Cookie Policy

What are cookies?

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our sites.

Cookies are small text files containing a string of characters that can be placed on your computer or mobile device that uniquely identify your browser or device.

What are cookies used for?

Cookies allow a site or services to know if your computer or device has visited that site or service before. Cookies can then be used to help understand how the site or service is being used, help you navigate between pages efficiently, help remember your preferences, and generally improve your browsing experience. Cookies can also help ensure marketing you see online is more relevant to you and your interests.

 What types of cookies does the St John the Evangelist use?

 The Cookies We Use in Detail:

Cookie name Domain Description Duration Type
_ga  Calculates stjohnsblackheath.org.uk Calculates visitor, session, and campaign data while tracking site usage anonymously. 1 year 1 month Analytics
_gid .stjohnsblackheath.org.uk Stores information on how visitors use a website and creates a performance report. 1 day Analytics
_gat .stjohnsblackheath.org.uk Used by Google Universal Analytics to restrain request rate on high traffic sites. 1 minute Performance
YSC .youtube.com Used by YouTube to track views of embedded videos. Session Analytics
__Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN .youtube.com Manages feature rollout and experimentation for a consistent user experience. 6 months Advertisement
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE .youtube.com Measures bandwidth to determine which player interface the user receives. 6 months Functional
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA .youtube.com Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain. 6 months Necessary
__Secure-YEC .youtube.com Internal YouTube usage token. Past (Expired) Other
yt.innertube::nextId youtube.com Registers a unique ID to store data on which YouTube videos the user has seen. Persistent Advertisement
yt-remote-connected-devices youtube.com Stores the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. Persistent Functional
ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY youtube.com Stores the last search result entry clicked to provide more relevant future results. Persistent Functional
yt.innertube::requests youtube.com Registers a unique ID to store data on which YouTube videos the user has seen. Persistent Advertisement
yt-remote-device-id youtube.com Stores video preferences for the user using embedded YouTube video. Persistent Functional
yt-remote-session-name youtube.com Stores the user’s video player preferences for embedded YouTube video. Session Functional
yt-remote-fast-check-period youtube.com Stores video player preferences for embedded YouTube videos. Session Functional
yt-remote-session-app youtube.com Stores user preferences and interface information for the embedded video player. Session Functional
yt-remote-cast-available youtube.com Stores preferences regarding whether casting is available on the video player. Session Functional
yt-remote-cast-installed youtube.com Stores video player preferences for the user using embedded YouTube video. Session Functional

We use the following cookies:

  • Necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our websites. They include, for example, cookies that enable you, where provided, to log onto the secure area of our websites.
  • Analytical cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of users and to see how the users move around our websites when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our websites work, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
  • Marketing cookies. These allows us to serve up relevant content to users who interact with us across different online platforms including our websites, social media platforms and other digital services we provide.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

How long will cookies stay on my device?

The length of time a cookie will stay on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies will only stay on your device until you stop browsing. Persistent cookies stay on your computer or mobile device until they expire or are deleted.

First and third party cookies

First-party cookies are cookies that belong to The Church of England, third-party cookies are cookies that another party places on your device through our Service. Third-party cookies may be placed on your device by someone providing a service for The Church of England, for example to help us understand how our service is being used. Third-party cookies may also be placed on your device by our business partners so that they can use them to advertise products and services to you elsewhere on the Internet.

How to control and delete cookies

You can set your browser to disable cookies if you want to. Note that if you set your browser to disable cookies, you may not be able to access certain parts of our Service and other parts of our Service may not work properly. You can find out more information cookie settings at third-party information sites, such as www.allaboutcookies.org.

If you would like to speak further about cookies:

Please contact us at yourdata@stjohnsblackheath.org.uk