Help Cookie policy
This Cookies Policy sets out how MindMate (“we”, or “us”) uses cookies and other tracking technologies on our website (www.mindmate.org.uk).
We do not make use of cookies to collect any private or personally identifiable information.
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s browser while they are visiting a particular website. It contains simple information about the user’s identity but no personal information.
We only use cookies to help us improve the functionality of our website. The cookies used by our system contain random strings of characters alongside minimal information about the state and session of the website – which in no way collects or discloses any personal information about you as a visitor.
Third parties may use cookies to store or present information to you as a user, but this information/data is not personally identifiable.
We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected, and this website respects any consent you have given via our “Manage cookie preferences’’ button, or the cookie banner which is displayed at the bottom of the page when you visit our website.
This cookie policy should be read alongside our privacy policy, which explains how we use personal information.
If you are under the age of 13 you should get consent from a parent or guardian before consenting to non-essential cookies.
Cookies in use on this site:
Essential cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are normally set by actions taken on the website or by requesting services, such as saving your privacy settings, dismissing notices and completing forms. They do not store any personally identifiable information.
Cookie name: __cf_bm
Provider: fonts.net
Purpose: Allows fonts to be loaded by reading and filtering requests from bots.
Expires: 30 minutes
Cookie name: has-visited-professionals
Host: mindmate.org.uk
Purpose: Determines when the professionals banner is dismissed so it’s not displayed again.
Expires: 1 year
Cookie name: comment_author_
Host: mindmate.org.uk
Purpose: Remembers your name when you add a comment to one of our blog posts.
Expires: 1 year
Cookie name: moove_gdpr_popup
Host: mindmate.org.uk
Purpose: Stores cookie consent preferences.
Expires: 1 year
Non-essential cookies
These cookies are set by third party providers through services we have added to our website. Blocking these cookies may stop these services functioning properly.
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners and used by us to measure our marketing activity. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites, including on social media websites. They do not store your contact details, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet enabled device.
Cookie name: __Secure-1PSIDCC
Provider: google.com
Purpose: Builds a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant and personalised Google advertising.
Expires: 1 year
Cookie name: __Secure-3PSIDTS
Provider: google.com
Purpose: Collects information about your interactions with Google services and ads. It’s used to measure advertising effectiveness and deliver personalised content based on your interests. The cookie contains a unique identifier.
Expires: 1 year
Cookie name: __Secure-3PAPISID
Provider: google.com
Purpose: Profiles the interests of website visitors to serve relevant and personalised ads through retargeting.
Expires: 1 year
Cookie name: __Secure-1PAPISID
Provider: google.com
Purpose: Builds a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant and personalised Google advertising.
Expires: 1 year
Cookie name: __Secure-1PSID
Provider: google.com
Purpose: Builds a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant and personalised Google advertising.
Expires: 1 year
Cookie name: __Secure-1PSIDTS
Provider: google.com
Purpose: Builds a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant and personalised Google advertising.
Expires: 1 year
Cookie name: __Secure-3PSIDCC
Provider: google.com
Purpose: Build a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalised ads through Google retargeting.
Expires: 1 year
Cookie name: __Secure-3PSID
Provider: google.com
Purpose: Builds a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant and personalised Google advertising.
Expires: 2 years
Cookie name: __Secure-ENID
Provider: google.com
Purpose: This cookie is set by Google and is used to store user preferences and information, such as language preferences and customised search results.
Expires: 1 year
Cookie name: SAPISID
Provider: google.com
Purpose: Displaying personalised advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions. HSID, SSID, APISID and SAPISID cookies enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube.
Expires: 1 year
More information about SAPISID cookie
Cookie name: SSID
Provider: google.com
Purpose: Displaying personalised advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions. HSID, SSID, APISID and SAPISID cookies enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube.
Expires: 1 year
More information about SSID cookie
Cookie name: SID
Provider: google.com
Purpose: Contains digitally signed and encrypted records of a user’s Google Account ID and most recent sign-in time.
Expires: 1 year
Cookie name: APISID
Provider: google.com
Purpose: Displaying personalised advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions. HSID, SSID, APISID and SAPISID cookies enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube.
Expires: 1 year
More information about APISID cookie
Cookie name: HSID
Provider: google.com
Purpose: Displaying personalised advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions. HSID, SSID, APISID and SAPISID cookies enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube.
Expires: 1 year
More information about HSID cookie
Cookie name: SIDCC
Provider: google.com
Purpose: Providing the identification of trusted web traffic to Google.
Expires: 1 year
More information about SIDCC cookie
Cookie name: AEC
Provider: google.com
Purpose: Ensuring that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites for Google.
Expires: 6 months
Cookie name: NID
Provider: google.com
Purpose: Showing Google ads in Google services for signed-out users.
Expires: 6 months
More information about NID cookie
Cookie name: SOCS
Provider: google.com
Purpose: Storing a user’s state regarding their cookies choices.
Expires: 13 months
Cookie name: _ga
Provider: google.com
Purpose: Calculating visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site’s Google Analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors.
Expires: 1 year
More information about _ga cookie
Cookie name: _ga_W16V9MMR6F
Provider: google.com
Purpose: Distinguishing unique users in Google Universal Analytics 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 site’s analytics reports.
Expires: 1 year
More information about _ga_W16V9MMR6F cookie
Cookie name: DV
Provider: google.com
Purpose: Collecting information about how visitors use our site for Google.
Expires: 1 hours
Cookie name: SEARCH_SAMESITE
Provider: google.com
Purpose: Transmission of data to Google.
Expires: 6 months
Please note that you can manage and control cookies as desired.
You can delete existing cookies and configure your browser settings to block or alert you about new cookies being placed. However, blocking certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website.
Updates to this policy
We may update this cookie policy from time to time to reflect changes at MindMate, or to regulation/ legislation.
We therefore recommend that you check this policy regularly. We aim to notify you of any significant changes by way of a notice on our website or by contacting you directly when reasonably possible.
This policy was last updated 09/04/2024.
