Cookie Policy

COOKIES

  1. The Running Industry Alliance Limited (RIA UK & Ireland) website uses cookies.
  2. By using our website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.

ABOUT COOKIES

  1. A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
  2. Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
  3. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
  4. Cookies can be used by web servers to identity and track users as they navigate different pages on a website and identify users returning to a website.

OUR COOKIES

  1. We use both session and persistent cookies on our website.
  2. The names of the cookies that we use on our website, and the purposes for which they are used, are set out below.

ANALYTICS COOKIES

  1. We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website.
  2. Our analytics service provider generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies.
  3. The analytics cookies used by our website have the following names: ga_, _utma, _utmb, _utmc and _utmz.
  4. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website.
  5. Our analytics service provider’s privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

THIRD PARTY COOKIES

  1. Our website may also uses third party cookies.
  2. Details of other third party cookies used by our website are set out below:

Cookie Name

Cookie Category

Description

Duration

wordpress_

2

WordPress cookie for a logged in user.

session

wordpress_logged_in_

2

WordPress cookie for a logged in user

session

wordpress_test_

2

WordPress cookie for a logged in user

session

wordpress_test_cookie

2

WordPress test cookie

session

wp-settings-

1

WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.

1 year

wp-settings-time-

2

WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.

1 year

PHPSESSID

1

To identify your unique session on the website

session

SESS

1

To ensure that you are recognised when you move from page to page within the site and that any information you have entered is remembered.

session

uvc

2

The uvc cookie is one of the cookies used to track usage of the Addthis.com service. It allows a user to share a webpage with many social sites.

1 day

__utma

2

This cookie keeps track of the number of times a visitor has been to the site pertaining to the cookie, when their first visit was, and when their last visit occurred. Google Analytics uses the information from this cookie to calculate things like Days and Visits to purchase.

permanent

__utmb

2

__utmb is a Google Analytics cookie. It takes a timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor enters a site.

session

__utmc

2

__utmc takes a timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor leaves a site.

30 mins

__utmz

2

Keeps track of where the visitor came from, what search engine you used, what link you clicked on, what keyword you used, and where they were in the world when you accessed a website. This cookie is how Google Analytics knows to whom and to what source / medium / keyword to assign the credit for a Goal Conversion or an Ecommerce Transaction.

6 months

 

BLOCKING COOKIES

  1. Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies; for example:
    1. in Internet Explorer (version 11) you can block cookies using the cookie handling override settings available by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy” and then “Advanced”;
    2. in Firefox (version 94) you can block all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Options”, “Privacy”, selecting “Use custom settings for history” from the drop-down menu, and unticking “Accept cookies from sites”; and
    3. in Chrome (version 96), you can block all cookies by accessing the “Customise and control” menu, and clicking “Settings”, “Show advanced settings” and “Content settings”, and then selecting “Block sites from setting any data” under the “Cookies” heading.
  2. Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
  3. If you block cookies, you may not be able to use all the features on our website.

DELETING COOKIES

  1. You can delete cookies already stored on your computer; for example:
    1. in Internet Explorer (version 11), you must manually delete cookie files (you can find instructions for doing so at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835);
    2. in Firefox (version 94), you can delete cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Options” and “Privacy”, then selecting “Use custom settings for history”, clicking “Show Cookies”, and then clicking “Remove All Cookies”; and
    3. in Chrome (version 96), you can delete all cookies by accessing the “Customise and control” menu, and clicking “Settings”, “Show advanced settings” and “Clear browsing data”, and then selecting “Delete cookies and other site and plug-in data” before clicking “Clear browsing data”.
  2. Deleting cookies will have a negative impact on the usability of many websites.