This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them and the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used and how to control the cookie preferences.
For further information on how we use, store and keep your personal data secure, see our Privacy Policy.
You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website.
Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.
Your consent applies to the following domains: pembrokeshirecoast.wales
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.
How do we use cookies?
As most of the online services, our website uses cookies first-party and third-party cookies for a number of purposes. The first-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our websites are used mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.
What types of cookies do we use?
The cookies used on our website are grouped into the following categories.
The below list details the cookies used in our website.
| COOKIE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Necessary | |
| _GRECAPTCHA | This cookie is set by Google. In addition to certain standard Google cookies, reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis. |
| Performance | |
| YSC | This cookies is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos. |
| Analytics | |
| _gid | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form. |
| _ga | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. |
| xtc | Registers the users sharing of content via social media |
| _gat_gtag | This cookie is also part of Google Analytics and is used to limit requests (throttle request rate). |
| Advertisement | |
| IDE | Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile. |
| test_cookie | This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the user’s browser supports cookies. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | This cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website. |
| loc | This cookie is set by Addthis. This is a geolocation cookie to understand where the users sharing the information are located. |
How can I control my cookie preferences?
You can manage your cookies preferences by clicking on the “Cookie settings” button and enabling or disabling the cookie categories on the popup according to your preferences.
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the ‘Manage cookies’ icon. You can then adjust the available sliders to ‘Enabled’ or ‘Disabled’, then clicking ‘Save and Accept’. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect.
Alternatively, most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.