Cookies Policy
Last Updated: 20 August 2020
Cookies help us to provide you with the best experience when using our website through insights into how the website is used. They also allow us to provide the full features of our website including logging in, registration and online purchases.
This page contains information on what ‘cookies’ are, how we use cookies and how to switch off cookies in your browser.
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookies are small files that are temporarily stored on your device. They allow websites to store such things as your preferences or remember your login details to make using the website easier. You can manage all these small files yourself and learn more about them from allaboutcookies.org
The below table shows the types of cookies which are frequently used by websites today, together with their purpose.
| Cookie Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Essential Cookies | Most websites use essential cookies for security and transactional purposes. These cookies store info on whether you are logged in or if you’re making a purchase. |
| Performance Cookies | Performance cookies collect and report on aggregate non-identifiable information, which helps to report on performance of the website by providing insights into how the website is used and can be improved. |
| Functional Cookies | These cookies help to support a websites functionality by identifying a users device on a unique but anonymous basis. They also help to identify the users language preferences. |
| Third Party Cookies | Third party cookies are placed on a users device. These are cookies from an alternative domain to the one the user is visiting. Third party cookies are often allowed by a web browser, however, they may be blocked, as they are widely used by advertisers to track browsing history. |
HOW DO WE USE COOKIES?
We use cookies to help you get the most out of the Orchestra Europa website and provide you with a better service. The below table sets out which cookies we use on the Orchestra Europa website, how long they last and their purpose.
| Cookie Name | Duration | Type | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| __cfduid | 1 year from date set | Functional | Applies security settings to the session. Set via our third party provider Cloudflare. Ensures HTTPS content is served. |
| _ga | 2 years from date set or updated | Performance | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. |
| gaexp | 4 months from date set | Performance | |
| _gat | When browsing session ends | Performance | |
| _gid | 1 week from date set | Performance | |
| orchestraeuropa_cookie_shown | 1 year from date set | Essential | This cookie allows us to know whether or not you have given consent to the use of cookies and therefore do not need to be presented with this consent request message again. |
| PHPSESSID | 7 hours from time set | Essential | Allows session cookies to be stored for the site to function. |
| sy_lang | 3 years from date set | Functional | Sets the language of the session to help with translation. |
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited.
gaexp
4 months from date set
Performance
_gat
When browsing session ends
Performance
_gid
1 week from date set
Performance
orchestraeuropa_cookie_shown
1 year from date set
Essential
This cookie allows us to know whether or not you have given consent to the use of cookies and therefore do not need to be presented with this consent request message again.
PHPSESSID
7 hours from time set
Essential
Allows session cookies to be stored for the site to function.
sy_lang
3 years from date set
Functional
Sets the language of the session to help with translation.
THIRD PARTY COOKIES
These cookies may be set through our website by other companies. Data may be collected by these companies that enable them to serve up adverts on other sites that are relevant to your interests.
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
__utma
__utmb
__utmc
__utmz
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The information collected is anonymous and does not identify a visitor. The data includes the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come from and the pages they visited.
For more information, visit Google's Privacy Policy
Click here to opt out of Google tracking across all websites
c_user
presence
xs
We use Facebook cookies to help us understand how much impact our ads are having. Facebook does not use cookies to create a profile of your browsing behaviour on third-party sites or to show you ads, although it may use anonymous or aggregate data to improve ads generally. You can remove or block cookies using the settings in your browser, but in some cases, this may impact your ability to use Facebook.
For more information, visit Facebook's Cookie Policy
YOUTUBE
PREF
VSC
remote_sid
We embed videos from our official YouTube channel. YouTube may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode.
For more information, visit Youtube's embedding videos information page
HOW DO I TURN COOKIES OFF?
It is usually possible to stop your browser accepting cookies, or to stop it accepting cookies from a particular website.
All modern browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. In order to understand these settings, the following links may be helpful.
Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
Cookie settings in Firefox
Cookie settings in Chrome
Cookie settings in Safari web and iOS.
