Cookies policy

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 better, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. A cookie often contains a unique number, which can be used to recognise your computer when a user of your computer returns to a website that it visited previously. Cookies are safe and secure and are commonly used by websites.

How does National Deaf Children’s Society use cookies?

We use cookies to enhance the online experience of our visitors, to better understand how our websites are used and to monitor how our advertisements perform. Cookies may tell us, for example, whether you have visited our site before or whether you are a new visitor.

Your rights

Our cookies do not store financial information or information which is capable of directly identifying you (such as your name or address). You have the right to choose whether to accept these cookies. You can exercise this right by amending or setting the controls on your browser to reflect your cookie preferences, see How do I manage my cookies settings below. However, please note that if you choose to refuse cookies you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

How cookies work

When you visit the National Deaf Children’s website, our website server sends a cookie to your device and uses this number to recognise you when you return to the site or browse from page to page. This cookie is then stored on your computer or mobile device.

All websites can send a cookie to your browser if your browser settings allow it. Many websites do this to track online flow.

Types of cookies

Cookies may be categorised on the basis of their life span:

Session or temporary cookies: these cookies expire when you close your browser or when the session times out
Persistent or permanent cookies: these are usually stored on your hard disk and survive across multiple sessions but have a longer expiration date

Please find below a tables detailing the types of cookies used on our website:

Standard cookies

Cookie	Purpose	Expiry	Domain
__RequestVerificationToken	This is an anti-forgery token. This helps the website guarantee that any details submitted throughout the site (whether it be via forms or other means) are genuine, and haven't been modified to contain any malicious links etc.	When the browser session ends	www.ndcs.org.uk
cookiePolicy	Records the users’ acceptance to the use of cookies.	1 month	www.ndcs.org.uk
__sharethis_cookie_test__	This is a test cookie. In the U.S., ShareThis.com uses this data to help advertisers deliver targeted messages to users. ShareThis.com do not use the data outside of the U.S. at this point in time.	When the browser session ends	www.ndcs.org.uk
D234JSHDKNXMN	Used to quantify how many limited page views the user has remaining.	When browsing session ends	www.ndcs.org.uk
ASP.NET_SessionId	Essential and throughout the site. ASP.NET issues a cookie called ASP.NET_SessionId. This cookie contains the user's session ID and the cookie will expire at the end of the session (when you close your browser). This cookie does not store personal data about you.	When browsing session ends	www.ndcs.org.uk
yourAuthCookie	This cookie keeps you logged into the login sections of our website so that you do not need to re-enter your login details more than once during your visit to the site. It expires when your browser closes.	1 day	www.ndcs.org.uk

Google-related cookies

Find out more about Google's position on privacy with regard to its analytics service

