National Association of Independent Administrators’ Cookie Policy
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Thank you for checking out our cookie policy. We are committed to ensure our website and the use of cookies, complies with UK laws on privacy and data protection. This policy sets out the types of cookies we use, the exact cookies used on our website, whether we are using any third-party cookies, how you can control our use of cookies, what their expiry dates are and how you can get in contact with us for more information.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small files of information, usually containing letters and numbers, that websites store on your browser, or the hard drive of your computer. You must however agree to these cookies being stored for them to be stored on your device.
Our website needs to use these cookies so we can understand what works well with our website, and what we can do to improve. These cookies also allow us to distinguish you from other website visitors, helping us to provide you with a seamless experience on our site.
What type of cookies do you use?
We use the following cookie types:
Essential Cookies – These can also be known as Strictly Necessary Cookies, and they’re very important for us to make sure our website runs as it should. As a result, these cookies are always automatically enabled, to make sure our website works sufficiently. Some examples of uses of essential cookies include the distribution of website traffic across multiple servers – without the website speed being affected.
Analytical Cookies – These can also be known as Performance Cookies, and they gather information about how website visitors use a website. These cookies help us to keep count of the number of visitors on our website, and also helps us to understand how these visitors use our website. This enables us to understand what works well on our website, and what doesn’t work so well, so we can continuously improve the site for visitors.
Functionality Cookies – These make your experience on our website easier by remembering user preferences, and simplifying interactions. Some examples of what these cookies enable include remembering your language preferences, font sizes and your log-in details.
Advertising Cookies – These can also be known as Targeting Cookies. These cookies track your visits to our website, including the pages you visit, and any links you have followed from said pages. This information is then used to display adverts to you, based on what we have learned about your preferences from these cookies.
What exact cookies do you use on your website?
We’ve provided a detailed breakdown below of all the cookies we use on our website, and why we use them.
| Name and Type of Cookie | Why do we use this? |
|---|---|
| ‘crumb’ via the domain www.naia.org.uk and naia.org.uk – Essential Cookie | This cookie supports a secure, session-specific interaction with the website, enhancing user navigation and website functionality. This cookie has a duration of the session length only. |
| ‘wpEmojiSettingsSupports’ via the domain [INSERT] – Essential Cookie | This storage item is used by WordPress to check if the user’s browser supports emoji display. It ensures that emojis are rendered correctly on the website. It does not collect personal data. This cookie has a duration of the session length only. |
| ‘ss_cvt’ via the domain www.naia.org.uk – Functional Cookie | This cookie is used to support the functionality of the website, including tracking site usage and preferences to improve user experience. This cookie has a duration of 29 minutes and 54 seconds. |
| ‘ss_cvr’ via the domain www.naia.org.uk – Analytical Cookie | This cookie is used to track user interaction and detect potential problems. These insights are used to optimize the website's performance by improving load times and user experience. This cookie has a duration of 1 year and 1 month. |
| ‘ss_marketingCookiesAllowed’ via the domain www.naia.org.uk – Advertising Cookie | This cookie is used to store the user’s consent preference regarding marketing/advertising cookies. It ensures that advertising cookies are only activated if the user has given consent. It does not track personal data itself but records whether marketing cookies are permitted. This cookie has a duration of one month. |
| ‘ss_performanceCookiesAllowed’ via the domain www.naia.org.uk – Analytical Cookie | This cookie is used to store the user’s consent preference regarding performance cookies. It ensures that analytical/performance cookies (which track website usage to improve functionality and load times) are only set if the user has provided consent. This cookie has a duration of one month. |
Do you use any Third-Party Cookies?
Third party cookies are not set by us, but are set by other domains than the website you visit. These cookies are placed on website visitor’s devices by third-party outlets. Common examples of these third-parties can include social media platforms, analytical providers, and advertising networks.
We do not share any information collected from our cookies with any third parties.
How can I control these cookies?
You are able to control your use of cookies on our website. You can do the following:
Decline all cookies; and
Select certain cookies you wish to use, and reject other cookies.
To decide which cookies our website sets, follow the below steps:
Select ‘Manage cookies’ on our cookie pop up banner.
Select/de-select ‘Performance and Analytics’ and/or ‘Advertising’ dependent on your preference.
Select Save Preferences.
You can select “Reject All” in our cookie banner. But if you do so, this also blocks essential cookies, which means you may not be able to access all parts of our website, and our website may not work to the best of its ability for you.
What is the Expiry Period for your cookies?
Not including our use of essential cookies, all cookies expire after 1 year and 1 month.
How do I ask you for more information?
If you’d like to learn more about our use of cookies, or if you have any questions, please email the General Secretary at general.secretary@naia.org.uk
We will ensure we get back to you as soon as we can.