Use of Cookies Policy
This policy explains how we use cookies and similar technologies on www.cimspa.co.uk (our website). You can find out more information about who we are and how we use your personal data by reading our Privacy notice.
1. Information about us
The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity, is the owner and operator of www.cimspa.co.uk.
We are a charity Incorporated by Royal Charter Charity registration number 1144545.
2. Contact us
If you would like any information CIMSPA and its activities you can contact us by telephone on 03438 360200 or email info@cimspa.co.uk.
Our registered company address is: SportPark, 3 Oakwood Drive, Loughborough LE11 3QF
3. What are cookies and similar technologies?
3.1 A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers. When you visit our website cookies get stored on the computer or mobile device you are using, and we are able to access cookies stored from your previous visits. Cookies distinguish your computer or mobile device from others that are used to visit our website.
3.2 Our website and also use other technologies that do similar things to cookies. For example, the website uses pixel trackers and local storage and our apps use activity tracking.
3.3 In this policy we use ‘cookies’ to refer to cookies and those similar technologies.
4. What do we use cookies for?
4.1 Cookies allow different features of our website and to work. They also allow us to analyse how people use our website and apps to provide more tailored marketing.
4.2 We use the following categories of cookies on our website:
4.2.1 Strictly Necessary: These cookies are strictly necessary to enable us to provide services you have requested, including access to our website. They also help keep the website secure.
4.2.2 Functional: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and tailor the website to provide enhanced features and content for you. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. Without these cookies, our website cannot remember choices you’ve previously made or personalise your browsing experience.
4.2.3 Analytics and Optimisation: These cookies collect information about how you use our website. They allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. All the information these cookies collect is aggregated so we do not use it to learn about your individual use of the website. These cookies help us learn how our website is performing so we can make improvements and enhance your browsing experience.
4.2.4 Marketing: These cookies are used to tailor marketing to you and your interests. They remember that you have visited a website and this information may be shared with other organisations such as advertisers. These cookies can track your visits to other websites.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purpose of those cookies below.
5. Who else sets cookies on our website and apps?
5.1 When you visit our website some of the cookies are stored or accessed on your device by third parties (third party cookies).
5.2 When you use the cookie management feature on our website to allow or reject functional, marketing or analytics cookies your choices will apply to any third party cookies which are included in those categories as well.
5.3 The list of website cookies at the bottom of this policy shows which cookies are third party cookies, who provides them, and the purpose of the cookies.
6. How can you choose which cookies are used?
On our website:
6.1 The only cookies we use automatically are strictly necessary cookies.
6.2 We will only use functional, marketing, or analytics and optimisation cookies if you consent by selecting them via the cookie management feature on our website.
6.3 You can change your cookie preferences at any time by using the cookie management feature on our website. You may need to reload the page you are viewing for your new preferences to apply.
6.4 You can also delete cookies through your browser, and most browsers have settings that you can use to manage cookies.
7. How long do cookies last for?
7.1 Some cookies, known as ‘session cookies’ only last until you close your web browser. Other cookies, known as ‘persistent cookies’ are saved for longer so that they continue between different browsing sessions. You can delete persistent cookies by using the settings in your web browser.
8. What other information do we collect from your device?
8.1 When you visit our website or we automatically collect technical information such as:
- the internet protocol (IP) address you are using
- the browser type and version
- time zone setting and location
- browser plug-in types and versions
- operating system and platform
- app version (where applicable)
- language settings
- the date and time you accessed our digital services
8.2 We use this information to analyse and improve the performance of our website and apps and understand the geographic location of our users, keep our digital services secure and make sure that our content displays properly on your device.
8.3 You can find out more about how we use your personal data by reading our Privacy Policy.
9. Changes to this Use of Cookies policy
We will amend this Use of Cookies policy from time to time to ensure it remains up to date and reflects how we use cookies and similar technologies as well as any new legal requirements. Please visit our website to keep up to date with any changes as the current version of this policy will always be posted on our website.
10. Last update
This cookies policy was last updated on 20 September 2022.
