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:
- 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 more about cookies on the BBC Web Wise website.
Cookies and the law
Since 26 May 2011 the law has stated that cookies can only be used by a website with the specific consent of its users. Like many other websites, we use cookies to deliver our services online.
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 to 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
Browsers automatically accept cookies but you can set your browser to reject them. Please be aware that disabling cookies might interfere with the way The Mix is able to provide services for you.
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.
Cookies used by The Mix
We use Cookies on these services:
- Fospha
- Home Truths
- Local
- Google SEO
- Surveys
| 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 |