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Conversely, persistent cookies remain stored on your computer until they are deleted or when they reach their expiry date. This type of cookie is often used to anonymously track your activity on a website so the website owner can analyse the data to see if there are ways they can improve their website.
There are many reasons why a website may use cookies, however, the important thing to know about them is they are harmless.
Cookies used by Sustainable Food City Bournemouth and Poole
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We use Google Analytics to monitor traffic levels, search queries and visits to this website. Google Analytics stores IP address (anonymously) on its servers in the United States, and neither Sustainable Food City Bournemouth and Poole or Google associate your IP address with any personally identifiable information.
A mixture of both persistent and session cookies are used to enable Google to determine whether you are a return visitor to this site and to track the pages that you visit during your session.
More information about Google’s cookie policy can be read at www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html
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This is a session cookie set by this site’s Content Management System, which is used when an admin user logs in to the CMS control panel.
Refusing cookies
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Managing cookies for each browser differs, so we have provided links to more detailed information for some the more popular browsers:
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