Cookies Policy

What are cookies?

“Cookies” are small files sent to your computer, tablet or mobile phone browser when you enter a website. They’re stored by your browser on the device and can be used for a variety of purposes such as:

  • identifying your previous visits to a website,
  • researching the most popular features of a website, or
  • letting you move between pages without asking you to log in multiple times.

You can find out more about cookies by visiting the ICO website.

Cookies and the law

Like many other websites, we use cookies to deliver our services online. The EU Cookie Law, or the ePrivacy Directive, was put in place on 26 May 2011. This law states that cookies can only be used by a website with the specific consent of its users to control how personal information is collected and processed. Additionally, the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) requires that users must consent to the use of the cookies before they’re used.

How does The Mix use cookies?

The Mix does not use cookies to collect personal information about you. We try to use cookies only where it’s strictly necessary to provide our services. We also use cookies to develop a clearer picture of which parts of The Mix are the most popular to help us develop our services. The Mix never uses cookies for targeted advertising, or any form of advertising. We do not carry adverts or paid-for links on our website.

How to reject cookies from The Mix

You can accept or reject cookies via the pop-up presented on our website. Please be aware that disabling cookies might interfere with the way The Mix is able to provide services for you.

Browsers automatically accept cookies but you can also set your browser to reject them. To find out how to reject cookies from your browser, select the link for the browser you’re using:

Internet Explorer
Firefox
Chrome
Safari
iPhone/iPad Safari
Opera

Cookies on third party websites

When you follow a hyperlink from The Mix to a third-party website, it’s up to you to review the cookie policy of that site as we have no control over other website’s privacy policies. Therefore, The Mix cannot accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of third party websites and your use of such websites is at your own risk.

Understanding cookies used by The Mix

Necessary cookies

These are cookies that are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Cookie group  Cookie Name  Cookies used  Description  Lifespan
community.themix.org.uk  __vnOz0, __vnOz1    Functioning of community software.  1 day 
community.themix.org.uk  vanilla/checkedDiscussionsIDs, vanilla/pendingDiscussionIDs  Third Party  Functioning of community software.  Session 
googleapis.com  CONSENT  Third Party  Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner.   2 years 
themix.org.uk  __cfruid    Used by Cloudflare to deliver website content.   Session 
themix.org.uk  CookieConsent, PHPSESSID    Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain.  1 year 
vcc-eu7.8×8.com  __8x8Chat-script_3339347585939264a55c622.61218547  Third Party    Persistent 
youtube.com  CONSENT  Third Party  Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner.   2 years 

Performance cookies

These are cookies that allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most popular and see how visitors move around the site. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.

Cookie group  Cookie Name  Cookies used  Description  Lifespan
themix.org.uk  _hjIncludedInSessionSample, _hjIncludedInPageviewSample    Registers data on visitors’ website-behaviour.   1 day 
themix.org.uk  _ga, _gid    Used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.  2 years 
themix.org.uk  _gat    Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate  1 day 
themix.org.uk  _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress    Used to count how many times a website has been visited.  1 day 
themix.org.uk  _hjFirstSeen    Used to determine if the visitor has visited the website before.  1 day 
themix.org.uk  _hjSession_#, _hjSessionUser_#    Collects statistics on the visitor’s visits to the website.  1 day 
themix.org.uk  _hjTLDTest    Registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website.   Session 

Functional cookies

These are cookies that enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.

Cookie group  Cookie Name  Cookies used  Description  Lifespan
googleapis.com  NID  Third party  Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device.   6 months 
themix.org.uk  uLocHash, uLocValidUntil    Allows function of the website  Session 

Targeting cookies

These are cookies that may be set through our site by our partners. They may be used by these companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.

Cookie group  Cookie Name  Cookies used  Description  Lifespan
google.com  _GRECAPTCHA    Used to distinguish between humans and bots.   179 days 
google.com  CONSENT  Third party  Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner.   2 years 
adnxs.com  anj, uuid2  Third party  Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device.   3 months 
doubleclick.net  IDE  Third party  Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions.  1 year 
facebook.com  fr, sb, tr  Third party  Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding.  3 months 
google.com  rc::a, rc::b, rc::c  Third party  Used to distinguish between humans and bots.   Persistent 
google.com  ads/ga-audiences  Third party  Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors based on online behaviour.  Session 
google.com  pagead/1p-user-list/#  Third party  Tracks if the user has shown interest in specific products or events across multiple websites.  Session 
themix.org.uk  _grecaptcha  Third party  Used to distinguish between humans and bots.   Persistent 
themix.org.uk  fbssls_    Collects data on the visitor’s use of the comment system & articles.  Session 
themix.org.uk  _fbp    Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding.  3 months 
youtube.com  VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE  Third party  Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.  179 days 
youtube.com  YSC  Third party  Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.  Session 
youtube.com  ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY, yt-remote-cast-available, yt-remote-cast-available, yt-remote-connected-devices, yt-remote-device-id, yt-remote-fast-check-period, yt-remote-session-app, yt-remote-session-name  Third party  Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video  Persistent