Cookies list
All website pages
Name | Domain | Purpose | Explanation | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ai_session | www.cimspa.co.uk | Functional | This is a unique anonymous session identifier cookie | 30 minutes |
ai_user | .www.cimspa.co.uk | Functional | This is a unique user identifier cookie enabling counting of the number of users accessing the application over time. | 1 year |
ar_debug | .doubleclick.net | Marketing | This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to store and track conversions. | Session |
ARRAffinity | .www.cimspa.co.uk | Functional | When using Microsoft Azure as a hosting platform and enabling load balancing, this cookie ensures that requests from one visitor’s browsing session are always handled by the same server in the cluster. | Session |
ARRAffinitySameSite | .www.cimspa.co.uk | Functional | When using Microsoft Azure as a hosting platform and enabling load balancing, this cookie ensures that requests from one visitor’s browsing session are always handled by the same server in the cluster. | Session |
.AspNet.OpenIdConnect | .www.cimspa.co.uk | Functional | This cookie allows for the authentication of users. | Session |
ASP.NET_SessionId | .www.cimspa.co.uk | Functional | ASP.Net_SessionId is a cookie which is used to identify the users session on the server. The session being an area on the server which can be used to store session state in between http requests. | Session |
Bcookie | .linkedin.com | Marketing | This cookie is set by LinkedIn. The purpose of the cookie is to enable LinkedIn functionalities on the page. | 3 years |
CLID | www.clarity.ms | Analytics | The cookie is set by embedded Microsoft Clarity scripts. The purpose of this cookie is for heatmap and session recording. | 1 year |
CookieControl | .cimpa.co.uk | Functional | Cookie Control cookies. This cookie is set to remember the user’s preferences about cookies | 3 months |
DSID | doubleclick.net | Marketing | This cookie is used for targeting, analysing and optimisation of ad campaigns in DoubleClick/Google Marketing Suite | 2 weeks |
_ga | .cimspa.co.uk | Analytics | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. | 2 years |
_ga_* | .cimspa.co.uk | Analytics | Used by Google Analytics to identify and track an individual session with your device. | 2 years |
_gat_* | .cimspa.co.uk | Analytics | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. | 1 minute |
_gid | .cimspa.co.uk | Analytics | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | 1 day |
id | .doubleclick.net | Marketing | This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests and show relevant ads on other sites. | OPT_OUT: fixed expiration (year 2030/11/09), non-OPT_OUT: 13 months EEA UK / 24 months elsewhere |
lidc | .linkedin.com | Marketing | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. | 1 day |
li_gc | .linkedin.com | Functional | This cookie is used by LinkedIn to store consent of guests regarding the use of cookies for non-essential purposes. | 6 months |
li_sugr | .linkedin.com | Marketing | This cookie is used by LinkedIn to make a probabilistic match of a user’s identity outside the Designated Countries. | 3 months |
MUID | .clarity.ms | Marketing | This cookie is used by Microsoft as a unique identifier. The cookie is set by embedded Microsoft scripts. The purpose of this cookie is to synchronise the ID across many different Microsoft domains to enable user tracking. | 1 year 24 days |
__stid | .sharethis.com | Analytics | The __stid cookie is set as part of the ShareThis service and monitors user-activity, e.g. Web pages viewed, navigation from page to page, time spent on each page etc. | 1 year |
__stidv | .sharethis.com | Marketing | ShareThis cookie ID version | 1 year |
Embedded videos
Name | Domain | Purpose | Explanation | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
OptanonAlertBoxClosed | vimeo.com | Functional | This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information. | 1 year |
OptanonConsent | vimeo.com | Functional | This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor. | 1 year |
__cf_bm | vimeo.com | Functional | Cloudflare’s bot products identify and mitigate automated traffic to protect your site from bad bots. Cloudflare places the __cf_bm cookie on End User devices that access Customer sites that are protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. The __cf_bm cookie is necessary for the proper functioning of these bot solutions. | 30 minutes |
_abexps | vimeo.com | Functional | This Vimeo cookie helps Vimeo remember the settings you have made. This could be a preset language, region or user name, for example. In general, the cookie stores information about how you use Vimeo. | 1 year |
_ce.s | vimeo.com | Analytics | Tracks a recording visitor session unique ID, tracking host and start time | 1 year |
_cfuvid | vimeo.com | Functional | The _cfuvid cookie is only set when a site uses this option in a Rate Limiting Rule, and is only used to allow the Cloudflare WAF to distinguish individual users who share the same IP address. | Session |
_fbp | Vimeo.com | Marketing | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers | 3 months |
_ga | vimeo.com | Analytics | This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. | 1 year |
_ga_* | vimeo.com | Analytics | Used by Google Analytics to identify and track an individual session with your device. | 1 year |
_gac_* | vimeo.com | Analytics | Used by Google Analytics to store campaign information in order to provide Google Ads with a more reliable way to measure the interactions customers have with the business. | 90 days |
_gcl_au | vimeo.com | Analytics | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to understand user interaction with the website. | 3 months |
_uetvid | vimeo.com | Functional | This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website. | 1 year |
cf_clearance | vimeo.com | Functional | Used to verify user is not a bot; user/system has solved a CAPTCHA or Javascript challenge successfully | 30 minutes |
