Cookies

Cookies are small data files placed on your computer to help websites run more smoothly.

Our cookies are used to:

  • remember your settings, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them
  • remember the notifications you’ve seen so we don’t keep showing them to you
  • understand how you use the website so we can make improvements to suit your needs.

Our cookies aren't used to identify you personally. They're just here to make the site work better for you.

Cookies we use

First Party and Session Cookies

First-party cookies are those set by the "barcouncil.org.uk", "directaccessportal.co.uk", "pupillagegateway.com" and "mybar.org.uk" domains.

Session Cookies are only stored temporarily in the browser's memory and are destroyed when it is closed down, although they will survive if navigating away from the website they came from. Websites use session cookies for essential site functions such as logins, remembering your selections or preferences that you’ve previously made when looking at information or using features and services of the website.

Name
Description
Expires

__cfduid

Cookie associated with sites using CloudFlare, used to speed up page load times.

After 29 days

_PRESIDE_LANGUAGE

Works in conjunction with DEFAULTLOCALE Cookie to determine language preferences.

When the user closes their browser

cftoken

Used to maintain a user session with the web application server.

When the user closes their browser

cfid

Works in conjunction with cftoken and is used to maintain a user session with the web application server.

When the user closes their browser

PSID

Preside Session ID used to maintain a user session with the web application server.

When the user closes their browser

CookieControl

Remember a user's cookie preferences.

After 364 days

DEFAULTLOCALE

Cookie for determining language preferences.

When the user closes their browser

JSESSIONID

Generated by the Application Server and used for session management in J2EE for the HTTP protocol.

When the user closes their browser

VID

Unique ID created by Preside for identifying site visitors.

After 364 days

PRESIDESHOPPINGCARTSESSION

Created by Preside for shopping cart state.

After 364 days

PRESIDEARTICLEACCESSLIMIT

Cookie stored when user visit article which has metered subscription.

Session 

 

Find out more about how to manage your cookies.

Third Party Cookies

We use a number of suppliers who may also set cookies for their websites. These cookies are typically used to track browsing habits or to serve up targeted advertising, etc.

Website usage cookies (Google Analytics)

We use Google Analytics to collect information about how you use the site so we can make sure it meets your needs and understand how it can be improved.

Google Analytics stores information about the pages you visit, how long you stay, how you get here and what you click on.

We don't use cookies to collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so we can't identify you and we don't allow Google to use or share our data.

Google has developed a tool to help you opt out of Google Analytics cookies.

Name
Description
Expires

_dc_gtm_UA-#

Used by Google Tag Manager to load Analytics scripts.

After one day

_ga

Registers a unique ID for Google Analytics purposes.

After two years

_gat

Used to throttle request rate.

One minute

_gat_gtag_UA_xxxxxxxx_x

Same as the _gat only Google uses this cookie when Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager.

One minute

_gat_UA-xxxxxxx-xx

Limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.

One minute

_gid

Works in conjunction with _ga (above) to track user interactions with the website.

After one day

collect

Sends data back to Google for analytics purposes.

When the user closes their browser

DSID

Used by DoubleClick to link your activity across devices if you’ve previously signed into your Google Account on another device

After one year

IDE

Used by DoubleClick to store information about users' interaction with the site and any advertising they may have seen before visiting.

After one year

OGPC

Used by Google Maps to function.

After 31 days

rc::c

Used by Google's reCAPTCHA to filter out spam and bot traffic.

When the user closes their browser

_gcl_au

Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services.

Two months and seven days

1P_JAR

Build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising.

One month

ANID

Build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising.

Two years

APISID

Build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising.

Two years

HSID

Allows Google to authenticate users to show relevant & personalised ad content.

Two years

LOGIN_INFO

Build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising.

Two years

SAPISID

Build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising.

Two years

SID

Allows Google to authenticate users to show relevant & personalised ad content.

Two years

SIDCC

Help customise advertising on Google properties by remembering your most recent searches, your previous interactions with an advertiser's ads or search results and your visits to an advertisers website. 

One year

SSID

Help customise advertising on Google properties by remembering your most recent searches, your previous interactions with an advertiser's ads or search results and your visits to an advertisers website. 

 Two years

__Secure-3PAPISID

Build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising.

Two years

__Secure-3PSID

Build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising.

Two years

__Secure-APISID

Build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising.

15 days

__Secure-HSID

Allows Google to authenticate users to show relevant & personalised ad content.

