Cookies
When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, your computer or mobile phone. These small amounts of information are known as cookies.
What are cookies?
Cookies are pieces of data created when you visit a site, and contain a unique, anonymous number. They are stored in the cookie directory of your device. Some expire at the end of your website session; others remain on your device for slightly longer.
Cookies do not contain any personal information about you and cannot be used to identify you personally. You may safely turn off cookies on our web site without affecting how our web pages are displayed or function.
Where does Tower Bridge use cookies?
We use cookies across the Tower Bridge website (towerbridge.org.uk), and our ticketing website provided by Gantner ticketing (towerbridge.recreatex.be).
How does Tower Bridge use cookies?
Cookies are used to improve the Tower Bridge website and your experience when using it through, for example:
- Measuring how many people are using our web pages, so they can be made easier to use and there's enough capacity to ensure they are fast.
- Analysing data to help us understand how people interact with our web pages so we can make them better.
Cookies enable us to identify your device, or you when you have logged in. We use cookies that are strictly necessary to enable you to move around the site or to provide certain basic features.
The Tower Bridge websites use cookies to enhance the functionality by storing your preferences, for example. We also use cookies to help us to improve the performance of our websites to provide you with a better user experience.
When you use and access the Service, we may place a number of cookies files in your web browser. We use cookies for the following purposes: to enable certain functions of the Service, to provide analytics and to store your preferences. We use both session and persistent cookies on the Service. Cookies will not be used for any purpose other than the one stated.
We don’t sell the information collected by cookies, nor do we disclose the information to third parties, except where required by law.
Types of cookies
First party cookies
First party cookies are cookies placed by the specific website visited - the website displayed in the browser’s address bar. In our case that’s towerbridge.org.uk and towerbridge.recreatex.be.
Third party cookies
Linked to third party cookies are cookies placed by a third-party website that Tower Bridge’s website provides a link to.
What cookies does Tower Bridge website put on my device?
Last updated on 6 December 2022 by Cookiebot.
ASP.net
|
Name |
Persistent |
Expiry |
Type |
Category |
Purpose |
|
ASP.NET_SessionId |
No |
Session |
First party |
Necessary |
Preserves the visitor's session state across page requests. |
Cookiebot
|
Name |
Persistent |
Expiry |
Type |
Category |
Purpose |
|
CookieConsent |
Yes |
1 year |
First party |
Necessary |
Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. |
|
Name |
Persistent |
Expiry |
Type |
Category |
Purpose |
|
_fbp |
Yes |
3 months |
First party |
Optional - marketing |
Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. |
|
Name |
Persistent |
Expiry |
Type |
Category |
Purpose |
|
CONSENT |
Yes |
2 years |
Third party |
Necessary |
Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website. |
|
collect |
No |
Session |
Third party |
Optional – statistics |
Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
|
__qca |
Yes |
1 year |
First party |
Optional – statistics |
Collects data on the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded with the purpose of generating reports for optimising the website content. |
|
_dc_gtm_UA-# |
Yes |
1 day |
First party |
Optional – statistics |
Used by Google Tag Manager to control the loading of a Google Analytics script tag. |
|
_ga |
Yes |
2 years |
First party |
Optional – statistics |
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
|
_ga_# |
Yes |
2 years |
First party |
Optional – statistics |
Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. |
|
_gid |
Yes |
1 day |
First party |
Optional – statistics |
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
|
NID |
Yes |
6 months |
Third party |
Optional – marketing |
Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads. |
Hotjar
|
Name |
Persistent |
Expiry |
Type |
Category |
Purpose |
|
_hjShownFeedbackMessage |
Yes |
Persistent |
First party |
Optional - preferences |
Used in context with the website’s user feedback functionality. Determines whether the user has been shown feedback messages.
