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You can opt out of Google Analytics cookies by installing the <a href=\"https:\/\/tools.google.com\/dlpage\/gaoptout\">Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on<\/a>. You can read Google&rsquo;s overview of <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/analytics\/answer\/6004245\">data practices within Google Analytics<\/a>. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/privacy\/\">Privacy Notice<\/a> has more information about the data we collect using Google Analytics cookies and information we receive from other digital services. We use the following Google Analytics cookies on https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Purpose<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Expires<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>_ga_*<\/td><td>Store and count pageviews<\/td><td>1 year<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>_gid<\/td><td>Store and count pageviews<\/td><td>1 year<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>_ga<\/td><td>Store and count pageviews<\/td><td>1 year<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meta Pixel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We use Meta Pixel (formerly Facebook Pixel) on our website to help us understand how visitors interact with our content and to improve the relevance of our advertising on Meta platforms. Meta Pixel collects information such as your IP address, browser and device details, pages visited, and actions taken on our site. This data may be combined with other Meta services and transferred to Meta servers outside the UK, including in the United States.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We only activate Meta Pixel after you have given consent for cookies that measure website use. You can withdraw your consent at any time by visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/cookies\/\">Cookies on familyfund.org.uk<\/a> page and selecting your preferences. For more information about how Meta processes data, please see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/policy.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/policy.php<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Purpose<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Expires<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>_fbp<\/td><td>Stores and tracks visits across the website<\/td><td>3 months<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>CrazyEgg<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Crazy Egg&rsquo;s uses&nbsp;cookies to track how users interact with the site using heat maps to show elements that users engage with the most as well as monitoring traffic<em>:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Purpose<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Category<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Expires<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ce_*<\/td><td>Sets up users heat map tracking on first site visit.<\/td><td>Statistics<\/td><td>Session<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>_ce_&nbsp;<\/td><td>Manages crazy egg API functionality to track user inputs as well as checking returning visitors.&nbsp;<\/td><td>Statistics<\/td><td>Session<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>SearchWP<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>SearchWP is used by our site search engine &ldquo;SearchWP&rdquo; to track common search terms and help improve how we optimise the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Purpose<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Expires<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>swpext86386<\/td><td>This cookie is used by SearchWP Metrics to track clicks within the search results.<\/td><td>1 week<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cookies-set-by-other-websites-marketing\"><strong>Cookies set by other websites (marketing)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of our pages may contain content from other sites, like YouTube or Vimeo, which may set their own cookies. These sites are sometimes called &lsquo;third party&rsquo; services. This tells us how many people are seeing the content and whether it&rsquo;s useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, if you share a link to a Family Fund page, the service you share it on (for example, Facebook) may set a cookie. We have no control over cookies set on other websites &ndash; you can turn them off, but not through us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Hotjar<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We use Hotjar for heat maps and screen recordings. <a href=\"https:\/\/cookiedatabase.org\/service\/hotjar\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, please read the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.hotjar.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/6952777582999-Cookies-Set-by-the-Hotjar-Tracking-Code\">Hotjar Privacy Statement<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Purpose<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Expires<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>_hjSessionUser_2783269<\/td><td>Track site usage<\/td><td>session<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>_hjFirstSeen<\/td><td>Track site usage<\/td><td>364 days<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>_hjSession_2783269<\/td><td>Track site usage<\/td><td>session<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress<\/td><td>Track site usage<\/td><td>session<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>YouTube videos<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We use YouTube to show videos on some familyfund.org.uk pages. 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We&rsquo;ll set cookies so that your computer knows you&rsquo;ve seen it and not to show it again, and also to store your settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Purpose<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Category<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Expires<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CookieControl<\/td><td>Used by the Civic Cookie Control consent system to store the accepted cookie policy ID.<\/td><td>Functional<\/td><td>1 year<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Google reCAPTCHA cookies<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In some limited circumstances, we may use Google reCAPTHCA to help us detect fraudulent activity. We also use Google reCAPTCHA for spam prevention. Some of the data collected by reCAPTCHA cookies is forwarded to Google. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\">Google Privacy Policy<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\">Google Terms of Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Purpose<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Expires<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>rc::c<\/td><td>We use Google reCAPTCHA on this site to make sure that information (for example, in forms) is entered by a human and not by automated software.<\/td><td>session<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>rc::b<\/td><td>We use Google reCAPTCHA on this site to make sure that information (for example, in forms) is entered by a human and not by automated software.<\/td><td>session<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>rc::a<\/td><td>We use Google reCAPTCHA on this site to make sure that information (for example, in forms) is entered by a human and not by automated software.<\/td><td>persistent<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Google Translate cookies<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you choose to translate the page into a different language (for instance, choosing &lsquo;Cymraeg&rsquo; to translate the site into Welsh) this cookie will be set so that it retains the language setting between pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Purpose<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Expires<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>googtrans<\/td><td>Used to store a chosen language setting for use with Google translate.<\/td><td>session<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Other essential cookies<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Essential cookies keep your information secure while you use our website. 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