Cookies
A cookie is a small text file that is sent to your computer's hard drive when you visit a website. When you visit the website again, the cookie allows that site to remember who you are.
A cookie typically contains the name of the website from which it has come, the lifespan of the cookie and a value. The value is usually a unique code that will only make sense to the website that has issued it.
Cookies remember things like your colour scheme preferences, what's in your shopping cart or that you've already logged in so you don't need to do it for every page you visit on a website.
Cookies can also be used to measure how people use websites and what kind of browsers or devices they're using.
Controlling and deleting cookies
You can set your web browser to accept or reject cookies, or tell you when a cookie is being sent. You can also delete cookies from your computer. But note, some websites may not work properly with the cookie option turned off.
The following websites provide more information about cookies. This includes details of how to AboutCookies.org website tells you how to control and delete cookies on most browsers.
How to control cookies (AboutCookies.org, external website)
How to delete cookies (AboutCookies.org, external website)
Your Online Choices – guide to online behavioural advertising
Explains how online, targeted advertising works, how you can opt out of this and how you can make a complaint (external link)
BBC WebWise – what are cookies?
A basic introduction to cookies from the BBC's beginner's guide to using the internet (external Link)
Why we use cookies
We use cookies on this website to make your web experience quicker and easier. For example, cookies are used when you search the business directory to remember the details you have input as you move through the different pages of the directory.
We also use cookies to measure how and how many people are using our web services. We do not use cookies to store personal data and/or collect personal information.
Below is a list of the cookies used on this website. It will be updated as and when web services change or are added.
Cookies used on this website
Name: Mysheet
Description: Cascading style sheet size changer
Expires: 60 days
Name: ASP.NET_SessionId
Description: Random string identifying browsing session to server
Expires: When user exits browser
Cookies used by YouTube
YouTube videos are embedded on some page of the Wycombe for Business website. Cookies as on www.youtube.com
Name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Expires: 8 months
Name: use_hitbox
Expires: when you close your browser
Name: demographics
Expires: 494 days
Name: PREF
Expires: 7 days
Name: recently_watched_video_list
Expires: when you close your browser
Cookies for measuring use of the website
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics cookies to monitor how many people have visited the Wycombe for Business website, how long they spend on the site and what pages are looked at.
Name: _utma
Expires: 2 years
Name: _utmb
Expires: 30 minutes
Name: _utmc
Expires: When user exits browser
Name: _utmz
Expires: 6 months
For a full explanation of Google Analytics cookies see Cookies & Google Analytics (Google.com external website).
Services hosted by third parties
Google Maps cookies
These cookies are used when you follow the links to Google Maps from within the Commercial Land and Property database
Name: PREF
Description: Stores search preferences
Expires: 2 years
Name: NID
Description: Unique identifier to allow traffic analysis for Google Maps
Expires: 6 months
YouTube Channel Cookies
Wycombe for Business also has a YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/wycombe4business
Name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Expires: 8 months
Name: use_hitbox
Expires: when you close your browser
Name: demographics
Expires: 494 days
Name: PREF
Expires: 7 days
Name: recently_watched_video_list
Expires: when you close your browser