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NIHR BRC: Moorfields cookie policy

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file that is downloaded onto your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit our website. It allows us to recognise your device and store some information about your visit or past actions.

Why do we ask to put cookies on your device?

By aggregating data from all our website visitors, we can better understand what content our visitors find useful and what content needs to be improved. By allowing cookies onto your device you are helping us continually improve the NIHR websites for everyone.

Do you collect and can you see my personal data?

No. We don’t collect, store, or process any personal data. We only see anonymised, aggregated data.

What types of cookie do we use?

Strictly Necessary (Functional) cookies – these are needed to make the website work.

Performance cookies – to give us insight into how people use our content and help us improve it.

Targeting cookies – for example when you interact with a Youtube video on our pages, Youtube places a number of cookies on your device. From time-to-time we track the performance of our social media campaigns and may place a cookie on your device to help do this.

Can I decline or customise which cookies I accept?

Yes. With the exception of strictly necessary, functional, cookies that make the site work, you can do this at any time using the cookie icon banner to change your choices. The cookie icon can be found on the bottom left of your screen.

How do I change my cookie settings?

If you would like to reset your cookie preferences, you can do so by using the link below or by clearing cookies from your browser settings. Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit: www.allaboutcookies.org

Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:

To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Which website is covered by this policy

The NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Moorfields website moorfieldsbrc.nihr.ac.uk

Cookies

CookieYes

  • Name: cookieyes-consent
  • Purpose: This is our consent banner and scanner cookie
  • Duration: 1 year

Cloudfare

  • Name: _cf_bm
  • Purpose: This functional cookie is used to support Cloudfare bot management, separating automated bot traffic from real human visitors
  • Duration: 1 hour

Cloudfare

  • Name: _cfvid
  • Purpose: This functional cookie is a security and rate-limiting cookie set by Cloudflare to distinguish individual users sharing a single IP address.
  • Duration: session duration

Google Analytics 4

  • Name: _ga
  • Purpose: Site analytics, it stores a unique anonymous Client ID to recognise returning visitors. Every time a user returns, the expiration date is extended.
  • Duration: 2 years

Google Analytics 4

  • Name: _ga_<container-id>
  • Purpose: Site analytics, it manages the state of the user’s session (whether their current visit is ongoing).
  • Duration: 2 years

Google Analytics 4

  • Name: _ga_<container-id>
  • Purpose: Site analytics, it manages the state of the user’s session (whether their current visit is ongoing).
  • Duration: 2 years

Microsoft Clarity

  • Name: _clck
  • Purpose: Heat maps / session recording, this persists the unique anonymised Clarity User ID and user preferences so that subsequent visits to the same site are attributed to the same user.
  • Duration: 1 year

Microsoft Clarity

  • Name: _clsk
  • Purpose: Heat maps / session recording, this connects multiple page views by a user into a single session recording.
  • Duration: 24 hours

Microsoft Clarity

  • Name: CLID
  • Purpose: Heat maps / session recording, this identifies the very first time Microsoft Clarity saw this user across any site that has Clarity installed.
  • Duration: 1 year

Microsoft Clarity

  • Name: MUID
  • Purpose: Heat maps / session recording, a Microsoft-wide unique identifier for the web browser, used across Microsoft sites for advertising, analytics, and operational purposes.
  • Duration: 1 year

Microsoft Clarity

  • Name: ANONCHK
  • Purpose: Heat maps / session recording, this indicates whether the MUID was transferred to ANID (an ad-targeting cookie). Clarity doesn’t use ANID, so this is always set to 0.
  • Duration: 10 mins

YouTube

  • Name: yt-remote-device-id
  • Purpose: Functional 3rd party cookie, YouTube sets this cookie to store the user’s video preferences using embedded YouTube videos.
  • Duration: never

YouTube

  • Name: ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY
  • Purpose: Functional 3rd party cookie, is used by YouTube to store the last search result entry that was clicked by the user. This information is used to improve the user experience by providing more relevant search results in the future.
  • Duration: never

YouTube

  • Name: yt-player-headers-readable
  • Purpose: Functional 3rd party cookie, is used by YouTube to store user preferences related to video playback and interface, enhancing the user’s viewing experience.
  • Duration: never

YouTube

  • Name: yt-remote-connected-devices
  • Purpose: Functional 3rd party cookie, is used to store the user’s video preferences using embedded YouTube videos.
  • Duration: never

YouTube

  • Name: yt-remote-session-app
  • Purpose: Functional 3rd party cookie, is used to store user preferences and information about the interface of the embedded YouTube video player.
  • Duration: session

YouTUbe

  • Name: yt-remote-cast-installed
  • Purpose: Functional 3rd party cookie, is used to store the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
  • Duration: session

YouTube

  • Name: yt-remote-session-name
  • Purpose: Functional 3rd party cookie, is used by YouTube to store the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
  • Duration: session

YouTube

  • Name: yt-remote-cast-available
  • Purpose: Functional 3rd party cookie, is used to store the user’s preferences regarding whether casting is available on their YouTube video player.
  • Duration: session

YouTube

  • Name: yt-remote-fast-check-period
  • Purpose: Functional 3rd party cookie, is used by YouTube to store the user’s video player preferences for embedded YouTube videos.
  • Duration: session

YouTube

  • Name: YSC
  • Purpose: YouTube sets this 3rd party cookie to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages.
  • Duration: session

YouTube

  • Name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
  • Purpose: YouTube sets this 3rd party cookie to measure bandwidth, determining whether the user gets the new or old player interface.
  • Duration: 6 months

YouTube

  • Name: VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA
  • Purpose: YouTube sets this 3rd party cookie to store the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain.
  • Duration: 6 months

YouTube

 

  • Name: yt.innertube::requests
  • Purpose: YouTube sets this 3rd party cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
  • Duration: never

YouTube

  • Name: yt.innertube::nextId
  • Purpose: YouTube sets this 3rd party cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
  • Duration: never