Cookie Policy

Details

Category: Service Links

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files sent from a website to a client computer. They contain small pieces of information (e.g. the site name and a unique user ID). When a user returns to a website the information is sent to the website server to help the smooth functioning of the website.

Cookies are not software and cannot carry viruses.

Cookies stored on a computer can be deleted or users can stop cookies being downloaded, but this may result in decreased website functionality. E.g. if cookies are disabled in a shopping cart application the purchase and user preferences will not be stored  and will have to be entered with every visit to the website.

Cookies can also be present in widget, banner ads and external elements being loaded on to a web page.

Cookies Used by the ECT Travel Website

The ECT Travel website uses Google Analytics cookies to collect website visit information purely for statistical analysis purposes (__utmb, __utmc, __utma and __utmz).

The ECT Travel website uses a Share This icon which in turn uses cookies to collect usage information.

ECT also sends the following session cookies:

• jpanesliders_panel-sliders
• ed2f8fa39d38ecfc8a3209a7927b610d
• fcspersistslider1
• c1a057d267b480389f076188f8dafe0e
• 6fe874fcf7a33c167f11e8c5d7f55c86

Session cookies get deleted when the user close down the web browser.

The ECT Travel website will not use cookies to collect identifiable information or link user IPs to identifiable information.

Further Information About Cookies

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (link opens in a new tab) (IAB) is an industry body  to support online business, has produced a series of web pages which explain how cookies work and how they can be managed.

Other useful sources of information on cookies and how to delete and control them are AboutCookies.org (link opens in a new tab) or AllAboutCookies.org (link opens in a new tab).

Disabling and Enabling Cookies

Users can accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings on their browser. Most browsers have built in privacy settings that provide differing levels of cookie acceptance, expiration time, and disposal after a user has visited a particular site.

To delete cookies on Microsoft Windows Explorer:

• Click on 'Windows Explorer'
• Select the 'Search' button on the tool bar
• Enter “cookie” into the search box field for 'Folders and Files'
• Choose 'My Computer' in the 'Look In' drop down menu
• Click on 'Search Now'
• Select and open the retrieved folders
• Click the 'Delete' key to erase the cookie file

If you are not using Microsoft Windows Explorer, use the 'Help' function and type in cookies to learn how to delete them.