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–– Cookies on the COPE website
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What are cookies?
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COPE uses cookies to support the technical functioning of the COPE website, and to track how the website is used. We may also track receipt, opening, click-through and unsubscribe information for the emails we send.
Can I disable cookies?
Some people like to disable cookies because of privacy concerns. wikiHow has an article on how to disable cookies on different web browsers.
More about cookies
If you’d like to know more about cookies, the Information Commissioner’s Office is the best place to start.
Cookiepedia also has lots of useful information, including the different types of cookies, benefits of cookies and how you can manage cookies in your browser, so that you can view, delete or even block certain types of cookies.
Cookies on the COPE website
We use cookies to determine whether you have already consented to our cookie policy. Other cookies may be set by our content management system to support the technical functioning of the website, for example, to know whether you are logged in or not.
Third party cookies
Services we use, such as YouTube to show videos on our website, or Hotjar for a popup survey on the website, may set cookies on your computer or device. Their cookie policies will tell you how they use the data they collect.
Google Analytics cookies
We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our website users interact with our website, and how we can improve it. Analytics cookies are used to collect information and report website usage statistics without personally identifying individual visitors to Google. Google Analytics stores data about:
- the pages you visit
- how long you spend on each page
- how you got to the site
- what you click on while you’re here
This data is anonymous and does not contain personal information, such as IP address.
COPE Privacy policy and questions
Please ensure you have also read the COPE privacy policy to understand how COPE protects any personal information you provide to us. The policy also describes how to get in touch with us if you have any questions or concerns.
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Last updated 11 April 2022