Cookies Policy
Potterish Cookies Policy
We sometimes place small data files on your computer. These are known as cookies. Most websites do this.
They improve things by:
- remembering settings, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you visit a new page
- remembering information you’ve given (eg your email) so you don’t need to keep entering it
- measuring how you use the website so we can make sure it meets your needs
Our cookies aren’t used to identify you personally. They’re just here to make the site work better for you. Indeed, you can manage and/or delete these small files as you wish.
Find out more about how to manage cookies (ICO website). Or please read on to find out more about how and where we use cookies.
How we use cookies
Potterish use cookies in several places – we’ve listed each of them below with more details about why we use them and how long they will last.
Optional cookies
These cookies can be turned on or off using the Cookies panel. To access the panel, navigate to the bottom of the page and select the Cookies icon.
Measuring website usage (Google Analytics)
We use Google Analytics to collect information about how people use this site. We do this to make sure it’s meeting its users’ needs and to understand how we could do it better.
Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. We do not collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are. We do not allow Google to use or share our analytics data.
The following cookies are set by Google Analytics.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | This randomly generated number is used to determine unique visitors to our site | 2 years |
| _gid | This randomly generated number is used to determine unique visitors to our site | 24 hours |
| _gat | This randomly generated number is used to reduce the number of requests made | 1 minute |
You can opt out of Google Analytics cookies by visiting this page on Google.
Advertising (Google Adsense)
We use Google Adsense to display advertising from Google Adsense network to help us with the running costs of Potterish.
Google Adsense stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. Collection, sharing, and use of personal data is for personalization of ads and can be opt-out, please check the links bellow:
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How Google uses Cookies
How to manage cookies in your browser
Types of cookies used by Google (including Analytics, Youtube and Adsense)
| Name | Purpose |
|---|---|
| NID | Cookie to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language, number of search results and safe search. |
| SID/HSID | Security cookies to authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use of login credentials, and protect user data from unauthorized parties |
| lbcs | Process cookies help make the website work and deliver services that the website visitor expects, like navigating around web pages or accessing secure areas of the website. |
| __gads __gac __gcl | Cookies to select advertising based on what’s relevant to a user; to improve reporting on campaign performance; and to avoid showing ads the user has already seen. |
| AID DSID TAID | Cookies which are used to link your activity across devices if you’ve previously signed in to your Google Account on another device. We do this to coordinate the ads you see across devices and measure conversion events |
Opting out of ads personalization
If a user opts out of ads personalization using Google’s Ads Settings, they will no longer receive personalized advertising from Google.
Measuring website usage WordPress/Jetpack
We use Jetpack from Automatic to collect information about how people use this site. We do this to make sure it’s meeting its users’ needs and to understand how we could do it better.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| stnojs | The Stats feature sets this admin-area-only cookie if the user requests to view stats reports without JavaScript turned on. | 2 days |
| tk_ai | Stores a randomly-generated anonymous ID. This is only used within the admin area and is used for general analytics tracking. | 24 hours |
| _gat | This randomly generated number is used to reduce the number of requests made | 1 minute |
Necessary cookies
These essential cookies do things like remember your progress through a form. They always need to be on.
Cookies from YouTube
On some parts of this site, we use YouTube to display videos. We embed videos using YouTube’s privacy enhanced mode, which only sets cookies once you play the video. YouTube will not store personally identifiable cookie information. Read more at Read more at YouTube’s embedding videos information page.
YouTube sets some or all of these cookies when you visit one of these pages.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| PREF | Used to remember user preferences such as language settings | 2 years |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Set when viewing a page with Youtube videos on it. It is set by Youtube so they can count the views of embedded Youtube videos on them | 9 months |
| VSC | Used by YouTube’s privacy enhanced mode | When you close your browser |
| remote_sid | Used by YouTube’s privacy enhanced mode | When you close your browser |
Read YouTube’s Privacy Policy.
Controlling Cookies
Visitors may wish to restrict the use of cookies, or completely prevent them from being set. Most browsers provide for ways to control cookie behaviour such as the length of time they are stored – either through built-in functionality or by utilizing third party plugins. If you disable cookies, please be aware that some of the features of our service may not function correctly.
To find out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit aboutcookies.org. For more details on your choices regarding use of your web browsing activity for interest-based advertising visit youronlinechoices.eu (EU based) or optout.aboutads.info (US based). On a mobile device, you may also be to adjust your settings to limit ad tracking.
You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing Google’s opt-out browser add-on.
