Cookies

Last updated: 29 August 2024

We put small files (known as “cookies”) onto your computer to collect information about how you browse the site. The following is a description of what data we collect when you use this website and what we use it for.

The information we collect does not include personal details such as your name, age, telephone number, postal address or email address, nor does it allow personal identification of a user.

Cookies that measure website use

We use Google Analytics to collect anonymised information about how you use accounting-streams.org. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements to the site.

We do not allow Google to use or share the data about how you use this site.

Google Analytics stores information about:

  • how you got to the site
  • the pages you visit and how long you spend on them
  • what you click on while you are visiting

Cookies set by Google Analytics

Name Purpose Expires
_ga Help us count how many people visit the website by tracking if you have visited before 2 years
_gid Help us count how many people visit the website by tracking if you have visited before 24 hours
_gat_gtag_[id] Connects the data about website visits to our Google Analytics account 1 minute

Cookies message

You may see a banner when you visit the website inviting you to accept or reject cookies. This cookies message stores information about your cookie consent settings.

We will set a cookie so that your computer knows you have seen the message and will not show it again.

Cookies set by the Accounting Streams website

Name Purpose Expires
consent_status Tells us that you have saved your cookie consent settings 1 year