Cookies
Cookies are files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website.
They store information about how you use the website, such as the pages you visit.
Cookies are not viruses or computer programs. They are very small so do not take up much space.
How we use cookies
We only use cookies to:
- make our website work
- remember your preferences and settings (functional cookies), if you give us permission
- measure how you use our website, such as which links you click on (performance cookies), if you give us permission
You can change your cookie preferences on this website by clicking the ‘Manage cookies’ link in the footer.
The Cookies We Use
Cookies that make our website work
We use cookies to keep our website secure and fast.
List of cookies that make our website work
| Cookie name | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| cookie-policy | This cookie stores the preferences that you select | 6 months |
| cookies-preference | This cookie remembers you have set your cookie preferences to stop the cookie banner re-appearing. | 6 months |
| _GRECAPTCHA | This is one of several cookies generated to protect forms and transactions from spam | 6 months |
Cookies that measure website use
We also like to use analytics cookies. These cookies store anonymous information about how you use our website, such as which pages you visit or what you click on.
We’ll only use these cookies if you say it’s OK. We’ll use a cookie to save your settings.
Google Analytics
These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance, which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
This data helps us to understand:
Which pages people visit on the site
Which internet browsers are being used
What is popular on the site
Which interactive tools are used by visitors
Our Google Analytics data retention period is currently set to 26 months; all new data will reset the retention period of the user identifier with each new event from that user (thus setting the expiration date to current time plus retention period).
List of cookies that measure website use
| Cookie name | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| _gid | Used to distinguish users. | 24 hours |
| _ga | Used to distinguish users. | 2 years |
| __utma | Used to calculate new and returning visitor through links | 2 years |
Privacy on this website
Your data, how we collect it and how we store it
You can view our data privacy notice on our GDPR page
No personally identifiable information is collected about you unless you explicitly submit that information on this website. We are not able to single out any single user of our website using the data we collect.
If you pass information to us through the website including contact information we may use this to reply to your communication, provide you with services, alert you to other relative information, events, news, etc. We will keep your information confidential and secure, and we will only use it within St. Peter’s in accordance with our Data Privacy Notice.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Third Parties
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to help us analyse how visitors use this site, if you give us permission.
The anonymised information generated by Google Analytics cookies about your use of this website is transmitted directly to Google. This information is processed to compile statistical reports on website activity for this website only. We use these reports to evaluate aggregate visitor usage so that we can optimise the content, and its marketing, to better meet your needs.
Find an overview of privacy at Google
Find out how Google Analytics anonymises IP addresses
Opt-out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites
Get Insights
In addition to Google Analytics, we also use ‘Get Insights’. Unlike Google Analytics, Get Insights is always running but does not place any cookies on your device. The information it sends tells us about how visitors use our websites, for instance, which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. Get Insights don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information collected is aggregated, anonymised and only retained for as long as is nessecary.
This data helps us to understand:
Which pages people visit on the site
Which internet browsers are being used
What is popular on the site
Which interactive tools are used by visitors
YouTube & Vimeo
If you play an embedded video on our site, there may a cookie set by YouTube or Vimeo containing anonymous, non-personally-identifiable information (unless you are logged in to a google account, if so you can find your privacy settings within your account settings) about the number of playbacks of embedded videos. To find out more please visit YouTube’s embedding videos information page. You can find out more on the Google Privacy Policy (Google owns YouTube) and the Vimeo Privacy Policy.