Our use of cookies
When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable.
Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, your computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies, and JavaScript code. They cannot be used to identify you personally.
Why do we need to use cookies?
These pieces of information are used to improve services for you, for example, by:
- 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 selected a preferred viewing theme for looking at our website
- measuring how many people are using our website, so it can be made easier to use and there is enough capacity to ensure it is fast, and will work on your browser.
How to refuse to accept cookies
You may refuse to accept our cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our site.
Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you visit our site.
For more information on deleting and controlling cookies visit AboutCookies.org.
How to disable Javascript
Similarly you can set up your browser to disable JavaScript – please see your browser’s help pages for instructions on how to do this. If you choose to disable Javascript, the core functionality of our website will still work, but you will have a less enhanced browsing experience.
Cookies that may be placed onto your browsing device
There are three types of cookies that may be placed onto your browsing device whilst visiting our website http://linkhousing.org.uk/.
- Cookies used by Google analytics
- Cookies to improve your browsing experience
- Third party cookies
Cookies used by Google analytics
Google Analytics sets cookies to help us accurately estimate the number of visitors to our website and volumes of usage. This is to ensure that we provide a fast service that is available when you want it. You may wish to visit Google's Privacy Center.
Cookies for improving your browsing experience
The software we use to publish our website, and the text-to-speech service we offer on our website may both put cookies onto your browsing device.
| Name | Content | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _ loadedTT |
Randomly generated number. This is used by the Textic talk-to-speech service we provide on our website to confirm the service has been loaded. |
89 years |
| _ TTReeadingSpeed |
Randomly generated number. This is used by the Textic talk-to-speech service we provide on our website to control the reading speed. |
when you exit your browser |
| _ TTcaptions |
Boolean value of true or false. This is used by the Textic talk-to-speech service we provide on our website to determine if you have selected to use captions. |
when you exit your browser |
| _ TTstyle |
A randomly generated value. This is used by the Textic talk-to-speech service we provide on our website to store what colour scheme you've chosen to view the website in. |
when you exit your browser |
| _ bong |
A boolean value of true or false. This is used by the Textic talk-to-speech service we provide on our website to store if the service has been loaded correctly. |
when you exit your browser |
| exp_css_skin |
A number. This cookie is used to store what stylesheet, or viewing theme you have chosen to view our website in. |
3 months |
| exp_last_activity |
A number. This cookie will store a value to tell us the time since the last activity you performed on our website. |
1 year |
| exp_last_visit |
A number. This cookie will store a value to tell us the last time you visited our website. |
1 year |
| exp_tracker |
A generated number. This cookie will store a value to tell us the pages you've visited on our website. |
when you exit your browser |
| PHPSESSID |
Randomly generated value. This cookie stores the unique value of your session identifier. |
when you exit your browser |
Third party cookies
We offer our users the Roktalk Text-to-speech service, that uses cookie technology. For more information you can read the Roktalk privacy statement.
We have a Twitter account (@Link_Group_Ltd). Twitter uses cookie technology. For more information, please see the Twitter Privacy Policy.
We also have a Youtube channel that uses cookie technology. Please see the Youtube Privacy Center for more information.