15 days

__Secure-SSID

Help customise advertising on Google properties by remembering your most recent searches, your previous interactions with an advertiser's ads or search results and your visits to an advertisers website. 

15 days

 

Social Media

If you share any content using our social media sharing tools, the relevant cookies listed below will be applied.

AddThis

Name
Description
Expires

__atrfs

This cookie is used to collect non-personal information on the visitor's behavior and non-personal visitor statistics, which can be used by a third-party ad-targeting agency.

After one minute

__atuvc

Updates the counter of a website's social sharing features.

After one year

__atuvs

Ensures that the updated counter is displayed to the user if a page is shared with the social sharing service, AddThis.

After one day

loc

This cookie is set by AddThis. This is a geolocation cookie to understand where the users sharing the information are located.

After one year

uvc

The cookie is set by addthis.com to determine the usage of Addthis.com service.

After one year

xtc

Registers the user's sharing of content via social media.

After one year

mus

Add this store the profile status.

13 months

na_id

Pending

13 months

na_tc

Pending

13 month.

ouid

Unique Oracle user ID.

13 months

ssc

Pending

13 months

uid

Machine generated user ID.

13 months

 

ShareThis

Name
Description
Expires

_stid

ShareThis cookie ID

After one year

_stidv

ShareThis cookie ID version

After one year

_vwo_uuid_v2

VWO cookie calculates unique traffic on a website

After one year

 

Facebook

Name

Description

Expires

_fbp

This cookie is set by Facebook to deliver advertisements when they are on Facebook or a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting this website.

After three months

fr

The cookie is set by Facebook to show relevant advertisements to the users and measure and improve the advertisements. The cookie also tracks the behaviour of the user across the web on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.

After three months

 

LinkedIn

Name
Description
Expires

bcookie

Browser ID cookie. The purpose of the cookie is to enable LinkedIn functionalities on the page.

After two years

bscookie

This cookie is a secure browser cookie set by Linked share Buttons and ad tags.

After two years

Lang [x3]

This cookie is used to store the language preferences of a user to serve up content in that stored language.

When the user closes their browser

lidc

This cookie is set by LinkedIn and used for routing.

After one day

li_sugr

Browser identifier.

After three months

lissc

Pending

After one year

UserMatchHistory

LinkedIn Ads ID syncing.  

After 30 days

 

Twitter

Name
Description
Expires

gt

Pending

Pending

guest_id

Detects whether a user is logged into Twitter.

After two years

personalization_id

Integrates social sharing capabilities.

After two years

lang

This cookie is used to store the language preferences of a user to serve up content in that stored language.

When the user closes their browser.

tfw_exp

Integrates social sharing capabilities.

After two years

metrics_token

Used by twitter to provide embedded content.

36 Days

 

YouTube

Name
Description
Expires

CONSENT

Facilitates embedded YouTube videos.

When the user closes their browser

GPS

Gives Google/YouTube location data when a user watches a video.

After one day

PREF

Gives Google/YouTube information on how people use YouTube.

After eight months

remote_sid

This cookie is set by the YouTube video service on pages with embedded YouTube video. 

When the user closes their browser

test_cookie

Used by YouTube to determine whether a user's browser accepts cookies.

After one day

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

A cookie that YouTube sets that measures your bandwidth to determine whether you get the new player interface or the old.

After five months

YSC

Used to track the views of embedded videos.

When the user closes their browser

 

Vimeo

Name
Description
Expires

_mkto_trk

Used to track users for the Vimeo video.

After seven months

continuous_play_v3

Used to track whether continuous play is on or not for a user.

After seven months

player

Used to enable Vimeo player.

One year

vuid

Unique visitor id.

Two years

 

Other tracking

Bing

Name

Description

Expires

MUID

Unique user identifier used for advertising, site analytic, and other operational purposes.

One year 24 days

MR

Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie used to measure the use of the website for internal analytics.

Seven days

MR2

Pending

Seven days

_uetvid

To store and track visits across websites.

16 days

_uetsid

Used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that may be relevant to the end user perusing the site.

One day

 

Payment Gateways

If you make a payment through our MyBar site, the following cookies will be applied.

SagePay

Name

Type

Description

Expires

_utma

Analytic/Non-essential

SagePay's own implementation of Google tracking capabilities to determine who is listening to a track.

After two years

NSC_xxx-xxxxxxx-xxx

Functional/Necessary

Used by SagePay to remember customer information used to complete e-commerce transactions.

When the user closes their browser

 

Apple Pay

Name

Description

Expires

See: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/cookies/ 

Google Pay

Name

Description

Expires

See: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=en-US