|
|
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress / _hjFirstSeen |
Yes |
1 day |
First party |
Optional – statistics |
This cookie is used to count how many times a website has been visited by different visitors - this is done by assigning the visitor an ID, so the visitor does not get registered twice. |
|
hjIncludedInPageviewSample |
Yes |
1 day |
First party |
Optional – statistics |
Used to detect whether the user navigation and interactions are included in the website’s data analytics. |
|
_hjIncludedInSessionSample |
Yes |
1 day |
First party |
Optional – statistics |
Registers data on visitors' website-behaviour. This is used for internal analysis and website optimization. |
|
_hjRecordingLastActivity |
No |
Session |
First party |
Optional – statistics |
Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes. |
|
_hjSession_# |
Yes |
1 day |
First party |
Optional – statistics |
Collects statistics on the visitor's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read. |
|
_hjTLDTest |
No |
Session |
First party |
Optional – statistics |
Registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. |
|
hjViewportId |
No |
Session |
First party |
Optional – statistics |
Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes. |
|
_hjRecordingEnabled |
No |
Session |
First party |
Optional – marketing |
This cookie is used to identify the visitor and optimize ad-relevance by collecting visitor data from multiple websites – this exchange of visitor data is normally provided by a third-party data-center or ad-exchange. |
Quantcast
|
Name |
Persistent |
Expiry |
Type |
Category |
Purpose |
|
_dlt |
Yes |
1 day |
First party |
Optional – statistics |
Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes. |
|
qcSes |
No |
Session |
First party |
Optional – statistics |
Collects data on the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded with the purpose of generating reports for optimising the website content. |
|
mc |
Yes |
13 months |
Third party |
Optional – marketing |
Collects data on the user's visits to the website, such as what pages have been loaded. The registered data is used for targeted ads. |
|
__qca |
Yes |
Persistent |
First party |
Unclassified |
|
ReCreateX
|
Name |
Persistent |
Expiry |
Type |
Category |
Purpose |
|
__RequestVerificationToken |
No |
Session |
First party |
Necessary |
Helps prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. |
|
NSC_# |
Yes |
1 day |
First party |
Necessary |
Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times. |
|
RCX / RCXCS / RCXVS |
Yes |
1 year |
First party |
Necessary |
|
Serving-sys.com
|
Name |
Persistent |
Expiry |
Type |
Category |
Purpose |
|
ActivityInfo2 |
Yes |
3 months |
Third party |
Optional – Marketing |
Presents the user with relevant content and advertisement. The service is provided by third-party advertisement hubs, which facilitate real-time bidding for advertisers. |
Sizmek
|
Name |
Persistent |
Expiry |
Type |
Category |
Purpose |
|
OT_1073745841 |
No |
Session |
Third party |
Optional - Marketing |
|
|
OT2 |
Yes |
3 months |
Third party |
Optional - Marketing |
Collects visitor data related to the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded, with the purpose of displaying targeted ads. |
|
u2 |
Yes |
3 months |
Third party |
Optional - Marketing |
Collects data related to the user's navigation visits to webpages in order to assess the efficacy of ads that are displayed on the website. |
|
SZMKSessionId / SZMKUin |
Yes |
Persistent |
First party |
Optional - Marketing |
Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement - This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement. |
Tower Bridge
|
Name |
Persistent |
Expiry |
Type |
Category |
Purpose |
|
Contrast |
Yes |
6 days |
First party |
Necessary |
Used for website accessibility |
|
Zoom |
Yes |
6 days |
First party |
Necessary |
Used for website accessibility |
Vimeo
|
Name |
Persistent |
Expiry |
Type |
Category |
Purpose |
|
__cf_bm |
Yes |
1 day |
Third party |
Necessary |
This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. |
|
vuid |
Yes |
2 years |
Third party |
Optional - statistics |
Collects data on the user's visits to the website, such as which pages have been read. |
YouTube
|
Name |
Persistent |
Expiry |
Type |
Category |
Purpose |
|
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
Yes |
179 days |
Third party |
Optional - Marketing |
Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. |
|
YSC |
No |
Session |
Third party |
Optional - Marketing |
Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
Survicate
|
Name |
Persistent |
Expiry |
Type |
Category |
Purpose |
|
survi::#::allvisitor survi::#::statusrequestHandler |
Yes |
Persistent |
First party |
Optional - Statistics |
|
|
survi::#::visitInitialUrl survi::#::visitReferrerUrl survi::#::visitViews |
No |
Session |
First party |
Optional - Statistics |
|
How to manage your cookies
Web browser cookies
If you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our website, 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 block cookies on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your device as well as more general information about cookies.
Adobe Flash Player Cookies
The Adobe Flash Player, used to provide services to view videos, is also capable of storing information on your device. However, these cookies cannot be controlled through your web browser. Some web browser manufacturers are developing solutions to allow you to control these through your browser, but at the present time, if you wish to restrict or block Flash Cookies, then you must do this on the Adobe website.
Feedback
If you have any questions about how we use cookies on our website, please contact us.