Cookies Policy

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website (when visited by a user) asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you. Cookies permit to “remember” your actions or preferences on a limited period. Depending on the type cookies, cookies will:

  • Be stored temporarily in your browser’s memory, and destroyed when it is closed down, (“Session Cookies”)
  • Be saved on your computer so that when you close it down and start it up again, it can still be there (“Persistent Cookies”). The Persistent Cookies are created by giving them a limited lifespan, provided for each cookie in the tables below.

We use internal cookies, allowing us to memorize information like your language choices or your connection information. These cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting. These third-party cookies allow other organizations to generally help us to analyze how our site is being used, measure the number of visitors to the site, and display advertising. Third parties operating on our website and storing cookies on your device through it are listed in the tables below for each category of cookies. To obtain more information on these third-party cookies, consult the cookies and/or privacy policies of these third parties. Descriptions of each category of cookie as well as the cookies used on this website are shown below. No cookie which is not strictly necessary for the website to function will be stored on your device without your prior consent. You can consent globally for all cookie categories or individually or withdraw your consent at any time on the “Cookie Settings” page, by clicking on the following button below.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are only set to provide you with services you have requested, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but these functions and services will not work for you and in particular, we won’t be able to save your preferences about cookies. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information. The lifespan of these cookies is indicated in the table below, for each cookie.

Strictly Necessary Cookies
Cookie Subgroup Cookies Cookies used Lifespan
www.changead.co.uk OptanonAlertBoxClosed, OptanonConsent 1st Party 365 days, 365 days
www.changead.co.uk ASP.NET_SessionId 1st Party Session

Performance Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They measure how often you visit our website and how you use it. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance. The lifespan of these cookies is indicated in the table below, for each cookie.

Performance Cookies
Cookie Subgroup Cookies Cookies used Lifespan
www.changead.co.uk ai_user, ai_session 1st Party 365 days, a few seconds
co.uk _ga 1st Party 730 days
changead.co.uk _gid, _gat_UA-, _gat_gtag_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1st Party 1 day, a few seconds, a few seconds
az416426.vo.msecnd.net ai_session 3rd Party a few seconds

Targeting Cookies

These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising. These cookies stored in your device by the third-parties listed below, allow us to count the number of displays of advertising content in our advertising spaces, identify these contents, the number of displays for each of them, the number of users who clicked on each content and where applicable, further actions carried out by the users on the sites linked to these advertising contents, to be able to calculate the sums due to the actors of the advertising distribution chain (communication agency, advertising management, site/distribution medium) and to establish statistics. The lifespan of these cookies is indicated in the table below, for each cookie.

Targeting Cookies
Cookie Subgroup Cookies Cookies used Lifespan
co.uk _fbp 1st Party 90 days
facebook.com fr 3rd Party 90 days
www.facebook.com 3rd Party Session
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