What are cookies?
Cookies are files or pieces of information that can be stored on your computer (or on other devices with internet access, such as a smartphone or tablet) when you visit the 14-18 NOW website. A cookie usually contains the name of the website where the cookie comes from, the “lifetime” of the cookie (ie how long the cookie will remain on your computer / device) and a value that usually consists of a randomly generated unique number.
What do we use cookies for?
We use cookies to make the 14-18 NOW websites easier to use and to better tailor the site to your interests and needs. Cookies can also be used to improve the speed of your future activities and sessions on our websites. We also use cookies to compile anonymous, aggregated statistics with which we can gain insight into the way people use our website, so that we can improve the structure and content of the websites. We can not personally identify you on the basis of this information.
Cookies used on 14-18 NOW
Cookies are usually set when you visit a particular page on the 14-18 NOW website, or if you take a particular action, such as filling in an online form.
The information we collect via cookies consists usually of things like IP addresses, sites visited and actions taken. We don’t use them to identify you by name, or record things like email addresses or bank details
The 14-18 NOW website also contains third party cookies set by other organisations.
We set cookies on the I14-18 NOW website to enable it to carry out certain functions, such as remember the information you have entered on an online form. These are known as first party cookies.
We also use cookies to help us understand visitors to the 14-18 NOW website – what other sites they have visited and whether they responded to any 14-18 NOW online advertising. These may be set directly by us (first party cookies) or by other organisations (third party cookies).
The table below gives an overview of the different types of cookies that we use on the 14-18 NOW website, together with their respective purpose and duration (ie how long each cookie stays on your device / computer).
What types of cookies do the 14-18 NOW websites use?
As a visitor, you can choose three levels of cookie use. When choosing cookies, you will receive a minimum set of cookies, with some functionalities missing on the website. When choosing optimal, the standard setting, you get the most rich website experience as you always were used to. There are three categories that may be used on the websites:
| Category | Description |
| Necessary | Anonymous cookies that allow users to view 14-18 NOW websites and use the features on the websites, such as forms. In addition, anonymous cookies are used to gain insight into the use and performance of the website. These are so-called analytics cookies. |
| Functional | Cookies with which 14-18 NOW websites can record the choices and preferences of visitors. It is also possible to share certain content with third parties (social functions), show content from sites such as Youtube, give feedback on the website and participate in market research. |
| Optimal | With this setting you choose the best 14-18 NOW experience, but also outside our 14-18 NOW websites. Relevant content and / or advertisements are limited and preferences are recorded so that we are better able to make you a relevant offer on our website (s). In some cases, cookies from our websites can also be linked to customer data known to us. |
- Necessary Cookies
| Who places the Cookie? | Names of Cookie | Description | How long does the cookie remain? |
| Google Analytics | _ga
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These are first-party cookies placed to get a better understanding of the behaviour of the visitor to this website. This will then improve the user experience on this website and on other channels used by this website. | Up to 2 years |
| 14-18 NOW | PHPSESSID | This session cookie is used to determine the session ID of the user. | N/A |
- Functional Cookies
| Who places the Cookie? | Names of Cookie | Description | How long does the cookie remain? |
| Google Analytics | __utma,
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There are (session) cookies placed to get a better understanding of the behaviour of the visitor to this website. This will then improve the user experience on this website and on other channels used by this website. | Up to 2 years |
| 14-18 NOW | 1418-seenheadernotification
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These cookies are set to remember user preferences on the website | Up to 1 year |
| personalization_id
_twitter_sess ct0 external_referer guest_id |
This third party cookie to personalise a users experience when using Twitter social share functionality | Up to 2 years | |
| Vimeo | JSESSIONID
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These cookies are set by Vimeo to track and personalise usage of Vimeo video player embeds | Up to 2 years |
| YouTube | PREF
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE YSC |
These cookies are set by YouTube to track and personalise usage of the YouTube video player embeds | Up to 1 year |
- Optimal Cookies
| Who places the Cookie? | Names of Cookie | Description | How long does the cookie remain? |
| Lucky Orange | __lotr
_lo_np_<Pol> _global_lucky_opt_out _lo_u _lo_rid _lo_v _lo_cid AWSELB __cfduid _lo_uid lo_session_in _lorid __lotl _lo_uid |
These are cookies placed to get a better understanding of the behaviour of the visitor to this website. This will then improve the user experience on this website and on other channels used by this website. | Up to 10 years |
| Hot Jar | _hjClosedSurveyInvites
_hjDonePolls _hjMinimizedPolls _hjDoneTestersWidgets _hjMinimizedTestersWidgets _hjIncludedInSample |
These are first-party cookies placed to get a better understanding of the behaviour of the visitor to this website. This will then improve the user experience on this website and on other channels used by this website. | Up to 1 year |
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This is a third party cookie set so we can re-market adverts to you via Facebook | Up to 2 years
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We use third party cookies to make advertising more engaging to users and more valuable to publishers and advertisers. Some common applications of cookies are to select advertising based on what’s relevant to a user; to improve reporting on campaign performance; and to avoid showing ads the user has already seen. | 3 months |
This cookie statement was published on 15th May 2018. We are constantly working on supplementing and improving this. We therefore recommend reviewing this statement regularly to keep abreast of changes.