What are cookies and why do we use them?
Cookies are small text files that can be placed on your internet browsing device by websites to make your experience more efficient and also to provide useful information to Barker Brettell.
The vast majority of websites employ cookies and they are commonly used for a wide range of tasks.
Legally Barker Brettell can store cookies on your device providing that they are strictly necessary for this site to work. For all other types of cookies we need your permission.
When you visit our site for the first time, there will be a pop-up message notifying you about our use of cookies.
If you give us permission, we may use different types of cookies:
- Necessary Cookies are fundamental for the functionality of the site to work, without these cookies the site may not work correctly or there may be reduced features for the user
- Analytics Cookies are used for the purposes of gaining insights into how users interact with the website and can be used to improve a customer experience.
- Performance Cookies are used to ensure the users’ browsing experience is not affected whilst using the site, this will often increase speed and optimise loading times for the user.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
| Cookie name | Description | Type | Duration |
| PHPSESSID | This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie stores and identifies a user’s unique session ID to manage user sessions on the website. The cookie is a session cookie and will be deleted when all the browser windows are closed. |
Necessary | session |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views | Analytics | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
| _ga | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. | Analytics | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
| __cf_bm | This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management for videos hosted on the site. | Necessary | 1 hour |
| _cfuvid | Cloudflare cookie used to enforce rate limiting rules. | Necessary | session |
| _gid | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store information on how visitors use a website while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the collected data includes the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. | Analytics | 1 day |
| _gat | Google Universal Analytics sets this cookie to restrain request rate and thus limit data collection on high traffic sites. | Performance / Necessary | 1 minute |
| wpEmojiSettingsSupports | WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user’s browser can display emojis properly. | Necessary | session |
We’re interested in the cookies that track how you have come to our website, and the pages you visit once you’re here; and cookies that allow us to recognise you when you return to our website.
If you permit our cookies, and later fill in a form on our website with your personal details, the cookies will allow us to connect your visits to our website with those details.
At any time you are able to withdraw your permission by updating your cookie preferences.
Using cookies in marketing emails
We use cookies in our marketing emails. The reasons for doing this include:
- making sure you have a personalised page that matches the email we send you, such as when you click on a link to respond to an event invitation or manage your preferences directly from a marketing email;
- understanding what parts of our website you visit after receiving a marketing email;
- allowing us to, at your request, unsubscribe you from our marketing emails;
- knowing when you have accepted an event invitation.
If you wish to unsubscribe from our marketing emails, you can simply click the unsubscribe button at the end of a marketing email or contact us at dpcm@barkerbrettell.co.uk
Third party cookies
From time to time we will link to third party websites from our own, or embed third party content on our pages. If you access this content, those third party websites may also place cookies on your device. We do not have any control over these cookies.
Deleting or blocking cookies
You can block or delete cookies already placed on your computer by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all of some cookies. Blocking cookies may result in certain features being unavailable and the site not functioning optimally.
Please be aware that restricting cookies may mean that you will not be able to take full advantage of all the features or services on this site. Unless you allow us to – besides the strictly necessary cookies enabling the site to operate – we will not store cookies on your device.
If you would like to find out more or contact us dpcm@barkerbrettell.co.uk. Please also visit our privacy policy page.