Cookie Notice

Our websites uses cookies. A cookie improves browsing experiences and provides data on visitor numbers.

First of all, a cookie is a snippet of text that is sent from the website server, which is then stored on a web browser. Cookies therefore do lots of different jobs such as letting you navigate between pages efficiently and storing preferences. Consequently improving user experience towards any given website. As a result, it makes the interaction between you and the website faster and easier. Likewise, if a website doesn’t use cookies, it will think you are a new visitor every time you move to a new page on the site and therefore hinder or slow down your visit.

For the reason that each cookie is unique to each web browser – only that server therefore will be able to retrieve or read the contents of that cookie/file. It will certainly contain some anonymous information such as a unique ID and site name along with some digits and numbers. It also allows a website to remember such things as unique details or what’s in your shopping basket for example.

For more information please contact us.
info@outhouse-media.co.uk

Google Analytics

This allows us to look at really useful data about website visitors. Google Analytics is a simple, easy-to-use tool that helps website owners measure how users interact with website content.

  • __utma determines unique visitors.
  • __utmb determines page views.
  • __utmc determines session status.
  • __utmz determines the referral used by the visitor to reach our site.
  • __utmv custom cookies not usually in use.
  • __utmx custom cookies not usually in use.

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WordPress

Enabling comments or allowing a user to contribute in other ways via default WordPress features (maybe a forum for example), means that cookies will almost certainly be used. Hence these are required in order for the website to function properly.

  • WordPress_[hash] cookie to store authentication details.
  • WordPress_logged_in_[hash] cookie, which indicates when a user is logged in, and who they are.
  • WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies.

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Cookie Management

For information on how to manage cookie settings please follow the link for your browser:

Internet Explorer
Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
Safari

For other browsers and mobile devices, Outhouse Media recommends that you use a search engine and enter something like “how to change cookie settings in [browser/device name here]”.