Essential cookies

First-party

CookieProviderDurationDescription
_cfduidiwm.org.uk29 daysUsed by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic
OptanonConsentiwm.org.uk1 yearSet by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. Stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category.
OptanonAlertBoxClosediwm.org.uk1 yearThis cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user.
_dc_gtm_UA-xxxxxxxxiwm.org.uk This cookie is associated with sites using Google Tag Manager to load other scripts and code into a page. Where it is used it may be regarded as Strictly Necessary as without it, other scripts may not function correctly.

Performance cookies

First-party

VWO 

Cookies associated with Visual Website Optimiser (VWO), by USA based Wingify. The tool helps site owners measure the performance of different versions of web pages.

CookieDurationDescription
_vis_opt_test_cookie1 yearTests if the browser is set to allow cookies.
_vis_opt_s3 monthsDistinguishes between new and returning visitors.
_vwo_sn30 minutesStores session-level information
_vwo_uuid1 yearEnsures a visitor always sees the same version of a page and is used to track behaviour to measure the performance of different page versions
_vwo_ds2 monthsStores persistent visitor-level data for VWO Insights

Google Analytics

Google Analytics helps us analyse how visitors use our website. Anonymously tracks use of website. These cookies are set or updated on any page visited. See here for full details. Several cookies are set but all serve the same purpose: to see how people reached the site and used it, including search terms used and referring sites.

CookieDuration
_dc_gtm_GA-#1 day
_ga2 years
_ga_xxxx1 year
_gat10 minutes
_gid1 day
collectsession
FPID1 year
_gclxxxx2 months

Hotjar

Hotjar is an analytics and feedback tool that we use to understand how our website is used and improve usability. Hotjar sets cookies to help us track behaviour across pages and to control visitor polls. The cookies carry no personally identifiable information.

CookieDuration
_hjSessionUser_xxxx1 year
_hjSession_xxxxA few seconds
_hjTLDTest1 year

Third-party

CookieProviderDurationDescription
NIDGoogle1 yearPart of Google's cloud translation services, which provide website and app developers with automated translation capabilities.

Functional cookies

First-party

VWO 

Cookies associated with Visual Website Optimiser (VWO), by USA based Wingify. The tool helps site owners measure the performance of different versions of web pages.

CookieDurationDescription
_vwo_uuid_v21 yearEnsures a visitor always sees the same version of a page and is used to track behaviour to measure the performance of different page versions. This cookie is created for each cross-domain campaign. It generates a unique ID for each visitor and is used for report segmentation in VWO (ICA's optimization tool).

Third-party

Spotify

Spotify is a USA based music streaming service. Spotify provides a number of tools to embed into websites, which enable the tracking of users and non-users across domains.

CookieDuration
sp_t1 year
sp_landingA few seconds

Vimeo

Vimeo's main business activity is video hosting and sharing. Vimeo provides a number of tools to embed into websites, which enable the tracking of users and non-users across domains.
 

CookieDuration
vuid1 year
__cf_bmA few seconds
_cfuvid1 year

Targeting cookies

First-party

CookieProviderDurationDescription
    FPLCiwm.org.ukA few secondsThis FPLC cookie is the cross-domain linker cookie
_gat_UA-nnnnnnn-nniwm.org.ukA few secondsGoogle Analytics Cookies
_fbpiwm.org.uk2 monthsUsed by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers

Third-party

YouTube

YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos

CookieDurationDescription
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE5 monthsUsed as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA5 monthsTracks and enhances a user's privacy settings on the YouTube platform
YSC1 year Tracks views of embedded videos on YouTube pages

Twitter

Twitter (also known as X) offers social networking services. They are affiliated with t.co a URL shortening service. 

CookieDurationDescription
muc_ads1 yearAllows Twitter to collect data on how links are shared.
personalization_id1 yearWhere Twitter acts as a third party host, it collects data through a range of plug-ins and integrations, that is primarily used for tracking and targeting.

Doubleclick (Google)

Doubleclick is Google's real time bidding advertising exchange

CookieDuration
ar_debug1 month
IDE1 year
test_cookieA few seconds
receive-cookie-deprecation5 months