Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is put on your computer by websites that you visit. Cookies are widely used in order to make websites work, or to make them work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
We use different types of cookies including session cookies which are deleted after each visit and permanent cookies that remain in place across multiple visits to our sites. We may also use third party cookies that are used by our approved business partners. Some of these cookies are essential in order for you to use our website however some cookies are optional.
We use cookies to keep track of your information during the time you view the Website and to identify your particular areas of interest so as to enhance your future visits to this Website. We also use them to collect information about how visitors generally use our Website, as well as to recognise return visitors and to track our promotions and projects. We gather this information for internal use only and will never authorise the release of this information with anyone outside of Welcome to Yorkshire.
Most web browsers allow some control of cookies through the browser settings. You may refuse to accept certain cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of the Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our Website.
You can easily remove from your computer any cookies that have been created in the cookie folder of your browser. The process for doing this may vary from device to device, however, if you click on the 'Help' function on your 'Start' button and enter cookies, you should be able to search for information on how to locate the folder. For information on how to remove cookies on your mobile phone browser, please see your handset manual.
All cookies set by our website are necessary for the functional parts of this service, except for those set by Google Analytics, as described below.
Other Tracking - Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to monitor your viewing activities in an anonymized format, which does not store your personal information. You may block cookies set by Google Analytics using your browser settings and experience no loss of functionality.
There is an opt-out browser add-on offered by Google, here, which will allow you to opt out of this for ALL websites (not just Yorkshire.com).
For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, how to delete cookies and how to disable them from your browser, please visit: www.allaboutcookies.org.
Cookies we added for analytics, advertising and partner commission
On your first visit we show a short notice. I agree allows analytics cookies (Google Analytics 4) and advertising cookies (Google Ads, Meta Pixel) for 12 months. Reject non-essential refuses both; the Meta Pixel is never loaded and no Meta cookie is set. You can change this later in account settings when signed in, or by clearing the notice cookie.
Partner commission (essential). If you arrive from an Awin partner link we store the click id so we can pay that partner when you buy a membership, credit pack, or shop order from us. That is how the affiliate programme works; it is not an analytics toggle. Cashback / loyalty clicks may use Awin’s strictly necessary sn cookie even before you use the notice.
| Cookie | Whose | How long | What it does | Your choice |
|---|---|---|---|---|
yk_consent | Yorkshire.com | 12 months | Remembers I agree / Reject non-essential | Essential to the notice |
yk_ref | Yorkshire.com | Up to 12 months (attribution window is shorter) | Awin click id (awc / sn) and referral code from the landing URL | Essential for partner commission |
yk_land | Yorkshire.com | 90 days | Ad click id (gclid, msclkid, fbclid), campaign tags (utm_*) and first landing page from the URL you arrived on, so a business membership purchase can be attributed to the ad that brought the buyer | Essential for business payment attribution |
Awin Master Tag (dwin1.com/130623.js) | Awin / Yorkshire.com | Per Awin (typically up to 12 months) | Partner click on our site | Essential for partner commission |
_ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics | Per Google | Understand site use | Non-essential — only after I agree |
_gcl_* | Google Ads | Per Google (typically 90 days) | Links a visit from a Google ad to a purchase so we can measure the ad | Non-essential — only after I agree |
_fbp | Meta (Facebook / Instagram) | 90 days | Meta Pixel browser id — measures visits and purchases from Meta ads | Non-essential — only after I agree |
_fbc | Meta (Facebook / Instagram) | 90 days | Meta ad click id from the landing URL (fbclid) | Non-essential — only after I agree |
We do not put the Awin tag on Stripe’s payment pages. We do not report a sale to Awin unless that order still has an Awin click.