Cookies are small text files that are transferred to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used so that websites work in the way they should and to make sure your preferred settings are remembered.
Use of cookies
The Fundraising Regulator’s website uses cookies to:
- Make our website run effectively; for example, to load faster, show videos and display images
- To help us understand how people use our website, so we can improve our services
- Track our external marketing activity so that we can optimise its performance
For more information about how we process personal data, please read our Privacy Policy.
Consenting to cookies
The first time you access our website, you will be asked if you consent to receiving essential and non-essential cookies (you can find more information about what these cookies are below). If you agree, cookies will be retained on your browser for that visit and for each time you subsequently access the website. If you decline, they will not be retained on your browser. Please note, you cannot decline essential cookies as they are essential for our site to work.
If you want to opt out of using cookies in future, you can do so. Simply revisit the cookies banner, which is available on every webpage, and choose your preferences. It is important to note that if you change your settings to block cookies, our website may not function effectively.
First and third-party cookies
This website uses both first and third-party cookies. First-party cookies are set by the Fundraising Regulator’s website and only this website can read them. Third-party cookies are set by external websites. You can turn these off by using the cookies banner, which is available on every webpage. More details are below about the first and third-party cookies we collect.
Session and persistent cookies
Cookies exist on your computer for varying length of time. Some cookies will only last as long as your online session. These are called ‘session’ cookies. Others will remain on your computer after you have left our website and closed your browser. These are called ‘persistent’ cookies.
We use persistent cookies to remember your settings for future visits to our website, whereas session cookies are deleted when you close your browser. You can find further details about the expiry of each cookie in the list below.
Essential cookies
Essential cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like:
- Access to secure areas of the website and logins
- Bot detection to prevent against spam
- Your choice whether you consented to save non-essential cookies or not
This website cannot function properly without these cookies.
EU cookie compliance module
Cookie name(s) and expiry: cookie-agreed-version (99 days), CookieConsent (one year)
First or third party? First
Purpose: These cookies record whether the website user has agreed to essential or non-essential cookies, via our cookies banner pop-up.
Can I disable these cookies? No. You cannot disable these cookies on the Fundraising Regulator website, but you can disable cookies from your browser. For information on how to do this, visit www.allaboutcookies.org/managecookies
Google Recaptch
Cookie name(s) and expiry: rc;;a (persistent), rc;;c (session)
First or third party? Third
Purpose: The rc;;a and rc;;c cookies are used to distinguish between humans and bots. The rc;;a cookie uses this information to make valid reports on the use of this website.
Can I disable these cookies? No. The Fundraising Regulator’s website requires these cookies so that it can detect bots.
Form Assembly
Cookie name(s) and expiry: AWSALBTG (seven days), AWSALBTGCORS (six days), FORMASSEMBLY (session)
First or third party? Third
Purpose: The AWSALBTG and AWSALBTGCORS cookies support site load speed. These cookies register which server-cluster is serving the visitor, which is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimise the user experience. The FORMASSEMBLY cookie is currently unclassified by the provider.
Can I disable these cookies? No. The Fundraising Regulator’s website requires these cookies so that our forms can function as they should.
Non-essential cookies
Non-essential cookies add features to this website, but aren't considered necessary for the site to function properly, such as:
- Analytics data, which helps us to optimise our marketing activity
- Complex tracking, which further enhances our ability to understand user behaviour and optimise our marketing activity
Crazy Egg
Cookie name(s) and expiry: _ce.cch (session), _ce.s (one year), ce_clock (persistent), _ce.gtld (session)
First or third party? Third
Purpose: ce.cch stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain._ce.s collects data on the user’s navigation and behaviour on the website. This is used to compile statistical reports and heatmaps for the website owner. ce_clock sets a timestamp for when the visitor entered the website. This is used for analytical purposes. ce.gtld is currently unclassified by the provider.
Can I disable these cookies? Yes. To disable these cookies you must click to receive essential cookies only in the cookies banner.
Cookie name(s) and expiry: _fbp (three months), fr (three months), tr (session)
First or third party? Third
Purpose: _fbp, fr and tr are used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.
Can I disable these cookies? Yes. To disable these cookies you must click to receive essential cookies only in the cookies banner.
Google Ads (DoubleClick)
Cookie name(s) and expiry: test_cookie (one day), IDE (one year)
First or third party? Third
Purpose: test_cookie is used to check if the user's browser supports cookies. IDE is used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user.
Can I disable these cookies? Yes. To disable these cookies you must click to receive essential cookies only in the cookies banner.
Google Analytics
Cookie name(s) and expiry: _ga (two years), _gat (one day), _gid (one day)
First or third party? Third
Purpose: The ga_ and _gid cookies register a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. The _gat cookie is used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate.
Can I disable these cookies? Yes. To disable these cookies you must click to receive essential cookies only in the cookies banner. Google Analytics also offers an opt-out browser add-on. This provides visitors with more choice on how their data is collected by Google Analytics. For more information, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Cookie name(s) and expiry: UserMatchHistory (30 days); AnalyticsSyncHistory (30 days); lang (session); bcookie (two years); bscookie (two years); li_gc (two years); lidc (one day)
First or third party? Third
Purpose: UserMatchHistory is for Linkedin Ads ID syncing and AnalyticsSyncHistory is used to store information about the time a sync with the lms_analytics cookie took place for users in the designated countries. Lang cookie is used to remember a user's language setting to ensure LinkedIn.com displays in the language selected by the user in their settings. bcookie is a browser identifier cookie to uniquely identify devices accessing LinkedIn to detect abuse on the platform. bscookie is used for remembering that a logged in user is verified by two factor authentication. Li.gc is used to store consent of guests regarding the use of cookies for non-essential purposes and lidc is used to facilitate data centre selection.
Can I disable these cookies? Yes. To disable these cookies you must click to receive essential cookies only in the cookies banner.
YouTube
Cookie name(s) and expiry: CONSENT (195 months), VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE (179 days), YSC (session), yt.innertube::nextId (persistent), yt.innertube::requests (persistent), yt-remote-cast-available (session), yt-remote-cast-installed (session), yt-remote-connected-devices (persistent), yt-remote-device-id (persistent), yt-remote-fast-check-period (session), yt-remote-session-app (session), yt-remote-session-name (session)
First or third party? Third
Purpose: CONSENT is used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookies banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website. VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. YSC registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. yt.innertube::nextId and yt.innertube::requests registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. yt-remote-cast-available, yt-remote-cast-installed, yt-remote-device-id, yt-remote-fast-check-period, yt-remote-session-app, yt-remote-session-name and yt-remote-connected-device stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
Can I disable these cookies? Yes. To disable these cookies you must click to receive essential cookies only in the cookies banner.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites run by other organisations. This policy applies only to our website‚ so we encourage you to read the privacy policies on the other websites you visit. The Fundraising Regulator is not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other websites, even if you access them using links from our website.
If you accessed the Fundraising Regulator’s website through a link from a third-party site, we are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners and operators of that third-party site. We recommend that you check the privacy policy of that third-party site.
Changes to this policy
Any changes we may make to this policy in the future will be posted on this website. Please check this page occasionally to ensure that you are happy with our use of cookies.
We keep this policy under regular review. If we make any significant changes, we’ll make this clear on this website.
This policy was last updated in March 2022.