Cookie	Purpose	Expiry	Domain
_utmz	Used to identify how you reached this web site (e.g. from another website or a search engine). Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.	6 months	www.ndcs.org.uk
_utma	Google Analytics: Tracks whether a user has visited a site before, used for counting unique visitors. Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.	2 years	www.ndcs.org.uk
_utmb	Works together with _utmc cookie to calculate the average length of time a user spends on a site. Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.	30 minutes	www.ndcs.org.uk
_utmc	Works together with _utmb cookie to calculate the average length of time a user spends on a site.	When the browser session ends	www.ndcs.org.uk
_ga	Google Analytics: "Google Analytics is Google’s analytics tool that helps website and app owners to understand how their visitors engage with their properties. It may use a set of cookies to collect information and report website usage statistics without personally identifying individual visitors to Google. The main cookie used by Google Analytics is the ‘__ga’ cookie.”	When the browser session ends	www.ndcs.org.uk, addthis.com
_gid	Google Analytics: "Google Analytics is Google’s analytics tool that helps website and app owners to understand how their visitors engage with their properties. It may use a set of cookies to collect information and report website usage statistics without personally identifying individual visitors to Google. The main cookie used by Google Analytics is the ‘__ga’ cookie.”	When the browser session ends	www.ndcs.org.uk
1P_JAR	Google: "Profiling Third-party cookies"	1 day	www.ndcs.org.uk
NID	Google: "The NID cookie contains a unique ID Google uses to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language (e.g. English), how many search results you wish to have shown per page (e.g. 10 or 20) etc.	6 months	www.ndcs.org.uk
_gat_UA-506788-24	Google Analytics: "Google Analytics is Google’s analytics tool that helps website and app owners to understand how their visitors engage with their properties. It may use a set of cookies to collect information and report website usage statistics without personally identifying individual visitors to Google. The main cookie used by Google Analytics is the ‘__ga’ cookie.”	1 day	www.ndcs.org.uk
UULE	Google Analytics: "Google Analytics is Google’s analytics tool that helps website and app owners to understand how their visitors engage with their properties. It may use a set of cookies to collect information and report website usage statistics without personally identifying individual visitors to Google. The main cookie used by Google Analytics is the ‘__ga’ cookie.”	1 day	www.ndcs.org.uk
_gcl_au	Google Analytics: "Google Analytics is Google’s analytics tool that helps website and app owners to understand how their visitors engage with their properties. It may use a set of cookies to collect information and report website usage statistics without personally identifying individual visitors to Google. The main cookie used by Google Analytics is the ‘__ga’ cookie.”		www.ndcs.org.uk
DV	Google Analytics: "Google Analytics is Google’s analytics tool that helps website and app owners to understand how their visitors engage with their properties. It may use a set of cookies to collect information and report website usage statistics without personally identifying individual visitors to Google. The main cookie used by Google Analytics is the ‘__ga’ cookie.”	1 day	www.ndcs.org.uk

Chat cookies

Cookie	Purpose	Expiry	Domain
__lc.visitor_id.7166121	Live chat. Unique visitor’s ID.	When the browser session ends	www.ndcs.org.uk
lc_sso10275892	Cookie to control the chat online service.	32 months	www.ndcs.org.uk
lc_sso7166121	Cookie to control the chat online service.	30 months	www.ndcs.org.uk
lc_window_state	Checks the browser window state (minimized/maximized)	When the browser session ends	www.ndcs.org.uk

Social media cookies

Other analytics cookies

Cookie	Purpose	Expiry	Domain
__insp_norec_sess	Inspectlet uses cookies to keep track of session information. These cookies are needed to accurately understand how visitors are navigating the website.	12 months	www.ndcs.org.uk
__insp_nv	Inspectlet uses cookies to keep track of session information. These cookies are needed to accurately understand how visitors are navigating the website.	12 months	www.ndcs.org.uk
__insp_slim	Inspectlet uses cookies to keep track of session information. These cookies are needed to accurately understand how visitors are navigating the website.	12 months	www.ndcs.org.uk
__insp_targlpt	Inspectlet uses cookies to keep track of session information. These cookies are needed to accurately understand how visitors are navigating the website.	12 months	www.ndcs.org.uk
__insp_targlpu	Inspectlet uses cookies to keep track of session information. These cookies are needed to accurately understand how visitors are navigating the website.	12 months	www.ndcs.org.uk
__insp_wid	Inspectlet uses cookies to keep track of session information. These cookies are needed to accurately understand how visitors are navigating the website.	12 months	www.ndcs.org.uk
_privy_<number>	Used for email subscription-related purposes. Unclassified. Assumed to be unique ID for user.	12 months	www.ndcs.org.uk
_privy_a	Used for email subscription-related purposes. Distinguishes users, and identifies whether a user has already subscribed.	10 years	www.ndcs.org.uk
_privy_b	Used for email subscription-related purposes. Distinguishes users, and identifies whether a user has already subscribed.	When the browser session ends	www.ndcs.org.uk
_privy_match_session	Used for email subscription-related purposes. Unclassified. Assumed to be related to pairing sessions with when subscriptions took place.	1 week	www.ndcs.org.uk

Preference/accessibility cookies

Cookie	Purpose	Expiry	Domain
creaseFont	Used to denote that a user has changed the font settings using the accessibility options.	2 months	www.ndcs.org.uk

