What are
cookies?
COOKIES are text files containing small amounts of information
which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website.
Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each
subsequent visit, or to another website that recognizes that
cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to
recognize a user's device. You can find more information about
cookies at: www.allaboutcookies.org or
for a video about cookies visit www.google.co.uk/goodtoknow/data-on-the-web/cookies.
Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate
between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and
generally improve the user experience. They can also help to ensure
that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your
interests. The cookies used on this website have been categorized
based on the categories found in the ICC UK Cookie guide
How and why we use cookies
WE USE cookies on our site to create a secure and effective
website for our customers. Like most companies we have always used
cookies but, due to a change in legislation, all EU websites are
now required to provide additional information on what cookies are,
how they are used and what benefits they bring. This cookie
information page answers these questions. Our cookies do not store
your personal information such as your name, addess, telephone or
email.
PLEASE NOTE: you are not currently required to
do anything, other than read our cookie policy to understand these
changes. The changes will not affect the way you currently
use our website.
Category 1: strictly
necessary cookies
These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move
around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure
areas of the website. Without these cookies, services you have
asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be
provided.
User Tip 1: These cookies enable services
you have specifically asked for.
Category 2:
performance cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use a
website. For instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if
they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don't collect
information that identifies a visitor. All information these
cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only
used to improve how a website works.
User Tip 2: These cookies collect anonymous
information on the pages visited.
Category 3:
functionality cookies
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make
(such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and
provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website
may be able to provide you with local weather reports or traffic
news by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently
located. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you
have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you
can customize. They may also be used to provide services you have
asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The
information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot
track your browsing activity on other websites.
User Tip 3: These cookies remember choices
you make to improve your
experience.
Category 4: Targeting
or advertising cookies
These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you
and your interests They are also used to limit the number of times
you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness
of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising
networks with the website operator's permission. They remember that
you have visited a website and this information is shared with
other organisations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or
advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided
by the other organisation.
User Tip 4: These cookies collect
information about your browsing habits in order to make advertising
relevant to you and your interests.
Third party
cookies
THIS SITE uses Google Analytics and other analytics programs to
measure, track and provide us with information that can lead us to
provide a better service for our customers. These services use
cookies that are saved onto the users computers. Google Analytics
and other services store information about what pages you visit,
how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click
on. We do not collect or store your personal information (e.g. your
real name or full address) so this information cannot be used to
identify who you are.
When our website provides links to other websites, including
embeded content such as Google Maps, Youtube (videos), Kazoa
(picture slideshows) and ISSUU* (Pulse flipbook
magazine) please bear in mind that these third party websites will
have their own privacy and cookie policies that will govern the use
of any information you submit. We recommend you read their
policies, as Trafford Housing Trust is not responsible or liable
for their privacy practices.
*ISSUU Cookies
Issued by the ISSUU flipbook plug-in used on the Pulse magazine
page. These include tracking cookies from Quantserve and ISSUU,
allowing the plug-in to show targeted adverts for other
publications in the side bar. Quantserve are fairly well known for
using behavioral tracking cookies and beacons to assist in tracking
users and serving targeted advertising
Cookies and categories
on this website
The cookies found on our site fall into the following probably
categories.
It is difficult to know for sure what information 3rd party
cookies are tracking. Companies such as ISSUU and Quantserve may be
anonymising and aggregating data, in which case, they may fall into
Category 3 or even 2.
Cookie Type, Category & Suggested action
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THT contrast setting
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Category 3: functionality cookies
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Consent by use
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THT font size setting
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Category 3: functionality cookies
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Consent by use
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Google preferences
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Category 3: functionality cookies
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Consent by use
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Google translation
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Category 3: functionality cookies
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Consent by use
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Google maps
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Category 3: functionality cookies
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Consent by use
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Kizoa.com session
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Category 3: functionality cookies
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Consent by use
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ISSUU cookie
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Category 3: functionality cookies
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Consent by use
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ISSUU Tracking
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Category 4: targeting or advertising cookies
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Needs your explicit consent
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Quantserve tracking
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Category 4: targeting or advertising cookies
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Needs your explicit consent
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Disallowing or
removing cookies
YOU CAN change your browser settings to prevent the installation
of cookies. Do a search on "cookies" in the help section of you
browser settings. This will lead you to instructions on how to
prevent cookies being installed. However be aware that disallowing
cookies may lead to this website or parts of this website not
functioning correctly or not functioning at all.
Some cookies are session cookies only, which mean they are
removed once you close your browser. Some are permanent and are
saved on your computer. To delete all cookies most browsers have a
tool, which will allow you to easily remove all cookies on your
computer. If you remove all cookies then some of your settings may
not be remembered by this site and you will have to reenter the
information.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT because any settings that you
change in your browser will not just affect THT website cookies but
will also apply to all other websites that you visit (unless you
choose to block cookies from particular sites).
Most modern browsers will allow you to…
- See the cookies that have been set and delete them on an
individual basis.
- Block third party cookies.
- Block cookies from particular sites.
- Block all cookies from being set.
- Delete all cookies when you close your browser.
If you wish to amend your cookie preferences for this website or
any other websites, you can do this through your browser settings.
Your browser's 'help' function will tell you how to do this.
More about your
privacy
To find out more about how THT protects your privacy when using
our website, see our Privacy Policy in Terms &
Conditions HERE
More Information about
cookies
More detail on how businesses use cookies is available
at www.allaboutcookies.org.