www.myukvisas.co.uk, from now on referred to as the Site, uses cookies in order to make its own services simple and efficient for users who look at its pages on the Site. Users viewing the Site will see minimum quantities of information included on the devices in use, which are computers and mobile devices, in small text files called “cookies” saved in the directories utilised by the User’s web browser. There are various types of cookie, some to make the use of the Site more effective, others to enable certain features. Analysing in great detail, our cookies allow you to:
Below are the various types of cookies used by the Site depending on the intended use.
This type of cookie permits the correct functioning of some sections of the Site . There are two categories: persistent and session.
persistent: once the browser is closed they are not deleted but remain until a pre-set expiry date.
session: these are erased every time the browser is closed.
These cookies, always sent from our domain, are necessary to correctly visualise the Site and with regard to the technical services offered, will therefore always be used and sent, unless the user modifies the impositions/settings of his/her own browser (thus affecting the display of the website pages).
The cookies in this category are used to collect information about the use of the Site. www.myukvisas.co.uk will use this information regarding anonymous statistical analysis to improve the use of the Site and to make the contents more interesting and relevant to the users’ wishes. This type of cookie collects data in an anonymous form on the activity of the user and on how he/she arrived at the Site. The analytical cookies are sent from the Same Site or from the domains of third parties.
These cookies are used to gather information on the use of the Site by users in an anonymous form such as: pages visited, duration of visit, sources of traffic origin, geographical origin, age, gender and interests, for the purposes of marketing campaigns. These cookies are sent from the domains of third parties external to the Site.
This type of cookie integrates functionality developed by third parties within the pages of the Site as icons and preferences expressed in social networks in order to share of the contents of the site or for the use of third-party software services (such as software to generate maps and additional software that offers extra services). These cookies are sent from the domains of third parties and from partner sites that offer their features through the pages of the Site.
These cookies are necessary to create user profiles in order to send advertising messages in line with the preferences demonstrated by the user within the pages of the Site. www.myukvisas.co.uk, under current regulations, is not required to seek consent for the technical and analytical cookies required to supply the requested services. For all other types of cookies, consent must be expressed by the User by one or more of the following ways:
Through specific browser configurations used or related programs used to navigate the pages that make up the Site.
Through modifications to the settings when using third party services
Both of these solutions might prevent the user from utilising or viewing parts of the WebSite.
The Site may contain links to other Web sites which have their own privacy policy that could be different to that adopted by www.myukvisas.co.uk and therefore it is not liable for these sites.
Below is the list of technical and analytical cookies utilised on this Site:
Cookie |
Service |
Description |
Duration |
_ga |
Google Analytics |
Used as a Google Analytics tool to uniquely identify the visitors. |
2 years from the visit to the page |
_gat |
Google Analytics |
Used as a Google Analytics tool to limit requests |
10 minutes from the visit to the page |
PHPSESSID |
www.myukvisas.co.uk |
Utilised on the Site to identify the single session of a user |
20 days from the visit to the page |
If you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by us, or indeed any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. The Help function within your browser should tell you how. Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org, which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your computer (including those from this visit) as well as more general information about cookies. For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile device you will need to refer to your handset manual.