Cookie Policy

About this cookie policy.

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them. You should read this policy to understand what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used and how to control the cookie preferences. For further information on how we use, store and keep your personal data secure, see our Privacy Policy.

You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website.
Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.

Your consent applies to the following domains: crossroadshub.org.uk

What are cookies ?

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.

How do we use cookies ?

As most of the online services, our website uses cookies first-party and third-party cookies for a number of purposes. The first-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our websites are used mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

What types of cookies do we use ?

The cookies used on our website are grouped into the following categories.

Necessary

Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website.

Additional Cookies

Additional cookies add additional functionality to the website, such as showing external widgets, social media feeds, externally hosted videos and other media. They are not required for the core functionality of the site,. however disabling them may result in a lower quality user experience on the site and some elements of the site not working correctly.

Analytics

We set analytics cookies such as Google Analytics to track how people use our site so that we can understand how people use our site. While these cookies are not required for the website to function, they allow us to understand better how people use the site so we can update and improve it in future.

The below list details the cookies used in our website.

Necessary
Cookie Description
Swipen Cookies This site uses Swipen as a payment processor. Swipen sets several cookies to enable payments to be made on the site.
CookieConsent Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain
rc::a This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.
rc::c This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots.
wc_cart_created Necessary for the shopping cart functionality on the website.
wc_cart_hash_# Remembers what’s in your shopping cart
wc_fragments_# Remembers what’s in your shopping cart
woocommerce_cart_hash Helps WooCommerce determine when cart contents/data changes.
woocommerce_items_in_cart Helps WooCommerce determine when cart contents/data changes.
wp_woocommerce_session_# Contains a unique code for each customer so that it knows where to find the cart data in the database for each customer.
woocommerce_recently_viewed Powers the Recent Viewed Products widget.
store_notice[notice id] Allows customers to dismiss the Store Notice.
Additional
Cookie Description
IDE Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user.
test_cookie Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies.
Youtube Cookies This website embeds some vidoes from YouTube. For more information on how Youtube manages your data, please visit YouTube’s Policy page.

You can manage your cookies preferences by clicking on the “Settings” button and enabling or disabling the cookie categories on the popup according to your preferences.

How can I control the cookie preferences ?

Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Privacy & Cookie Policy” tab on your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.