Cookie Policy

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. By continuing to browse our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.

We use the following cookies:

  • Strictly necessary cookies -These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
  • Analytical/performance cookies -They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
  • Functionality cookies -These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

No. Cookie Name Purpose More information
1. WordFence (WordPress security plugin) wfvt_981514052 This is a security plugin for WordPress. The cookie is only valid during current browser session and it will be deleted when you close browser. Size: 64 bytes

http Only This cookie is not readable by client-side JavaScript code. It is used for both www.woodsford.com and woodsford.com

2. ApplicationGateway
Affinity
This cookie is for load balancing of web traffic on the site. The cookie is only valid during current browser session and it will be deleted when you close browser. Size: 64 bytes
3. Google Analytics tracking cookie _ga cookie This is used for visitor identification, it will identify users across different browsing sessions but not across different browsers or devices. This cookie allows us to estimate our audience size and usage patterns.

This cookie expires in 730 days Size: 26 bytes. It is used for both www.woodsford.com and woodsford.com

https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
4. Google Analytics User Journey tracking cookie _gid cookie This is used for tracking user journeys from page to page on the site. This cookie expires in 1 day, Size: 26 bytes. It is used for both www.woodsford.com and woodsford.com

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.

You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after 1 day or 730 days, depending on the cookie.