Cookies policy
What are cookies?
Cookies are bits of code that are placed on your computer to collect standard internet information and visitor behaviour information. It enables us to know more about you and your activity across the site so we can improve your online experience.
We don’t use cookies to identify you personally – we use them to monitor how people use our website so we can improve it, collect anonymous data, and measure the effectiveness of our campaigns.
We use cookies for the following purposes:
Necessary
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
| Cookie Subgroup | Cookies | Lifespan |
| __cfduid | addtoany.com | 30 days |
| __stripe_mid | kinship.org.uk | 1 year |
| _stripe_sid | kinship.org.uk | 1 day |
| consent | google.com | 6098 days |
| consent | Youtube.com | 6098 days |
| https://q.stripe.com/ | q.stripe.com | session |
| m | m.stripe | 2 years |
| wc_cart_hash_# | kinship.org.uk | persistent |
| wc_fragments_# | kinship.org.uk | session |
Performance
These cookies collect information about how you use our website.
| Cookie Subgroup | Cookies | Lifespan |
| _ga | kinship.org.uk | 2 years |
| _gat | kinship.org.uk | 1 day |
| _gid | kinship.org.uk | 1 day |
| collect | google-analytics.com | session |
Advertising
Advertising 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.
| Cookie Subgroup | Cookies | Lifespan |
| _fbp | kinship.org.uk | 3 months |
| fr | Facebook.com | 3 months |
| Google DoubleClick | doubleclick.net | 1 year |
| NID | Google.com | 6 months |
| test_cookie | Doubleclick.net | 1 day |
| tr | Facebook Pixel | session |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | YouTube | 179 days |
| YSC | YouTube | session |
| yt.innertube::nextId | YouTube | persistent |
| yt.innertube::requests | YouTube | persistent |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | YouTube | session |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | YouTube | persistent |
| yt-remote-device-id | YouTube | persistent |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | YouTube | session |
| yt-remote-session-app | YouTube | session |
| yt-remote-session-name | YouTube | session |
Cookie preferences
If you prefer not to receive cookies while browsing our website, you can set your browser to refuse all cookies that are stored on your computer. You can usually find these controls under the ‘Preferences’ or ‘Tools’ menu. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use or navigate through our website.
Changes to our cookie policy and further information
This policy was last updated in June 2021. We update our use of cookies (as well as this policy) when necessary, so please check regularly to keep up to date. You can also find out more information about cookies at www.aboutcookies.org.uk.