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On May 25th 2012 a European Union law was implemented by UK legislation, The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011, with a requirement that websites that leave non-essential cookies on visitors’ devices have to inform the visitor what these cookies are. This website complies with this law by providing information on the cookies we use so that if you choose you can either modify your browser settings to manage cookies or leave the website.
Our website uses cookies, as almost all websites do, to help provide you with the best experience we can. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile phone when you browse websites.
Our cookies help us:
We do not use cookies to:
You can learn more about all the cookies we use below
We use cookies to make our website work including:
If you switch off cookies on your browser this will stop certain function of our website working correctly, including placing a booking .
Our site, like most websites, includes functionality provided by third parties. A common example is an embedded YouTube video. Our site includes the following which use cookies:
Disabling these cookies will likely break the functions offered by these third parties
We use cookies to compile visitor statistics such as how many people have visited our website, what type of technology they are using (e.g. Mac or Windows which helps to identify when our site isn’t working as it should for particular technologies), how long they spend on the site, what page they look at etc. This helps us to continuously improve our website. These so called analytics programs also tell us if , on an anonymous basis, how people reached this site (e.g. from a search engine) and whether they have been here before helping us to put more money into developing our services for you instead of marketing spend.
We use: Google Analytics.
If the settings on your software that you are using to view this website (your browser) are adjusted to accept cookies we take this, and your continued use of our website, to mean that you are fine with this. Should you wish to remove or not use cookies from our site you can learn how to do this below, however doing so will likely mean that our site will not work as you would expect.
You can usually switch cookies off by adjusting your browser settings to stop it from accepting cookies – to learn more about cookies and how to change your browser settings visit the website www.allaboutcookies.org
| Cookie name | Cookie purpose |
| PHP Session PHPSESSID | The PHPSESSID cookie is native to PHP, the coding language used to build this Site. On our Site it is used to establish a user session and to pass data via a temporary cookie, which is commonly referred to as a session cookie. This cookie is essential in order to enable you to move around the Site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the Site. Without these cookies, services that you may ask for cannot be provided. As the PHPSESSID cookie has no timed expiry, it disappears when your browsing session on our Site is closed. |
| Google Analytics _utma _utmz _utmb _utmc | Used to collect information about how visitors use our Site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the Site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the Site, where visitors have come to the Site from and the pages they visited. Learn more about Google Analytics and privacy |
| Google ACCOUNT_CHOOSER GAPS LSID OGPC OTZ SAPSIDNID SID SSID PREF HSID APISID | Some of these cookies only show if you are logged in to a Google Account or are using Google Plus while browsing our Site. These are Google preference cookies, a unique identifier used by Google applications to store user preferences. Some of them may not be delivered depending on the browser being used. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. Learn more about Google’s Privacy Policy |
| Facebook act c_user datr locale lu p presence s x-src _e_undefined_2 xs | If you have a Facebook account, these cookies will allow you to share content on our Site with your Facebook contacts. You will be also able to tell if you or your Facebook friends ‘Liked’ any content on our Site in the past. The cookies will also send some non personal data to Facebook to gather aggregate information on how people interact with websites that use the Like button. Facebook do not use the information they receive to create a profile of your browsing behaviour or to show you targeted ads, although they may use anonymous or aggregate data to improve ads generally. Facebook delete or anonymise the information they receive within 90 days and don’t sell it to advertisers or share it without your permission Learn more about Facebook’s Privacy Policy |
| Share this __stdlxmap __stid __uset na_id na_tc | This cookie is set by the ShareThis social sharing widget. It allows ShareThis to count the number of unique users that share content and how many page views are generated from the resulting share. This cookie is used for analytical purposes and it doesn’t link to personal information. Even though it is a first party cookie, Wilderness Scotalnd have no control over it. Learn More about ShareThis Privacy Policy |