What is a cookie?

Cookies are small text files which save information about you when you use a website. If you agree to them, they are stored on your device. Cookies can make using a website easier because they remember information like what you put in your shopping basket or what you last searched for.

Cookies are used by website owners to provide you with a positive browsing experience, and to help make improvements.

Our site uses cookies to:

• Make our site work.
• Collect data on how users navigate our site, which helps us to improve it.
• Allow you to share our content on social networks.

We do not use cookies to:

• Collect any personal data.
• Pass personal data to third parties.

In this Cookies Policy, we use “cookies” as shorthand for any technology that stores information on your device, or gains access to information on your device (for example, pixels and Javascript tracking tags).

For more information on cookies, please see the Information Commissioner’s Office information on cookies.

A cookie is a text–only string of information that passes to your computer through your web browser so that the website can remember who you are. Our website cookies cannot be used by themselves to identify you.

While we do not store personal information in cookies, we do use Google Analytics, which sets cookies to track repeat visits to our website. We use this tool to tell us how our website is being used and how we can improve the user’s experience of it. We may also include content from third party websites, such as YouTube videos, which may use cookies. We do not use cookies that track your web usage after you have left www.crosslinks.org. If you do not wish to receive cookies you can easily modify your web browser to refuse cookies or to notify you when you receive a new cookie.

How do I manage my cookie settings?

Most internet browsers automatically accept cookies unless you change your browser settings. If you wish to restrict, block or delete the cookies which are set by any websites, you can generally do this through your browser settings. The “Help” menu in the toolbar of most web browsers will tell you how to do this, including how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable cookies altogether.

Please click below to find out how to do this on some popular browsers: 

• Google Chrome
• Microsoft Edge
• Mozilla Firefox
• Safari on Mac and phone/tablet

To delete or review cookies that are on your device, you will need to go into the settings of your browser and review them. You can find more information about cookies (including how to set your internet browser to reject cookies) here.

Changes to this policy

We may update how we use cookies (and this policy) from time to time. Please check regularly to keep up to date with any changes.