Advertising cookies

Cookie	Purpose	Expiry	Domain
__adroll	Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads.	12 months	d.adroll.com
__adroll_fpc	Used to identify the visitor across visits and devices. This allows the website to present the visitor with relevant advertisement	5 years	d.adroll.com, www.ndcs.org.uk
__ar_v4	Google 3rd party: "These cookies are used to gather website statistics, and track conversion rates." - Optimises ad display based on the user's movement combined and various advertiser bids for displaying user ads.	12 months	d.adroll.com, www.ndcs.org.uk
__adroll_post_consent_html	Google 3rd party: "These cookies are used to gather website statistics, and track conversion rates." - Optimises ad display based on the user's movement combined and various advertiser bids for displaying user ads.	12 months	d.adroll.com, www.ndcs.org.uk
__adroll_consent_params	Google 3rd party: "These cookies are used to gather website statistics, and track conversion rates." - Optimises ad display based on the user's movement combined and various advertiser bids for displaying user ads.	When browsing session ends	d.adroll.com, www.ndcs.org.uk
__adroll_post_consent_css	Google 3rd party: "These cookies are used to gather website statistics, and track conversion rates." - Optimises ad display based on the user's movement combined and various advertiser bids for displaying user ads.	12 months	d.adroll.com, www.ndcs.org.uk
_at.cww	Used by the social sharing platform AddThis	Stored locally	www.ndcs.org.uk
_at.hist.0110	Used by the social sharing platform AddThis	Stored locally	www.ndcs.org.uk
at-rand	Used by the social sharing platform AddThis	Stored locally	www.ndcs.org.uk
__atuvc	User visitor count. AddThis collects information from visitors that does not directly identify an individual and is designed to identify the devices used by visitors. Updates the counter of a website's social sharing features.	12 months	d.adroll.com, www.ndcs.org.uk, addthis.com
__atuvs	Holds the ID of a visit (a group of related views), and a counter for the number of views in the visit so far. AddThis collects information from visitors that does not directly identify an individual and is designed to identify the devices used by visitors. Ensures that the updated counter is displayed to the user if a page is shared with the social sharing service, AddThis.	When the browser session ends	d.adroll.com, www.ndcs.org.uk
__consent	adroll.com cookie. Unclassified. Assumed to be related to the users’ acceptance of cookies	13 months	d.adroll.com
AID	googleadservices.com - Google use cookies to make advertising more engaging to users and more valuable to publishers and advertisers. Some common applications of cookies are to select advertising based on what’s relevant to a user; to improve reporting on campaign performance; and to avoid showing ads the user has already seen. Google use cookies named ‘AID,‘ ‘DSID,’ and ‘TAID‘, which are used to link your activity across devices if you’ve previously signed in to your Google Account on another device.	22 months	d.adroll.com, www.ndcs.org.uk
ruid	Google Advertising via doubleclick.net: – Cookies gather information with the goal of optimising the effectiveness of advertisements.	When the browser session ends	rubiconproject.com
put_<number>	Google Advertising via doubleclick.net: – Cookies gather information with the goal of optimising the effectiveness of advertisements.	Ranging from when browser session ends to 3 months	rubiconproject.com
vis<number>	Google Advertising via doubleclick.net: – Cookies gather information with the goal of optimising the effectiveness of advertisements.	1 day	rubiconproject.com
ses<number>	Google Advertising via doubleclick.net: – Cookies gather information with the goal of optimising the effectiveness of advertisements.	1 day	rubiconproject.com
rsid	Google Advertising via doubleclick.net: – Cookies gather information with the goal of optimising the effectiveness of advertisements.	When browsing session ends	rubiconproject.com
khaos	Google Advertising via doubleclick.net: – Cookies gather information with the goal of optimising the effectiveness of advertisements.	12 months	rubiconproject.com
audit	Google Advertising via doubleclick.net: – Cookies gather information with the goal of optimising the effectiveness of advertisements.	12 months	rubiconproject.com, pixel.rubiconproject.com
rpb	Google Advertising via doubleclick.net: – Cookies gather information with the goal of optimising the effectiveness of advertisements.	1 month	rubiconproject.com
rpx	Google Advertising via doubleclick.net: – Cookies gather information with the goal of optimising the effectiveness of advertisements. Contains expiration dates for information in the rpb cookie.	1 month	pixel.rubiconproject.com
pxrc	This cookie registers non-personal data on the visitor. The information is used to optimize advertisement relevance.	2 months	rlcdn.com
rlas3	Collects anonymous data related to the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded, with the purpose of displaying targeted ads.	12 months	rlcdn.com
B	Yahoo.com	12 months	yahoo.com
APID	advertising.com – Collects information on visitor behaviour on multiple websites. This information is used on the website, in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement.	12 months	advertising.com
IDE	Google Advertising via doubleclick.net: "One of the main advertising cookies on non-Google sites is named ‘IDE‘ and is stored in browsers under the domain doubleclick.net. ", "...This cookie is used for re-targeting, optimisation, reporting and attribution of online adverts”	2 days	doubleclick.net
