Freemasonry Cares Cookies Policy

We want our website to provide useful information, perform reliably and be easy to use. To deliver efficient web services such as this on the internet it is sometimes necessary to place small amounts of information on a web user’s device, for example, computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. These cannot be used to identify web users personally.

These pieces of information are used to improve services, 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;
Understanding what visitors to the website want to use and not use - cookies are used to see how many people are looking at specific web pages. This can help organisations make their websites more useful;
Measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and that there's enough capacity to ensure the website does not slow down;

Cookies are sent to your browser by a website, and then stored in the cookies directory on your computer. Your browser may be Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari or any other browser.

To check and update your cookies settings, you will need to know what browser you are using and what version of it you have. You can usually find this out by opening the browser (just as you do to use the internet), then clicking on 'Help' and then 'About'. This will give you information about the browser version you are using.

To find out how to allow, block, delete and manage cookies, follow the link below and select the browser you are using. You can also read your browser's built-in or online help for more information: How to use cookies

For further information on cookies please visit:

http://www.ico.gov.uk/for_organisations/privacy_and_electronic_communications/the_guide/cookies.aspx

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/SiteInformation/DG_202006?CID=Central&PLA=url_mon&CRE=managing_cookies

http://www.allaboutcookies.org/

Our use of cookies

We use cookies on our website to ensure that it functions properly, contains useful and interesting information, and provides an enjoyable web experience for the user.

We do not use 3^rd party targeting cookies, such as those used for advertising purposes.

It is important to remember – the cookies used on our website cannot be used to identify users personally, we cannot track users beyond what pages they look at on our site, and we cannot contact or find users via the cookies that we place.

Cookies to help you navigate the website

We set a ‘session cookie’ – this allows us to follow a users path on our website. Session cookies are stored in the user device’s temporary memory and are not retained after the user leaves the website – they are not stored on a users hard drive. These cookies exist to ensure navigation around our website is smooth, by remembering where a user has visited and enabling them to move forwards and backwards easily.

Cookies to help us ensure we deliver useful information

We currently operate Google Analytics on our website, which collect anonymous aggregate data only. Google Analytics sets cookies to help us measure the number of visitors to the website and volumes of usage. This helps us to monitor what pages on the website are visited, what pages are not visited, and finally – it helps us to ensure the website is always running at a fast speed. We use Google Analytics because it helps us to consistently improve the service we are delivering to our web users.

For further details on the cookies set by Google Analytics, please refer to the Google website

If you have any questions about our use of cookies please contact:

Natasha Ward

Head, Freemasonry Cares

60 Great Queen Street

London, WC2B 5AZ

Tel: 020 7395 9261

Email: [email protected]

Last reviewed July 2020

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