Cookie policy
Cookies are small files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website.
We use cookies, and similar files saved in your browser's local and session stores, to make this site work and collect information about how you use the Barnardo's online risk guide. We have designed the site so that functional and usage information cookies like these are anonymous and are not used to identify you personally.
We also use cookies to log you into the site for the purposes of restricting the content in the articles to users over the age of 18. These cookies identify you against the email address you have provided to us, but are only used to confirm that you are a registered user. We do not use these cookies for any analytics.
Essential cookies
Essential cookies keep your information secure while you use Barnardo's online risk guide, determine whether you are logged in, and remember some essential preferences. These are automatically set and you cannot turn these off.
Name |
Purpose |
Expires after |
Identifies you |
| consentAction | This helps us remember if you've consented to analytics cookies | 1 year | No |
| consentBanner | This tells us when you closed the cookie consent banner | 1 year | No |
| *_username | This is a third-party cookie used by our content platform, Craft CMS, to remember your username on our site. It is encrypted. | 1 year | Yes |
| CraftSessionId | This is a third-party cookie used by our content platform, Craft CMS, to check whether you have an active session on our site. | you leave the website | Yes |
| CRAFT_CSRF_TOKEN | This is a third-party cookie used by our content platform, Craft CMS, to prevent cross-site request forgery when submitting forms | you leave the website | No |
| ANONCHK | This is a third party cookie set by Microsoft forms | 10 minutes | No |
| FormsWebSessionId | This is a third party cookie set by Microsoft forms | 30 days | No |
| MC1 | This is a third party cookie set by Microsoft forms | 1 year | No |
| MR | This is a third party cookie set by Microsoft forms | 7 days | No |
| MS0 | This is a third party cookie set by Microsoft forms | 30 minutes | No |
| MS0 | This is a third party cookie set by Microsoft forms | 30 minutes | No |
| MUID | This is a third party cookie set by Microsoft forms | 1 year | No |
| MUID | This is a third party cookie set by Microsoft forms | 1 year | No |
| SM | This is a third party cookie set by Microsoft forms | you leave the website | No |
| __RequestVerificationToken | This is a third party cookie set by Microsoft forms | you leave the website | No |
Essential local and session storage
The local and session stores in your browser are used to remember preferences which you either explicitly or implicitly configure when you interact with the pages on our site. These are automatically set and you cannot turn these off. Local and session storage does not have any expiry date.
Name |
Purpose |
Identifies you |
| online-risk-guide.barnardos.org.uk | Under this name is data about which content trigger warnings you have dismissed on the site. | No |
| Craft-* | These are third-party settings remembering your interaction state in system pages provided by our content platform, Craft CMS. | No |
| algolia* | These are third-party settings remembering your interaction state in our search bar, which is provided by Algolia. | No |
| AUTOCOMPLETE_RECENT_SEACHES* | These are third-party settings remembering your interaction state in our search bar, which is provided by Algolia. | No |
Analytics cookies
Analytics allow us to count visitors to our website and see how you move around and use the pages. This information helps us to improve our service. We will only allow this information to be used within Barnardo's, Parent Zone and Nominet.
Name |
Purpose |
Expires after |
Identifies you |
| _ga* | These help us count how many people visit this website by tracking if you've visited before, and help us improve our content by counting how many times you interact with sections on our pages | 2 years | No |
| NEXT_LOCALE | This is a third-party cookie set by Hotjar, a product we use to help us understand how you interact with on our pages so that we can improve your experience | you leave the website | No |
| __stripe_mid | This is a third-party cookie set by Hotjar, a product we use to help us understand how you interact with on our pages so that we can improve your experience | 1 year | No |
| _BEAMER* | These are third-party cookies set by Hotjar, a product we use to help us understand how you interact with on our pages so that we can improve your experience | 1 year | No |
| Optanon* | These are third-party cookies set by Hotjar, a product we use to help us understand how you interact with on our pages so that we can improve your experience | 30 minutes | No |
| _hjSession* | These helps us to remember if you've given us feedback about your experience | 30 minutes | No |
| _hjDonePolls | This helps us remember if you've answered a poll | 1 year | No |
| _hjMinimizedPolls | This helps us remember if you've minimised a poll | 1 year | No |
| _hjSessionUser* | These help us to remember your poll preferences across multiple visits to the site and helps us improve our page design by tracking what content you interact with | 1 year | No |
| _hjsession* | This is a third-party cookie set by Hotjar, a product we use to help us understand how you interact with on our pages so that we can improve your experience | 1 year | No |
| _cs* | These are third-party cookies set by Hotjar, a product we use to help us understand how you interact with on our pages so that we can improve your experience | 1 year | No |
| _uetvid | This is a third-party cookie set by Hotjar, a product we use to help us understand how you interact with on our pages so that we can improve your experience | 1 year | No |
| _hp2* | These are third-party cookies set by Hotjar, a product we use to help us understand how you interact with on our pages so that we can improve your experience | 1 year | No |
| ajs* | These are third-party cookies set by Hotjar, a product we use to help us understand how you interact with on our pages so that we can improve your experience | 1 year | No |
| userty.core.* | These are third-party cookies set by Hotjar, a product we use to help us understand how you interact with on our pages so that we can improve your experience | 1 year | No |
Analytics local and session storage
Analytics allow us to count visitors to our website and see how you move around and use the pages. This information helps us to improve our service. We will only allow this information to be used within Barnardo's, Parent Zone and Nominet. Analytics products make use of local and session storage in your browser to remember preferences which you either explicitly or implicitly configure when you interact with the pages on our site. Local and session storage does not have any expiry date.
Name |
Purpose |
Identifies you |
| online-risk-guide.barnardos.org.uk | If you agree to analytics cookies we store extra information under this name to remember how many times you have viewed pages and performed searches, so that we offer tailored polls and surveys at more appropriate moments in your journey through the site | No |
| hj*, _hj* | These are third-party settings remembering your interaction state in pop-up windows provided by Hotjar, a product we are using to offer feedback surveys and polls on our site. | No |