Cookie Policy
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that is downloaded on to a computer or smartphone when the user accesses a website. It allows the website to recognise that user’s device and store some information about the user’s preferences or past actions. You can find out more about cookies at https://allaboutcookies.org.
What cookies does Social Bite use?
Our website (www.social-bite.co.uk) uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website, while also allowing us to improve our site. Please find a full list of cookies with descriptions below.
Do you need my consent?
The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) states that when we apply cookies to our website, we must:
- tell you what cookies we use
- tell you what they do and why; and
- ask for your consent to enable any cookies on your device that are not necessary to support the core functionality of our website.
When you visit our website for the first time, we will ask for your consent to store any non-essential cookies on your device via the sliders on our cookie pop-up. You can amend your preferences at any time by reopening the pop-up at the bottom of our web page.
How do I change my cookie preferences?
You can choose to enable or disable cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable all cookies or only third party cookies.
It is recommended that you keep your internet browser and operating system up-to-date and that you consult the help and guidance provided by the developer of your internet browser and manufacturer of your computer or device if you are unsure about adjusting your privacy settings.
How do we use cookies?
This website uses cookies essential for functionality and to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorised as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website.
We would also like to use analytical and advertising cookies that help us analyse and understand how you use this website and engage with advertising. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You can find more specific information about the way we use in the table below.
Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies support the core functionality of our website’s security, network management, and accessibility.
| Cookie Type | Name | Description | Duration |
| Necessary | viewed_cookie_policy | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. | 11 months |
| Necessary | cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Necessary”. | 11 months |
| Necessary | cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Non Necessary”. | 11 months |
| Necessary | test_cookie | This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the user’s browser supports cookies. | 11 months |
| Necessary | PHPSESSID | This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie is used to store and identify a users’ unique session ID for the purpose of managing user session on the website. The cookie is a session cookies and is deleted when all the browser windows are closed. | session |
| Necessary | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | This cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website. | 5 months 27 days |
| Necessary | YSC | This cookies is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos. | session |
| Necessary | _gat | This cookies is installed by Google Universal Analytics to throttle the request rate to limit the colllection of data on high traffic sites. | 1 minute |
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies support the function of some third party content on our website, and in some cases, your personal preferences for our website. For example, functional cookies store your language preferences for our website.
| Cookie Type | Name | Description | Duration |
| Functional | lang | This cookie is used to store the language preferences of a user to serve up content in that stored language the next time user visit the website. | session |
| Functional | bcookie | This cookie is set by linkedIn. The purpose of the cookie is to enable LinkedIn functionalities on the page. | 2 years |
| Functional | lidc | This cookie is set by LinkedIn and used for routing. | 1 day |
Analytics Cookies
We would like to collect website analytics information to help us improve our website. If you accept these cookies, we will receive data about how you interact with our website. This data does not directly identify you.
| Cookie Type | Name | Description | Duration |
| Analytics | _ga | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. | 2 years |
| Analytics | _gid | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the wbsite is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages viisted in an anonymous form. | 1 day |
| Analytics | vuid | This domain of this cookie is owned by Vimeo. This cookie is used by vimeo to collect tracking information. It sets a unique ID to embed videos to the website. | 2 years |
Advertisement Cookies
Advertising cookies are used to track visitors across our website, and they also allow publishers to display relevant and engaging advertisements.
| Cookie Type | Name | Description | Duration |
| Advertisement | IDE | Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile. | 1 year 24 days |
| Advertisement | bscookie | This cookie is a browser ID cookie set by Linked share Buttons and ad tags. | 2 years |
| Advertisement | fr | The cookie is set by Facebook to show relevant advertisments to the users and measure and improve the advertisements. The cookie also tracks the behavior of the user across the web on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. | 3 months |
| Advertisement | personalization_id | This cookie is set by twitter.com. It is used integrate the sharing features of this social media. It also stores information about how the user uses the website for tracking and targeting. | 2 years |
Other Cookies
These cookies operate functionalities that do not fit into one of the other purposes. You can find a full list and description of these below.
| Cookie Type | Name | Description | Duration |
| others | CONSENT | Google Ads optimisation – used to store cookie consent preferences. | 16 years 10 months 6 days 9 hours |
| others | UserMatchHistory | Linkedin – Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences. | 1 month |
| others | AnalyticsSyncHistory | LinkedIn – Used to store and track visits across websites. | 1 month |