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How we use cookies
Westmill Woodland Burial Ground's website uses first party cookies, which allow us to distinguish you from other users of the website. They maintain functionality as you move between pages and help us to improve our site.
Cookies used
Browser Session
Name
ASP.NET_SessionId
Purpose
This cookie is automatically set when you land on the website. It enables functionality between pages and is essential for parts of the site to operate. It is held temporarily and is deleted when you close your web browser. It does not contain personally identifiable information and is anonymous.
Google Analytics
Name
__utma – it ascertains the number of times a visitor has been to web site. It expires after 2 years.
_utmb - it detects when a unique user session. It expires after 30 minutes.
_utmc– it determines when to create a new session for a website visitor. It’s a session cookie and expires when you exit the browser._utmz – it tracks how you found us and calculates traffic & navigation within the website. It expires after 6 months.
Purpose
These cookies identify which pages are being used. This helps us to count the number of visitors, which pages they visited and where they have come from, so we can improve the way our website works. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form. We report on this activity in aggregate, and use this information solely for the purposes of monitoring and improving our website.
More Information
More details on the cookies set by Google Analytics: Google Code
An overview of Google’s Googles Privacy Policy
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