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COOKIES

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

Cookies we use 

This cookie from Civic is used to remember your choice about cookies on oiahe.org.uk

Google Analytics is used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. We collect information including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited.

The information is collected and processed in a way that does not directly identify anyone. Once the information is collected, the IP address and browser details of a visitor is used to create a 'magic number' that changes every 24 hours. The IP address and specific browser details are immediately forgotten and never stored.

We embed videos from our official Vimeo channel.

Vimeo may use cookies to enable the video to play and to track basic analytical statistics to help guide us on improving videos in the future. The information is collected and processed in a way that does not directly identify anyone.

If you visit a page containing a Vimeo video and you are logged in to your Vimeo account or if you’ve visited the Vimeo website before the ICO website, Vimeo may use cookies eg to keep you logged in, for analytics and advertising purposes, and collect data linked to your Vimeo account. For more information, see the Vimeo cookies policy.

Our website may contain links to other websites which are outside of our control. If you access other sites using the links provided, the operators of these sites may collect information from you which will be used by them in accordance with their own data protection or privacy policy, which may differ from ours.

Privacy

The OIA takes its responsibility with regards to privacy and data security very seriously. Please read our personal data page, which tells you what we do with information held within the OIA.

How do I change my cookie settings?

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the ‘C’ icon in the bottom right corner of the webpage. You can then adjust the analytical slider to ‘On’ or ‘Off’, then clicking the ‘X’. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect. Alternatively, most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings.

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:

To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer's website. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.