Name: allow_all_cookies
Purpose: Stores your cookie preferences (so you won’t be asked again)
Cookie type and duration: First-party persistent cookie, 365 days
Cookies
To make the websites managed by Vindlab (Operator of Foe Finder) work properly, we sometimes place small data files called cookies on your device.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site.
- First party cookies are cookies set by the website you are visiting. Only that website can read them. In addition, a website might potentially use external services, which also set their own cookies, known as third-party cookies.
- Persistent cookies are cookies saved on your computer and that are not deleted automatically when you quit your browser, unlike a session cookie, which is deleted when you quit your browser.
When you visit the websites managed by Vindlab, you will be prompted to accept all or only essential cookies.
The purpose is to enable the site to remember your preferences (such as user name, language, etc.) for a certain period of time. That way, you do not have to re-enter them when browsing around the site during the same visit.
Cookies can also be used to establish anonymised statistics about the browsing experience on our sites.
How do we use cookies?
The websites managed by Vindlab mostly use first-party cookies. These are cookies set and controlled by Vindlab, not by any external organisation.
However, to view some of our pages, you will have to accept cookies from external organisations.
The 3 types of first-party cookie we use are to:
- store visitor preferences
- make our websites operational
- gather analytics data (about user behaviour)
1. Visitor preferences
These are set by us and only we can read them. They remember: if you have agreed to (or refused) this site’s cookie policy
Visitor preferences cookies are:
2. Operational cookies
There are some cookies that we have to include in order for certain web pages to function. For this reason, they do not require your consent.
Technical cookies required by certain IT systems are:
Name: _foe_finder_session
Service: Ruby on Rails platform
Purpose: Maintain a secure session for you, during your visit
Cookie type and duration: First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser
3. Analytics cookies
We use these purely for internal research on how we can improve the experience we provide for all our users.
Analytics / Performance cookies:
Name: _ga
Service: Google Analytics
Purpose: Used to distinguish users
Cookie type and duration: First-party persistent cookie, 2 years
Name: _ga_[id]
Service: Google Analytics
Purpose: Used to persist session state
Cookie type and duration: First-party persistent cookie, 2 years
How can you manage cookies?
Removing cookies from your device
You can delete all cookies that are already on your device by clearing the browsing history of your browser. This will remove all cookies from all websites you have visited.
Be aware though that you may also lose some saved information (e.g. saved login details, site preferences).
Managing site-specific cookies
For more detailed control over site-specific cookies, check the privacy and cookie settings in your preferred browser.