Cookie Policy
This policy sets out information about our use of Cookies on our Website.
"We" or "us" means Charitable Giving, a registered charity with registration number 1128013 (registered company number 06754603).
Our registered address is:
C4 Union Mine Road
Pitts Cleave Industrial Estate
Tavistock
Devon
PL19 0NS
“Website” means https://www.charitablegiving.co.uk and its subdomains (https://www.optionsonline.charitablegiving.co.uk/ and https://www.charityreporting.charitablegiving.co.uk/).
We are registered with the Information Commissioner's Office as a data controller under number Z1734304.
If you wish to contact us, please click here: https://www.charitablegiving.co.uk/contact-us
What is a cookie?
A ‘cookie’ is a type of data file that is stored on your device when you visit a website or perform actions while visiting a website. A cookie file contains information that is transferred to your device’s memory which is recalled when you revisit our site, or when you perform certain actions on your device. Where we refer to a cookie in this policy, this incorporates similar tracking technologies.
Necessary Cookies
When you first visit our Website, we only use necessary cookies. This means that additional cookies (called “Optional Cookies” in this policy) won’t be used unless you agree to accept/enable all cookies, or select your own cookie preferences.
Optional Cookies
Optional cookies are used for analytical, performance, advanced functionality, and advertising purposes. More information is set out in this policy. Optional cookies help us improve our Website and we believe accepting all optional cookies provides you with the best user experience.
Cookies can be "First Party", i.e. set by us, or "Third Party", i.e. placed on your device by another organisation when you visit our Website. Third-party cookies may be placed on your device by an organisation providing a service to us or by our business partners, so that they can advertise products and services to you on our Website and elsewhere on the internet. Because of how cookies work, our Website cannot access third-party cookies stored from other websites; nor can other organisations access the data in the cookies we use on our Website.
Changing your preferences
You can select to accept/enable some or all of the optional cookies either within the settings of your own device or by selecting the option provided on our Website
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 should expire when you stop browsing. Persistent cookies stay on your device until they expire after a set period or are deleted. For each of the cookies used on our Website we have set out the duration in the tables below.
The Cookies we use on our Website
Necessary Cookies
Necessary Cookies are cookies that are required for the operation of our Website. They include, for example, cookies that allow page navigation or enable you to access certain areas of our Website. Our Website cannot function properly without these cookies. Necessary Cookies can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences but doing so may result in reduced or limited functionality of our Website. In some circumstances our Website may cease to function as intended if necessary cookies are disabled, deleted or otherwise altered. We do not accept any liability for any loss arising where necessary cookies are disabled, deleted or otherwise altered. We use the following necessary cookies:
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Cookie Name |
Purpose |
Controller |
Further Information (including duration of cookie) |
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CookieControl |
Used to remember the user's cookie preferences. |
Charitable Giving |
This is a persistent cookie that lasts for up to 3 months. |
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ARRAffinity |
Ensures that requests from one visitor's browsing session are always handled by the same server in the cluster. |
Charitable Giving |
This is a session cookie and is destroyed when the site is closed. |
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ARRAffinitySameSite |
Ensures that requests from one visitor's browsing session are always handled by the same server in the cluster. |
Charitable Giving |
This is a session cookie and is destroyed when the site is closed. |
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.AspNet.ApplicationCookie |
Generates a unique identifier used to remember a user who is logged in to our Options Online or Charity Reporting services. |
Charitable Giving |
This is a session cookie and is destroyed when the site is closed, or the user logs out. |
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__RequestVerificationToken |
An anti-forgery cookie designed to stop unauthorised posting of content to a website, known as Cross-Site Request Forgery. |
Charitable Giving |
This is a session cookie and is destroyed when the site is closed. |
Optional Cookies
We and third parties like to use cookies on this Website to enhance your user experience, personalise content and advertisements, provide social media features, and analyse the traffic/visitor actions on our Website. Optional cookies help us to provide you with the experience we intend to provide when you browse our Website and also allow us to improve our Website and the service we provide.
We need to obtain your consent to use Optional cookies; this is usually by way of a pop-up notice. As set out in this policy, you can change your preference at any time.
Advanced functionality, Analytics and Performance
We use advanced functionality cookies to recognise you when you return to our Website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
We use analytical/performance cookies to enable us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors use our Website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
We would like to use the following optional advanced functionality, analytics and performance cookies:
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Cookie Name |
Purpose |
Controller |
Further Information (including duration of cookie) |
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_ga |
ID used to identify users. Find out more about Google Analytics |
Charitable Giving |
This is a persistent cookie that lasts for up to 1 year. Google has a browser add-on to allow you to opt-out of Google Analytics across all websites which use it. |
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_ga* |
Used to distinguish users. Find out more about Google Analytics |
Charitable Giving |
This is a persistent cookie that lasts for up to 2 years. Google has a browser add-on to allow you to opt-out of Google Analytics across all websites which use it. |
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_gat |
Used to throttle request rate and collect information about how visitors use our website. Find out more about Google Analytics |
Charitable Giving |
These cookies expire after 1 minute. Google has a browser add-on to allow you to opt-out of Google Analytics across all websites which use it. |
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_gid |
Used to distinguish users. Find out more about Google Analytics |
Charitable Giving |
This is a persistent cookie that lasts for up to 24 hours. Google has a browser add-on to allow you to opt-out of Google Analytics across all websites which use it. |
Document No: P0020
Version: 1.3