This Cookies Notice provides information about the types of cookies and how we use them on our website https://generation.earthshotprize.org/, and how you can exercise your choices about the use of cookies. If you do not accept our use of cookies please disable them following our guidance below.
This Cookies Notice is intended to be read alongside the Foundation’s Privacy Notice, which can be found here
Sections of this policy
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, laptop and/or mobile device, that contain details of your browsing history on the website and distinguish you from other users. They are widely used and help to provide you with relevant and personalised content and advertising, and help make websites work more efficiently. Your browser sends cookies back to the website every time you visit, so it can recognise you and can tailor what you see on the screen.
You can find out more about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org
Information supplied by cookies helps us build a picture of how people interact with the website, and how we can improve it. Types of cookies we use include:
The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why.
Name of cookie | Owner | Purpose | Duration |
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viewed_cookie_policy |
Webtoffee GDPR Cookie Consent |
The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin to store whether or not the user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
1 year |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary |
Webtoffee GDPR Cookie Consent |
Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the “Necessary” category . |
1 year |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary |
Webtoffee GDPR Cookie Consent |
This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Non Necessary”. |
1 year |
yt-remote-device-id |
YouTube |
This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Non Necessary”. |
never |
yt-remote-connected-devices |
YouTube |
YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. |
never |
_ga |
The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. |
2 years | |
_gid |
Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. |
1 day |
|
_gat_UA-201342327-1 |
A variation of the _gat cookie set by Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager to allow website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. The pattern element in the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. |
1 minute |
|
_ga_KWL3VMYNZG |
This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. |
2 years |
|
CONSENT |
YouTube |
YouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data. |
2 years |
By clicking accept when you first visit the website you consented to our use of cookies as updated from time to time. In particular, you consented to cookies being stored on your computer and/or mobile device (unless rejected or disabled by your browser). If you choose to customise the settings, then all non-necessary cookies are disabled by default. You also have an option to instantly reject any non-essential cookies which includes tracking cookies.
Banner text for the website only: We use cookies to make our website work more efficiently, to personalise your user experience, and to analyse traffic on our websites. Please select one of the following buttons to indicate your cookie preference. Full details about the cookies we use can be found in our Cookies Notice.
If you wish to restrict, block or delete the cookies which are set by our website, or indeed any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. How you do so will depend on the browser you use, but the Help function within your browser should tell you how. You can also set your browser to notify you each time new cookies are placed on your computer or other device. You may wish to visit www.allaboutcookies.org which contain comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers, as well as more explanation of how cookies work.
Click on the links below to find out how to change your cookie settings in:
You can also opt out of receiving cookies on the website for Google Analytics by visiting https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of our websites.
We may update our use of cookies from time to time and consequently we may update this Notice. We therefore recommend that you check this Notice regularly. Where necessary we may also notify you of changes to this Notice by email.
This Notice was last updated on 29th June 2022