uuid2	adnxs.com - This cookie contains a unique randomly-generated value that enables the Platform to distinguish browsers and devices. It is matched against information – such as advertising interest segments and histories of ads shown in the browser or device – provided by clients or other third parties and stored on the Platform. This information is used by clients to select advertisements for delivery by the Platform, and to measure the performance of, and attribute payment for, those advertisements. In addition, to enable clients to use non-PII they collect outside the Platform or acquire from other third parties, this cookie is sometimes matched to clients’ or other third parties’ cookies that contain such non-PII. For more information about information collected and used on the Platform, see our platform privacy page.	3 months	adnxs.com
tuuid	Google Advertising via doubleclick.net: – Registers whether or not the user has consented to the use of cookies.	3 months	doubleclick.net, bidswitch.net, ad.360yield.com
tuuid_lu	Google Advertising via doubleclick.net: – Unclassified description	3 months	doubleclick.net, bidswitch.net, ad.360yield.com
tluid	This cookie is used to identify the visitor and optimize ad-relevance by collecting visitor data from multiple websites – this exchange of visitor data is normally provided by a third-party data-center or ad-exchange.	3 months	.3lift.com
taboola_usg	This cookie is used to collect information on a visitor. This information will become an ID string with information on a specific visitor – ID information strings can be used to target groups with similar preferences, or can be used by third-party domains or ad-exchanges.	3 months	taboola.com
t_gid	This cookie assigns a specific visitor ID, when the visitor interacts with ads or content from the website - this allows the website to target the visitor with similar ads or content.	12 months	taboola.com
(i)	Registers anonymised user data, such as IP address, geographical location, visited websites, and what ads the user has clicked, with the purpose of optimising ad display based on the user's movement on websites that use the same ad network.	12 months	openx.net
p_synced	Registers anonymised user data, such as IP address, geographical location, visited websites, and what ads the user has clicked, with the purpose of optimising ad display based on the user's movement on websites that use the same ad network.	3 weeks	openx.net
pd	Registers anonymised user data, such as IP address, geographical location, visited websites, and what ads the user has clicked, with the purpose of optimising ad display based on the user's movement on websites that use the same ad network.	3 weeks	openx.net
ul_cb/sync	Collects information on visitor behaviour on multiple websites. This information is used on the website, in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement.	When browsing session ends	bidswitch.net
c	Regulates synchronisation of user identification and exchange of user data between various ad services.	12 months	bidswitch.net
anj	Adnxs - ”The anj cookie contains data denoting whether a cookie ID is synced with our partners. ID syncing enables our partners to use their data from outside the Platform on the Platform. (See our platform privacy page for more info.)”	3 months	adnxs.com
adrl	This cookie registers data on the visitor. The information is used to optimize advertisement relevance.	3 months	outbrain.com
IDSYNC	Identifies if the cookie-data needs to be updated in the visitor's browser - This is determined through third-party ad-serving-companies.	12 months	advertising.com
CMST	Collects anonymous data related to the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded, with the purpose of displaying targeted ads.	1 day	casalemedia.com
CMSC	Collects anonymous data related to the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded, with the purpose of displaying targeted ads.	When the browser session ends	casalemedia.com
CMRUM3	Collects anonymous data related to the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded, with the purpose of displaying targeted ads.	12 months	casalemedia.com
CMPS	Collects anonymous data related to the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded, with the purpose of displaying targeted ads.	3 months	casalemedia.com
CMPRO	Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement - This also allows the website to limit the number of times that the visitor is shown the same advertisement.	3 months	casalemedia.com
CMID	Collects anonymous data related to the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded, with the purpose of displaying targeted ads.	12 months	casalemedia.com
CMDD	Collects anonymous data related to the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded, with the purpose of displaying targeted ads.	1 day	casalemedia.com
KRTBCOOKIE_<number>	Registers a unique ID that identifies the user's device during return visits across websites that use the same ad network. The ID is used to allow targeted ads.	13 months	pubmatic.com
PUBMDCID	Registers a unique ID that identifies the user's device during return visits across websites that use the same ad network. The ID is used to allow targeted ads.	3 months	pubmatic.com
PugT	Used to determine the number of times the cookies have been updated in the visitor's browser. Used to optimize the website's server efficiency.	1 month	pubmatic.com
SpugT	Used to determine the number of times the cookies have been updated in the visitor's browser. Used to optimize the website's server efficiency.	1 month	pubmatic.com
KADUSERCOOKIE	Used to uniquely identify each browser or device from which an individual user visits Pubmatic partners’ websites.	3 months	pubmatic.com
DPSync2	These cookies maintain a list of our partner’s pixel IDs, which may be used to read and place cookies on a web browser, that have been synced with PubMatic IDs. This enables us to identify the partners with whom we have already synced our cookies and to ensure that we do not unnecessarily sync cookies again within a certain period of time.	3 months	pubmatic.com
SyncRTB2		3 months	pubmatic.com

