The purpose of this policy is to inform users of these websites about what cookies are used when they visit these websites, how the cookies are used and the ways in which the cookies can be managed.
Privacy Policies
For details about what information is collected about you when you visit these websites, how this information is used, if it is disclosed and the way in which we protect user’s privacy, please refer to the privacy policies applicable to those individual websites. Any information submitted via these websites shall be subject to the terms of those individual privacy policies. You should be aware of these privacy policies and we encourage you to read the privacy policies on the websites you visit.
About cookies
In common with many other website operators, we may use standard technology called ‘cookies’ on these websites. Cookies are small text files containing pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive or other access device when you visit our websites. Depending on the services you request, or that are being made available on websites, the information stored in a cookie may relate to your browsing habits on websites, or a unique identification number so that the websites can “remember” you on your return visit. Cookies can be read by the websites on your subsequent visits. Generally speaking, cookies do not contain personal information from which you can be identified, unless you have furnished such information to the websites.
How we use cookies
Cookies are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of websites.
We use cookies to help make our sites function properly. We would also like to use cookies to continually improve our sites, offer you a better experience and deliver personalized content to you. Examples of functions performed by our cookies include:
- recognising that you may already have given an e-mail address or username and password so you don’t need to do it for every web page requested;
- measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and there’s enough capacity to ensure they are fast;
- analyzing anonymised data to help us understand how people interact with services provided on our websites so that we can make our website services better.
What cookies we use and why we use them
The cookies used on our websites are categorized between “on-site” cookies and “third party cookies.
Cookies can also be categorized between “session” cookies (which are deleted after the end of your browsing session) and “persistent” cookies (which survive after the end of your browsing session for an identified period of time).
Cookies can also be categorized between “session” cookies (which are deleted after the end of your browsing session) and “persistent” cookies (which survive after the end of your browsing session for an identified period of time).
On-site cookies:
These are our own cookies, controlled by us and used to provide information about usage of our websites. We may use on-site cookies that are necessary to deliver certain services to you – for example, to do things like save registration information, remember language selection and remember if you have voted in a poll. These cookies do not track your usage. The on-site cookies used by our sites are identified in the cookie lists provided below, along with details about why we use them and how long they will last.Third-party cookies:
These are cookies found in other companies’ internet tools, which are used to enhance our websites. For example, we use Google Analytics to track things like the number of people that are using our websites, where they are coming from and what content they are viewing. Such information is collected for statistical purposes only, it does not identify any individual and BCC will provide only aggregated data from these analyses to third parties. This helps us to measure whether we could improve areas of our websites.
The third party cookies in existence on our sites are identified in the cookie lists provided below. We do not control the dissemination of these cookies and you should check the third party websites for more information about these:
The third party cookies in existence on our sites are identified in the cookie lists provided below. We do not control the dissemination of these cookies and you should check the third party websites for more information about these:
Categories of cookies:
Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies enable basic functionality on our sites such as page navigation, access to secure areas, authenticating logins, and the delivery of other core functions. This category of cookies cannot be disabled on our sites. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the sites will not then work.
| Cookie | Description | On-site | Expiration |
|---|---|---|---|
| cookieNotice | Cookies acceptance | Y | 2 Month |
| AUTH_SESSION_ID | WR SSO (token) browser authentication session | Y | Session |
| KC_RESTART | WR SSO (token) browser authentication restart for use when registering | Y | Session |
| KEYCLOAK_LOCALE | WR SSO language | Y | Session |
| KEYCLOAK_IDENTITY | WR SSO (token) browser authentication session | Y | Session |
| KEYCLOAK_SESSION | WR SSO (token) browser authentication session | Y | 1 Month |
Analytics Cookies
We would like to use Analytics cookies provided by Google to help us to improve our website by collecting and reporting information on how you use it. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited these sites and will not be able to monitor their performance.
| Cookie | Description | Third Party | Expiration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _gid | Google ID. This cookie is used to group the user behavior together for each user | 1 Day | |
| _ga | Google Analytics. This cookie is the centerpiece among all cookies because it is the one used for visitor tracking.
Google Analytics identifies users by a unique identifier they call |
2 Years | |
| _gat | Google Analytics. Used to throttle request rate | 1 Minute |
Advertising Cookies
We would also like to use advertising cookies, which collect information, and combine it with previously collected information, to select and deliver advertisements for you, and to measure the delivery and effectiveness of such advertisements.
This includes using previously collected information about your interests to select ads, processing data about what advertisements were shown, how often they were shown, when and where they were shown, and whether you took any action related to the advertisement, including for example clicking an ad. These cookies may be on-site cookies or third party cookies as identified below.
This includes using previously collected information about your interests to select ads, processing data about what advertisements were shown, how often they were shown, when and where they were shown, and whether you took any action related to the advertisement, including for example clicking an ad. These cookies may be on-site cookies or third party cookies as identified below.
| Cookie | Description | Third Party | Expiration |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAID | These are publicity cookies used to improve advertising. | Y – Google Ads | 14 days |
| _gads | This cookie is used to target advertising for users and publishers.
The cookie remembers which advertisements a visitor has already seen and makes sure that they do not see the same advertisement repeatedly. |
Y – Google Ads | 13 month |
| _fbp | The Facebook pixel is an analytics tool that allows BCC to measure the effectiveness of our
advertising by understanding the actions people take on our website. |
Y – Facebook | 90 days |
| _ttp | The TikTok pixel is an analytics tool that allows BCC to measure the effectiveness of our
advertising by understanding the actions people take on our website. |
Y – ByteDance | 1 Year |
Other third party websites
Please note that our websites also contain links to other sites, such as third parties advertising on our websites from time to time and/or our websites may contain links to other websites, over which we have no control and are not covered by the terms of our cookie and/or privacy policies. If you access other websites using the links provided, the operators of those websites may use cookies and/or otherwise collect information from you in accordance with their privacy policies, which may differ from ours.
How to manage cookies
You can change the preferences or settings on your web browser to control and manage cookies. The procedure for changing the preferences or settings depends on the web browser that you have chosen to use. If you wish to manage cookies yourself, or stop your computer or other device accepting cookies, go to the help section of your browser where you will find information on how to do this.
In addition to the procedures detailed above, we have below, suggested links to websites to provide you with further information and procedures to follow to manage cookies. If you want to remove all tracking cookies from all of the websites you visit, here are links to three programmes that allow you to do this:
http://www.lavasoft.com
http://www.safer-networking.org
http://www.webroot.com
In addition to the procedures detailed above, we have below, suggested links to websites to provide you with further information and procedures to follow to manage cookies. If you want to remove all tracking cookies from all of the websites you visit, here are links to three programmes that allow you to do this:
http://www.lavasoft.com
http://www.safer-networking.org
http://www.webroot.com
Please note that by removing our cookies or disabling future cookies you may not be able to access certain areas or features of our websites, or to make full use of all of our websites’ features.