Use of Cookies

 

A cookie is a piece of text which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree (or your browser agrees automatically if you have set it up in that way), your browser adds that text in a small file.

 

A cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets website operators know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

 

We have included a full list of the cookies used on this website below, along with an explanation of what each cookie is used for. 

 

How to control and delete cookies

 

We know that people have concerns about cookies, but we believe that the benefit that you and we gain from their proper use is worthwhile.

 

You can delete the files that contain cookies - those files are stored as part of your internet browser. If you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by this website, or indeed any other website, or if you wish to receive notification of cookie placement requests or decline cookies completely, you can do this through your browser settings. The Help function within your browser should tell you how. Please be aware that declining or denying cookies may prevent you from being able to use the website to its highest capability.

 

If you would like more information about how cookies work, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org which contains comprehensive information on how to disable cookies on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your computer 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 manual.

 

Cookies used on this website

 

This is a list of the main cookies set by this website, and an explanation of what each is used for:

COOKIE NAME	USED FOR	COOKIE EXPIRES	DESCRIPTION
ARRAffinity	Optimise speed	Session	Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times.
JSESSIONID	.NET	Session	Preserves users states across page requests.
GKSearch	Search	Session	Contains data about the most recently-performed search, used to pre-populate search details such as stay date, occupancy levels etc
GKSearchCookie	Search	Session	Contains data about the most recently-performed search, used to pre-populate search details such as stay date, occupancy levels etc
permissionCookie	Cookie banner	Session	Used to record whether or not a user has clicked "Close" on the Cookie Policy banner. Shown when they first land on the site. If it has, the banner is no longer shown
personalisationGroups PagesViewed	Personalisation	3 months	Contains data about the current user's interactions with the site, used to provide personalised functionality based on where the user has been
personalisationGroupsNum berOfVisitsSessionStarted	Personalisation	Session	Contains data about the current user's interactions with the site, used to provide personalised functionality based on where the user has been
personalisationGroupsNum berOfVisits	Personalisation	3 months	Contains data about the current user's interactions with the site, used to provide personalised functionality based on how many times they have visited the site etc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We also use a number of suppliers who also set cookies on our website in order to deliver the services that they are providing. A list of all third party cookies that are used on greenekinginns.co.uk is set out below. 

COOKIE NAME	USED FOR	COOKIE EXPIRES	DOMAIN
_ga	This helps us count how many people visit our website by tracking if you’ve visited before	Session	www.google.co.uk
_gat	Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made	Session	www.google.co.uk
_gid	This helps us count how many people visit our website by tracking if you’ve visited before	Session	www.google.co.uk
ads/ _ga-audiences	Used by Google Adwords to re-engage visits that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor's behaviour on the website.	Session	www.google.co.uk
collect	Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visits device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.	2 years	www.google.co.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Changes to this Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to ensure that you are kept informed of how we use your personal information. We will notify you of any significant changes by flagging the updated policy on our website or by sending you an email.