Miscellaneous cookies

Cookie	Purpose	Expiry	Domain
_fbp	Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.	1 day	www.ndcs.org.uk
loc	AddThis collects information from visitors that does not directly identify an individual and is designed to identify the devices used by visitors. Visitor location.	13 months	addthis.com
mus	AddThis collects information from visitors that does not directly identify an individual and is designed to identify the devices used by visitors. Profile store status.	13 months	addthis.com
na_id	AddThis collects information from visitors that does not directly identify an individual and is designed to identify the devices used by visitors.	13 months	addthis.com
na_tc	AddThis collects information from visitors that does not directly identify an individual and is designed to identify the devices used by visitors.	13 months	addthis.com
notice_gdpr_prefs	AddThis collects information from visitors that does not directly identify an individual and is designed to identify the devices used by visitors.	10 months	addthis.com
notice_preferences	AddThis collects information from visitors that does not directly identify an individual and is designed to identify the devices used by visitors.	10 months	addthis.com
ouid	AddThis collects information from visitors that does not directly identify an individual and is designed to identify the devices used by visitors. Unclassified	13 months	addthis.com
ssh	AddThis collects information from visitors that does not directly identify an individual and is designed to identify the devices used by visitors. Service share history.		addthis.com
ssc	AddThis collects information from visitors that does not directly identify an individual and is designed to identify the devices used by visitors. Service share consumption.	13 months	addthis.com
uid	AddThis collects information from visitors that does not directly identify an individual and is designed to identify the devices used by visitors. User ID.	10 – 13 months	addthis.com, tynt.com
uvc	AddThis collects information from visitors that does not directly identify an individual and is designed to identify the devices used by visitors. Unique visitor count.	13 months	addthis.com
di2	AddThis collects information from visitors that does not directly identify an individual and is designed to identify the devices used by visitors. Check the expiry dates of other cookies.	13 months	addthis.com
euconsent	Consent Management Platform - User Consent String. Denotes user cookie acceptance preferences.	12 months	consensu.org
__cfduid	Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic.	12 months	privy.com, tynt.com
_hjIncludedInSample	Hotjar cookie. This session cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate funnels.	When the browser session ends	www.ndcs.org.uk
__stid	.sharethis.com - _stid is a random unique identifier not tied to any personally identifiable information (PII). In the U.S., ShareThis.com uses this data to help advertisers deliver targeted messages to users. ShareThis.com do not use the data outside of the U.S. at this point in time.	12 months	sharethis.com

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