below the main functional and analytical cookies that we
use:
| Name of Cookie | What does it do? |
|---|
| ASP.NET_sessionid |
We use this cookie so that we know when you are actively using our website. It
enables us to temporarily store information so that it can be accessed by other
pages of our website if necessary to help our website function correctly. |
We use third party components, such as the JQuery framework and JWPlayer, which may use cookies. We do not share any information that can be used to identify you personally with these third parties. The third parties, whose cookies we use on our site, can add new cookies to their service at any time without warning.
We use Google Analytics to collect information about how people use our site. We do this to make sure it meets users' needs and to understand how we could make improvements.
Google Analytics stores information about which pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. We do not collect or store personal information that could be used to identify you. We do not allow Google to use or share our analytics data.
The following table lists the type of information that is obtained via your
Google Analytics cookies and used in Analytics reports.
| Functionality |
Description of Cookie |
Cookie Used |
| Setting the Scope of Your Site Content |
Because any cookie read/write access is restricted by a combination of the
cookie name and its domain, default visitor tracking via Google Analytics is
confined to the domain of the page on which the tracking code is installed. For
the most common scenario where the tracking code is installed on a single domain
(and no other sub-domains), the
generic setup is correct. In other situations where you wish to track
content across domains or sub-domains, or restrict tracking to a smaller section
of a single domain, you use additional methods in the ga.js
tracking code to define content scope. See
Domains & Directories in the Collection API document for details. |
All Cookies |
| Determining Visitor Session |
The Google Analytics tracking for ga.js uses two cookies to
establish a session. If either of these two cookies are absent, further activity
by the user initiates the start of a new session. See the
Session article in the Help Center for a detailed definition and a list of
scenarios that end a session. You can customize the length of the default
session time using the
_setSessionCookieTimeout() method.
This description is specific to the ga.js tracking code
for web pages. If you use Analytics tracking for other environments—such as
Flash or mobile—you should check the documentation for those environments to
learn how sessions are calculated or established.
|
__utmb
__utmc |
| Identifying Unique Visitors |
Each unique browser that visits a page on your site is provided with a unique ID
via the __utma cookie. In this way, subsequent visits to your
website via the same browser are recorded as belonging to the same (unique)
visitor. Thus, if a person interacted with your website using both Firefox and
Internet Explorer, the Analytics reports would track this activity under two
unique visitors. Similarly if the same browser were used by two different
visitors, but with a separate computer account for each, the activity would be
recorded under two unique visitor IDs. On the other hand, if the browser happens
to be used by two different people sharing the same computer account, one unique
visitor ID is recorded, even though two unique individuals accessed the site. |
__utma |
| Tracking Traffic Sources & Navigation |
When visitors reach your site via a search engine result, a direct link, or an
ad that links to your page, Google Analytics stores the type of referral
information in a cookie. The parameters in the cookie value string are parsed
and sent in the GIF Request (in the utmcc variable). The expiration
date for the cookie is set as 6 months into the future. This cookie gets updated
with each subsequent page view to your site; thus it is used to determine
visitor navigation within your site. |
__utmz |
| Custom Variables |
You can define your own segments for reporting on your particular data. When you
use the
_setCustomVar() method in your tracking code to define custom
variables, Google Analytics uses this cookie to track and report on that
information. In a typical use case, you might use this method to segment your
website visitors by a custom demographic that they select on your website
(income, age range, product preferences). |
___utmv |
| Website Optimizer |
You can use Google Analytics with Google Website Optimizer (GWO), which is a
tool that helps determine the most effective design for your site. When a
website optimizer script executes on your page, a _utmx cookie is written to the
browser and its value is sent to Google Analytics. See the
Website Optimizer Help Center for more information. |
___utmx |
Once the cookies are set/updated on the web browser, the data they contain that
is required for reporting purposes is sent to the Analytics servers in the GIF
Request URL via the utmcc parameter.
Cookies Set By Google Analytics
Google Analytics sets the following cookies as described in the table below. A
default configuration and use of Google Analytics sets only the first 4 cookies
in the table.
| Name |
Description |
Expiration |
__utma |
This cookie is typically written to the browser upon the first visit to your
site from that web browser. If the cookie has been deleted by the
browser operator, and the browser subsequently visits your site, a new
__utma cookie is written with a different unique ID. This cookie is used
to determine unique visitors to your site and it is updated with each page view.
Additionally, this cookie is provided with a unique ID that Google Analytics
uses to ensure both the validity and accessibility of the cookie as an extra
security measure. |
2 years from set/update. |
__utmb |
This cookie is used to establish and continue a user session with your site.
When a user views a page on your site, the Google Analytics code attempts to
update this cookie. If it does not find the cookie, a new one is written and a
new session is established. Each time a user visits a different page on your
site, this cookie is updated to expire in 30 minutes, thus continuing a single
session for as long as user activity continues within 30-minute intervals. This
cookie expires when a user pauses on a page on your site for longer than 30
minutes. You can modify the default length of a user session with the
_setSessionCookieTimeout()
method. |
30 minutes from set/update. |
__utmc |
This cookie is no longer used by the ga.js
tracking code to determine session status.
Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the
__utmb cookie to determine whether or not to establish a new session for
the user. For backwards compatibility purposes with sites still using the
urchin.js tracking code, this cookie will continue to be written and will
expire when the user exits the browser. However, if you are debugging your site
tracking and you use the ga.js tracking code, you should not
interpret the existence of this cookie in relation to a new or expired session. |
Not set. |
__utmz |
This cookie stores the type of referral used by the visitor to reach your site,
whether via a direct method, a referring link, a website search, or a campaign
such as an ad or an email link. It is used to calculate search engine traffic,
ad campaigns and page navigation within your own site. The cookie is updated
with each page view to your site. |
6 months from set/update. |
__utmv |
This cookie is not normally present in a default configuration of the tracking
code. The __utmv cookie passes the information provided via the
_setVar() method, which you use to create a custom user segment. This
string is then passed to the Analytics servers in the GIF request URL via the
utmcc parameter. This cookie is only written if you have added the
_setVar() method for the tracking code on your website page. |
2 years from set/update. |
__utmx |
This cookie is used by Website Optimizer and only set when the Website Optimizer
tracking code is installed and correctly configured for your pages. When the
optimizer script executes, this cookie stores the variation this visitor is
assigned to for each experiment, so the visitor has a consistent experience on
your site. See the
Website Optimizer Help Center for more information. |
2 years from set/update. |
When do our cookies expire?
Except for essential cookies, most of the cookies on our websites expire at the
end of your current session on our website. However, some of our cookies have an
extended lifespan which ranges from 1 day to 26 years. Some of our cookies are
persistent and will never expire. Where we specify above that the cookie being
used is a flash cookie, please note that flash cookies do not expire.
Where can I find more information about cookies, and how do
I turn cookies off or delete cookies?
Find out more about cookies including how to disable/enable and delete them at
the following website
www.aboutcookies.org.
You can block most cookies (except for Flash cookies) by activating the setting
on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies.
However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including
essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our sites, or
you may experience reduced functionality when accessing certain services. Unless
you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our
system will issue cookies as soon you visit our website.
Generally you can't delete Flash cookies (also known as local shared objects)
with browser controls, but Adobe's website at
www.adobe.com provides information on how to delete or disable Flash
cookies.
Click here for details. Please note that if you disable Flash cookies, you
will not be able to play content on the York Notes Video Player.