Cookie Policy

The website www.wycombeabbey.com is owned and operated by Wycombe Abbey. This policy explains how we use cookies. Please read this policy carefully; by accessing the website and clicking “Accept”, you confirm you have understood and agreed to them.

About Cookies

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device. You can find more information about cookies at: www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu.

Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improve the user experience. The cookies used on this website have been categorised based on the categories found in the ICC UK Cookie guide. A list of all the cookies used on this website by category is set out below.

Cookies Our Website Uses

Performance cookies – These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works. We are using Google Analytics cookies on this website.

Functionality cookies – These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make such as your user name, or saves the type of device which is being reported to the website to determine whether the site should display the mobile or desktop version. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

Cookie Type Duration Description
__stripe_mid Persistent 1 week Stripe is used to making credit card payments. Stripe uses a cookie to remember who you are and to enable the website to process payments without storing any credit card information on its own servers.
__stripe_sid Persistent Stripe is used to making credit card payments. Stripe uses a cookie to remember who you are and to enable the website to process payments without storing any credit card information on its own servers.
_ga Third party 2 years Cookies set by Google Analytics, to distinguish users.
_gat Third party 1 minute Cookies set by Google Analytics, to throttle request rate.
_gid Third party 24 hours Cookies set by Google Analytics, to distinguish users.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary Persistent 365 days This cookie is created by the UK GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. It determines if the user has given consent to necessary cookies.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary Persistent 365 days This cookie is created by the UK GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. It determines if the user has given consent to non necessary cookies.
viewed_cookie_policy Persistent 365 days This cookie is created by the UK GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. It determines if the user has opted to accepts cookies.
wp_browser_warning Persistent 365 days When relevant, this cookie is created to determines if the user has opted to dismiss an ‘Out of date browser’ alert.

Blocking Cookies

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies. Please refer to the help documentation for your browser. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics, which are the performance cookies we use on this website, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Use of Links

Throughout our web pages, we provide links to other servers which may contain information of interest to our readers. We take no responsibility for, and exercise no control over, the organisations, views, or accuracy of the information contained on other servers.