Cookie Policy

Cookies
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. Cookies cannot be used to identify you personally. 

For further information on cookies visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org

By using our site you are allowing us to store cookies, in accordance with our Terms and Conditions of use.

These pieces of information are used to improve services for you through, for example: enabling a service to recognise your device so you don't have to give the same information several times during one task, recognising that you may already have given a username and password so you don't need to do it for every web page requested, measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use, analysing data to help us understand how you use our online services so we can improve them.

Learn how to set your browser not to accept cookies. Please be aware that restricting cookies will impact on the functionality of our website. 

We have provided details below on the cookies we use and why we use them.

Cookies Used by the Craft Scotland Website

Craft Scotland endeavour to have minimal use of cookies. Following a Cookie Audit undertaken in May 2012, please see below for details of cookies used on the website.

Essential Session ID

Cookies used:

• Name: JSESSIONID. Typical content: randomly generated number. This allows the service to remember your selections or preferences that you’ve already made, such as when you fill out a form on the website. It is essential for site login. Expires: when user exits browser.

Google Analytics

We use cookies to track usage of the website, and to compile statistical reports on website activity using Google Analytics. The reports are sent to Craft Scotland staff & board and funders, and are used to enhance, update and amend the website to improve the browsing experience. The cookies used by Google Analytics do not record your personal data, such as your name, gender, contact details, etc.

Cookies used:

• Name: _utma. Typical content: randomly generated number. Expires: 2 years
• Name: _utmb. Typical content: randomly generated number. Expires: 30 minutes
• Name: _utmc. Typical content: randomly generated number. Expires: when user exits browser
• Name: _utmz. Typical content: randomly generated number and information about how the page was reached (eg directly or via a link, organic search or paid search). Expires: 6 months

See further details on the cookies set by Google Analytics.

Embedded Content

To help promote craft and makers, we sometimes embed photos and video content from websites such as YouTube, Vimeo and Flickr. As a result, when you visit a page with content embedded from, for example, YouTube, you may be presented with cookies from these websites. We do not control the dissemination of these cookies. You should check the relevant third party website for more information about these. 

We use Privacy Enhanced Mode on YouTube embedded films to reduce cookies set by YouTube.

Sharing Buttons

The Craft Scotland website carries embedded ‘share’ buttons to enable users of the site to easily share articles with their friends through a number of popular social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter.

These sites may set a cookie when you are also logged in to their service. Craft Scotland does not control the dissemination of these cookies and you should check the relevant third party website for more information about these.