UAT-UK Use of Cookies

What are cookies?

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) defines a cookie as “a small file of

letters and numbers that is downloaded on to your computer when you visit a

website. Cookies are used by many websites and can do a number of things e.g.

remembering your preferences, recording what you have put in your shopping

basket, and counting the number of people looking at a website.”

Current cookie legislation.

On 26 May 2012, new European law relating to use of web cookies came into force

in the UK that will affect most web sites. The rules on cookies are covered by The

Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations

2003 and The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive)

(Amendment) Regulations 2011 and ICO is responsible for enforcing these new

rules.

The regulations also cover similar technologies for storing information, e.g. Flash

cookies. The ICO and International Chamber of Commerce both provided

guidance and advice on EU cookie directive and its implementation. Please refer

to their detailed guides for more information:

Information Commissioner Office – advice for members of the public [pdf]

International Chamber of Commerce UK Cookie Guide [pdf]

General use of information collected, used, and stored by UAT-UK is governed

by UAT-UK’s Data Privacy Notice.

Types of cookies

1. Strictly necessary cookies

These will generally be used to store a unique identifier to manage and identify

the user as unique to other users currently viewing the website, in order to provide

a consistent and accurate service to the user.

2. Functionality cookies

Will typically be the result of a user action, but might also be implemented in the

delivery of a service not explicitly requested but offered to the user. They can also

1be used to prevent the user being offered a service again that had previously

been offered to that user and rejected.

3. Performance cookies

These are limited to performance and website improvement.

4. Targeting/advertising cookies

These contain a unique key that is able to distinguish individual users’ browsing

habits or store a code that can be translated into a set of browsing habits or

preferences using information stored elsewhere.

Cookies set by UAT-UK

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Provider Cookie Name Purpose

app.termly.io __tluid Assigns a random ID number to

each visitor so that their policy

consent and cookie consent

preferences can be saved.

www.google.com rc::a Used to track and analyze user

behavior to distinguish humans

from bots or automated

software.

www.yourdomain.com TERMLY_API_CA CHE Used to store visitor’s consent

result in order to improve

performance of the consent

banner.

Performance Cookies

Provider Cookie Name Purpose

www.yourdomain.com _gid

_ga_#

_gat#

_ga

Allows UAT-UK to come up with

statistical data on website

usage by visitors.

Targeting Cookies

Provider Cookie Name Purpose

www.googletagmanager.com td Used to deliver targeted

adverts to users based on

browsing activity

2We do not share any information collated by our cookies above with any third

parties.

By using the UAT-UK website, you accept our use of cookies in accordance with

this policy.

Last Updated May 2024

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