Cookie Policy

About cookies

Our website (www.youthbusiness.org) uses third party cookies which are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device by websites you visit. Cookies allow us to identify you (or, more accurately, your computer) when you visit our website. Knowing how often people are visiting each page of our website helps us work out how and where to improve our website.

By continuing to use our website, you consent to the use of cookies (including third-party cookies) as described in this policy. This cookie policy is part of our Privacy Policy.

The cookies we use

Details about the cookies we use are set out below. These are third party cookies – see the section on third party cookies below for more information.

Third party cookies

We use Google Analytics for statistical performance analysis. This information is aggregated and therefore anonymous. Google’s privacy policy is at https://policies.google.com/privacy. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

• _ga – This is a Google Analytics cookie. It helps us monitor the use and performance of our website. It expires in 2 years.
• _gid – This is a Google Analytics cookie. It helps us monitor the use and performance of our website. It expired in 24 hours.
• _gat – This cookie enables Google Analytics on our website. It expires in 1 minute.

Control your cookie settings

If you want, you can block cookies by changing the settings on your browser – we have set out below links to the help pages of some major browsers, which explain how you can do this. Blocking the cookies we use may have an adverse impact upon the presentation of some or all of our website.  General guidance on how to manage your cookies can be found here:

• About Cookies
• Your Online Choice

Specific guidance on how to manage cookie options for common website browsers can be found here:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Safari
• Internet Explorer
• Microsoft Edge