website cookie statement
How our website uses cookies and tracking technologies
This Cookie Policy explains how Winchester City Penguins Swimming Club uses cookies and similar technologies to recognise you when you visit our website at https://wcpsc.org.uk ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them. In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.
Last updated 29th July 2025
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What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Winchester City Penguins Swimming Club) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
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Why do we use cookies?
We use first- and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.
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How can I control cookies?
Our website informs first time visitors that we use cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. The specific types of first- and third-party cookies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described below.
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Performance and functionality cookies
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customise our Website for you.
| Name: | VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA |
| Purpose: | To store the user's cookie consent state for the current domain |
| Provider: | youtube.com |
| Service: | YouTube View Service Privacy Policy |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | 5 months 27 days |
| Name: | __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN |
| Purpose: | Is used by YouTube to manage the phased rollout of new features and updates |
| Provider: | youtube.com |
| Service: | YouTube View Service Privacy Policy |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | 5 months 27 days |
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Analytics and customisation cookies
These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.
| Name: | NID |
| Purpose: | Set by Google to set a unique user ID to remember user preferences. Persistent cookie that stays for 182 days. |
| Provider: | google.com |
| Service: | Google View Service Privacy Policy |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | 6 months |
| Name: | _ga_# |
| Purpose: | Used to distinguish individual users by means of designation of a randomly generated number as a client identifier which allow calculation of visits and sessions |
| Provider: | wcpsc.org.uk |
| Service: | Google View Service Privacy Policy |
| Type: | http_cookie |
| Expires in: | 1 year, 1 month, 4 days |
| Name: | s7 |
| Purpose: | Gather data regarding site usage and user behaviour on the website |
| Provider: | www.wcpsc.org.uk |
| Service: | Adobe Analytics |
| Type: | html_local_storage |
| Expires in: | Persistent |
| Name: | _ga |
| Purpose: | Records a particular ID used to come up with data about website usage by the user |
| Provider: | wcpsc.org.uk |
| Service: | Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy |
| Type: | http_cookie |
| Expires in: | 1 year, 1 month, 4 days |
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Advertising cookies
Although we do not display adverts on our website, these cookies are used to provide reporting about the performance of our advertising campaigns through other websites such as Facebook and Instagram.
| Name: | lastExternalReferrerTime |
| Purpose: | Detects how the user reached the website by registering their last URL address |
| Provider: | www.wcpsc.org.uk |
| Service: | Meta Platforms, Inc. View Service Privacy Policy |
| Type: | html_local_storage |
| Expires in: | persistent |
| Name: | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
| Purpose: | YouTube is a Google-owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. Used by Google in combination with SID to verify Google user account and most recent login time. |
| Provider: | youtube.com |
| Service: | YouTube View Service Privacy Policy |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | 5 months 27 days |
| Name: | YSC |
| Purpose: | YouTube is a Google-owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. Used by Google in combination with SID to verify Google user account and most recent login time. |
| Provider: | youtube.com |
| Service: | YouTube View Service Privacy Policy |
| Type: | server_cookie |
| Expires in: | 5 months 27 days |
| Name: | lastExternalReferrer |
| Purpose: | Detects how the user reached the website by registering their last URL address. |
| Provider: | www.wcpsc.org.uk |
| Service: | Meta Platforms Inc. View Service Privacy Policy |
| Type: | html_local_storage |
| Expires in: | persistent |
| Name: | _fbp |
| Purpose: | Facebook tracing pixel used to identify visitors for personalised advertising. |
| Provider: | .wcpsc.org.uk |
| Service: | Facebook View Service Privacy Policy |
| Type: | http_cookie |
| Expires in: | 2 months 29 days |
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How can I control cookies on my browser?
As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.
The following is information about how to manage cookies on the most popular browsers:
In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit:WCSC
How often do you update this cookie policy?
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
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