has_logged_in | vimeo.com | Functional | This cookie is used to check if a user has previously logged into a Vimeo account. | 1 year |
is_logged_in | vimeo.com | Functional | This cookie is used to check if a user is currently logged into a Vimeo account. | 1 year |
JSESSIONID | .nr-data.net | Functional | General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written in JSP. Usually used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server. | Session |
language | vimeo.com | Functional | This cookie is used to remember any selection a user has made about language on Vimeo, using the language selector, so that the site will be shown in their chosen language when returning to the site. | 1 year |
player | vimeo.com | Functional | This cookie saves your settings before you play an embedded Vimeo video. This means that the next time you watch a Vimeo video, you will get your preferred settings back. | 1 year |
_rdt_uuid | Vimeo.com | Marketing | This cookie is set by Reddit and is used for remarketing on reddit.com | 3 months |
sd_client_id | vimeo.com | Functional | This cookie ensures uptime for the embed player and is only set if the user is logged in to Vimeo. | 2 years |
Vimeo | vimeo.com | Analytics | This cookie obtains statistics about the player’s performance on customer sites and is only set if the user is logged in to Vimeo. | 1 month |
Vimeo_gdpr_optin | Vimeo.com | Functional | This cookie stores information about whether visitors have accepted Vimeo’s GDPR guidelines. | Persistent (10 years) |
vuid | vimeo.com | Analytics | This cookie created by Vimeo is used to assign a Vimeo Analytics unique id. | 1 year |
Embedded Maps
Name | Domain | Purpose | Explanation | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1P_JAR | .google.com | Marketing | These cookies are set via embedded Google product. They register anonymous statistical data on for example how many times the map is displayed and what settings are used. | 30 Days |
AEC | .google.com | Google security cookie used to confirm visitor authenticity, protect visitor data and prevent fraudulent use of credentials | This cookie is used by Google to ensure that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites. | 6 months |
APISID | .google.com | Marketing | This cookie is used by Google to display personalised advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions. | 1 year |
HSID | .google.com | Marketing | This cookie contains digitally signed and encrypted records of a user’s Google Account ID and most recent sign-in time. | 1 year |
NID | .google.com | Marketing | This cookie is used to show Google ads in Google services for signed-out users. | 6 months |
SAPISID | .google.com | Marketing | This cookie is used by Google to display personalised advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions. | 1 year |
SEARCH_SAMESITE | .google.com | Functional | This cookie is used to prevent the browser from sending this cookie along with cross-site requests. | 6 months |
SID | .google.com | Functional | This cookie contains digitally signed and encrypted records of a user’s Google Account ID and most recent sign-in time. | 1 year |
SIDCC | .google.com | Marketing | This cookie is used by Google to provide the identification of trusted web traffic. | 1 year |
SOCS | .google.com | Functional | This cookie is used by Google to store a user’s state regarding their cookies choices. | 13 months |
SSID | .google.com | Functional | This cookie contains digitally signed and encrypted records of a user’s Google Account ID and most recent sign-in time. | 1 year |
__Secure-1PAPISID | .google.com | Marketing | This cookie is used for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising. | 2 years |
__Secure-1PSID | .google.com | Marketing | This cookie is used for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising. | 1 year |
__Secure-1PSIDCC | .google.com | Marketing | This cookie is used for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising. | 1 year |
__Secure-3PAPISID | .google.com | Marketing | This cookie is used for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising. | 2 years |
__Secure-3PSID | .google.com | Marketing | This cookie is used for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising. | 2 years |
__Secure-3PSIDCC | .google.com | Marketing | This cookie is used for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising. | 1 year |
__Secure-3PSIDTS | .google.com | Marketing | This cookie is used for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising. | 1 year |
__Secure-ENID | .google.com | Functional | This cookie is used by Google to remember your preferences and other information. | 1 year |
Embedded magazines and documents
Name | Domain | Purpose | Explanation | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
__eoi | .issuu.com | Functional | Used by Google Ads | 6 months |
__zlcmid | .issuu.com | Functional | This cookie is used to enable the customer chat and messaging facility to function. | Session |
_fbp | .issuu.com | Marketing | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers | 3 months |
_ga_* | .issuu.com | Analytics | Used by Google Analytics to identify and track an individual session with your device. | 2 years |
_hjSessionUser_* | .issuu.com | Functional | Hotjar cookie that is set when a user first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the Hotjar User ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behaviour in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. | 1 year |
d | .quantserve.com | Marketing | Tracking of users and measure and improve performance and supports personalisation | 1 year |
iutk | .issuu.com | Marketing | Recognises the user’s device and what Issuu documents have been read. | 5 months |
mc | .quantserve.com | Marketing | This cookie is usually provided by Quantserve to track anonymous information about how website visitors use the site. | 1 year |
mp_* | .issuu.com | Analytics | Used to analyze users’ actions (such as browsing and clicking) | 1 year |
