1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 This Cookies Policy applies only in relation to the website of Reprieve UK (http://www.reprieve.org.uk) (“our website”). It does not apply in relation to: the websites of independent sister organisations such as Reprieve US, Reprieve Australia, Reprieve Netherlands; or any other similar organisations.
1.2 “We”, “Us”, “Our” or “Reprieve” means Reprieve UK, a registered charitable organisation in England and Wales (registered charity number 114900), and a company limited by guarantee (registered company number 05777831). Our registered offices are at 10 Queen Street Place, London, EC4R 1BE.
2. INFORMATION ABOUT THE USE OF OUR COOKIES
2.1 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 site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
3. WHAT ARE COOKIES?
3.1 As is common with almost all professional websites, our website uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer to improve your experience. They help us to improve our website and to deliver a better and more personalised service. They enable us:
3.1.1 To estimate our audience size and usage pattern.
3.1.2 To store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise our website according to your individual interests.
3.1.3 To speed up your searches.
3.1.4 To recognise you when you return to our website.
3.2 This page describes what information they gather, how we use it, and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored, however, this may downgrade or break certain elements of our website’s functionality.
3.3 We use the following cookies:
3.3.1 Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
3.3.2 Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around 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.
3.3.3 Functionality cookies. These are used 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).
3.3.4 Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and, if applicable, the advertising displayed on it, more relevant to your interests. We reserve the right to share this information with third parties for this purpose.
4. IP ADDRESSES AND COOKIES
4.1 We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type and the Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our website for system administration and to gather aggregate information.
4.2 For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer.
4.3 Where such information relates to an identifiable individual, it is handled in accordance with our privacy policy.
5. GOOGLE ANALYTICS
5.1 Our website uses Google Analytics, which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web. Google Analytics cookies may help track things such as how long you spend on our website and the pages that you visit so that we can continue to produce engaging content. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, please see the Google Analytics page.
6. EMBEDDED CONTENT
6.1 Some of the content on our website is provided by third parties. This includes but is not limited to: Google Maps for interactive mapping; YouTube or Vimeo for hosted video; and Flickr for images. When you visit a page containing content from one of these sites, a cookie may be set. We do not have any control over these cookies, and you should check the relevant third party website for more information about these. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
7. WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON’T ACCEPT OR DISABLE COOKIES
7.1 You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you select this setting to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may be unable to access all or certain parts of our website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our website.
EXPIRY OF COOKIES
8.1 Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after end of session.