Cookie Policy
Introduction
1.1 Hostelling Scotland may collect information about you when you visit our website.
1.2 To do this we will use cookies which are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Most browsers allow visitors some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit allaboutcookies.org.
- Categories and Types of Cookies
2.1 Hostelling Scotland uses a number of Google related cookies described below. Click here for an overview of privacy at Google. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. Users can also control the ads they see on Google and find out more about how the ads are selected for them by visiting google.com/adsettings. Alternatively, users can also manage and opt out of Google products and other third party cookies by visiting www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices.
Below is a summary of the cookies we use.
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Cookie |
Description |
Category |
Type |
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_Utma |
This cookie is part of Google Analytics and is primarily used to track visits to any site which uses Google analytics. _utma stores the number of visits made from the user's device, the time of the first visit, the previous visit, and the current visit. This cookie does not contain any personal information other than the IP address of the user's device. This is a third party cookie with an expiration time of 2 years. |
Persistent |
Performance |
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_ga |
This cookie is part of Google Analytics and is used to report the traffic that comes to the website, information on the source of where users come from or what campaign to explain how a user reaches the website. This is a third party cookie with an expiration time of 2 years. |
Session |
Performance |
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_gid |
This cookie is part of Google Analytics and is used to distinguish between users on the website. This is a third party cookie and expires after 24 hours. |
Session |
Performance |
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_cb-enabled |
This cookie allows us to show a cookie alert notice on a website. It is used to record when the user has dismissed the notice to prevent it re-appearing on return visits. |
Session |
Performance |