Cookies Policy
What are cookies?
“Cookies” are small files sent to your computer, tablet or mobile phone browser when you enter a website. They’re stored by your browser on the device and can be used for a variety of purposes such as:
- identifying your previous visits to a website,
- researching the most popular features of a website, or
- letting you move between pages without asking you to log in multiple times.
You can find out more about cookies by visiting the ICO website.
Cookies and the law
Like many other websites, we use cookies to deliver our services online. The EU Cookie Law, or the ePrivacy Directive, was put in place on 26 May 2011. This law states that cookies can only be used by a website with the specific consent of its users to control how personal information is collected and processed. Additionally, the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) requires that users must consent to the use of the cookies before they’re used.
How does The Mix use cookies?
The Mix does not use cookies to collect personal information about you. We try to use cookies only where it’s strictly necessary to provide our services. We also use cookies to develop a clearer picture of which parts of The Mix are the most popular to help us develop our services. The Mix never uses cookies for targeted advertising, or any form of advertising. We do not carry adverts or paid-for links on our website.
How to reject cookies from The Mix
You can accept or reject cookies via the pop-up presented on our website. Please be aware that disabling cookies might interfere with the way The Mix is able to provide services for you.
Browsers automatically accept cookies but you can also set your browser to reject them. To find out how to reject cookies from your browser, select the link for the browser you’re using:
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Chrome
Safari
iPhone/iPad Safari
Opera
Cookies on third party websites
When you follow a hyperlink from The Mix to a third-party website, it’s up to you to review the cookie policy of that site as we have no control over other website’s privacy policies. Therefore, The Mix cannot accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of third party websites and your use of such websites is at your own risk.
Understanding cookies used by The Mix
Necessary cookies
These are cookies that are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
| Cookie group | Cookie Name | Cookies used | Description | Lifespan |
| community.themix.org.uk | __vnOz0, __vnOz1 | Functioning of community software. | 1 day | |
| community.themix.org.uk | vanilla/checkedDiscussionsIDs, vanilla/pendingDiscussionIDs | Third Party | Functioning of community software. | Session |
| googleapis.com | CONSENT | Third Party | Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. | 2 years |
| themix.org.uk | __cfruid | Used by Cloudflare to deliver website content. | Session | |
| themix.org.uk | CookieConsent, PHPSESSID | Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain. | 1 year | |
| vcc-eu7.8×8.com | __8x8Chat-script_3339347585939264a55c622.61218547 | Third Party | Persistent | |
| youtube.com | CONSENT | Third Party | Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. | 2 years |
Performance cookies
These are cookies that allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most popular and see how visitors move around the site. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
| Cookie group | Cookie Name | Cookies used | Description | Lifespan |
| themix.org.uk | _hjIncludedInSessionSample, _hjIncludedInPageviewSample | Registers data on visitors’ website-behaviour. | 1 day | |
| themix.org.uk | _ga, _gid | Used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 2 years | |
| themix.org.uk | _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | 1 day | |
| themix.org.uk | _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | Used to count how many times a website has been visited. | 1 day | |
| themix.org.uk | _hjFirstSeen | Used to determine if the visitor has visited the website before. | 1 day | |
| themix.org.uk | _hjSession_#, _hjSessionUser_# | Collects statistics on the visitor’s visits to the website. | 1 day | |
| themix.org.uk | _hjTLDTest | Registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website. | Session |
Functional cookies
These are cookies that enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
| Cookie group | Cookie Name | Cookies used | Description | Lifespan |
| googleapis.com | NID | Third party | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. | 6 months |
| themix.org.uk | uLocHash, uLocValidUntil | Allows function of the website | Session |
Targeting cookies
These are cookies that may be set through our site by our partners. They may be used by these companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.
| Cookie group | Cookie Name | Cookies used | Description | Lifespan |
| google.com | _GRECAPTCHA | Used to distinguish between humans and bots. | 179 days | |
| google.com | CONSENT | Third party | Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. | 2 years |
| adnxs.com | anj, uuid2 | Third party | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. | 3 months |
| doubleclick.net | IDE | Third party | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions. | 1 year |
| facebook.com | fr, sb, tr | Third party | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding. | 3 months |
| google.com | rc::a, rc::b, rc::c | Third party | Used to distinguish between humans and bots. | Persistent |
| google.com | ads/ga-audiences | Third party | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors based on online behaviour. | Session |
| google.com | pagead/1p-user-list/# | Third party | Tracks if the user has shown interest in specific products or events across multiple websites. | Session |
| themix.org.uk | _grecaptcha | Third party | Used to distinguish between humans and bots. | Persistent |
| themix.org.uk | fbssls_ | Collects data on the visitor’s use of the comment system & articles. | Session | |
| themix.org.uk | _fbp | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding. | 3 months | |
| youtube.com | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Third party | Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. | 179 days |
| youtube.com | YSC | Third party | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Session |
| youtube.com | ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY, yt-remote-cast-available, yt-remote-cast-available, yt-remote-connected-devices, yt-remote-device-id, yt-remote-fast-check-period, yt-remote-session-app, yt-remote-session-name | Third party | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Persistent |