Cookies
This website uses cookies
We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services.
1. Cookies Notice
As is true of most other websites, SOFHT’s website collects certain information automatically and stores it in log files. The information may include internet protocol (IP) addresses, the region or general location where your computer or device is accessing the internet, browser type, operating system and other usage information about the use of SOFHT’s website, including a history of the pages you view.
We use this information to help us design our site to better suit our users’ needs. We may also use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our website, analyse trends, track visitor movements, and gather broad demographic information that assists us in identifying visitor preferences. The SOFHT website also uses cookies and web beacons.
2. About Cookies
Cookies are files, often including unique identifiers, that are sent by web servers to web browsers, and which may then be sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies can be used by web servers to identity and track users as they navigate different pages on a website, and to identify users returning to a website.
By using our website and agreeing to this notice, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this notice. Our cookies do not contain or transfer any personally identifiable information about you.
3. List of Cookies we use
NECESSARY (5)
| NAME | PROVIDER | PURPOSE | EXPIRY | TYPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONSENT [x2] | google.com youtube.com | Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website. | 2 years | HTTP Cookie |
| CookieConsent | sofht.co.uk | Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
| PHPSESSID | sofht.co.uk | Preserves user session state across page requests. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| wordpress_test_cookie | sofht.co.uk | Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
STATISTICS (5)
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
| NAME | PROVIDER | PURPOSE | EXPIRY | TYPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | sofht.co.uk | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 399 days | HTTP Cookie |
| _gat | sofht.co.uk | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | 1 day | HTTP Cookie |
| _gid | sofht.co.uk | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 1 day | HTTP Cookie |
| events/1/# | bam.nr-data.net | Used to monitor website performance for statistical purposes. | Session | Pixel Tracker |
| jserrors/1/# | bam.nr-data.net | Pending | Session | Pixel Tracker |
MARKETING (12)
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.
| NAME | PROVIDER | PURPOSE | EXPIRY | TYPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ep201 | wufoo.com | Saves user states across page requests when completing a web-based survey. | 1 day | HTTP Cookie |
| fbssls_# | sofht.co.uk | Collects data on the visitor’s use of the comment system on the website, and what blogs/articles the visitor has read. This can be used for marketing purposes. | Session | HTML Local Storage |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | youtube.com | Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. | 179 days | HTTP Cookie |
| YSC | youtube.com | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | youtube.com | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| yt-remote-cast-available | youtube.com | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML Local Storage |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | youtube.com | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML Local Storage |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | youtube.com | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| yt-remote-device-id | youtube.com | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | youtube.com | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML Local Storage |
| yt-remote-session-app | youtube.com | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML Local Storage |
| yt-remote-session-name | youtube.com | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML Local Storage |
UNCLASSIFIED (1)
Unclassified cookies are cookies that we are in the process of classifying, together with the providers of individual cookies.
| NAME | PROVIDER | PURPOSE | EXPIRY | TYPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ui-tabs-1 | sofht.co.uk | Pending | 29 days | HTTP Cookie |