Cookies

Cookies

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that can be written and read by websites and stored by the browser on your computer, tablet or smartphone. They do a number of things including allowing access to some types of content and functionality to users, and collecting anonymous user information so that site owners can monitor the performance of their sites. They are a kind of ‘memory’ for a website that can help it respond appropriately to users and user behaviour.

The source of cookies and how long they will stay on your computer, tablet or smartphone for can vary.

Managing your Cookies

We don’t recommend that you block cookies because they are linked to the usability and functionality of websites and your experience of using our websites may suffer. However, if you want to block all cookies from your computer, tablet or smartphone, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org, which gives comprehensive information on your options.

If you choose, you can set your browser to tell you when cookies are sent to your computer or to give you the option of rejecting cookies. If you haven’t done this, we will issue cookies when you visit the site.

Cookies on www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk

A visit to www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk  will generate the following cookies automatically on arrival:

Cookie issuer Cookie name Purpose Further info
Google Analytics _ga, _gid and _gat These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. You can opt out of Google Analytics cookies completely (from all websites) by visiting https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. Overview of Google Analytics privacy

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