We collect certain information or data about you when you use www.pointsoflight.gov.uk. This includes:
This helps us to:
We can’t personally identify you using your data.
We store your data on our secure servers in the UK.
It may also be stored outside of Europe, where it could be viewed by our staff or suppliers.
By submitting your personal data, you agree to this.
Transmitting information over the internet is generally not completely secure, and we can’t guarantee the security of your data.
Any data you transmit is at your own risk.
We have procedures and security features in place to try and keep your data secure once we receive it.
We won’t share your information with any other organisations for marketing, market research or commercial purposes, and we don’t pass on your details to other websites.
We may pass on your personal information if we have a legal obligation to do so, or if we have to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements. This includes exchanging information with other government departments for legal reasons.
You can find out what information we hold about you, and ask us not to use any of the information we collect.
www.pointsoflight.gov.uk contains links to and from other websites.
This privacy policy only applies to this website, and doesn’t cover other government services and transactions that we link to.
Following a link to another website
If you go to another website from this one, read the privacy policy on that website to find out what it does with your information.
Following a link to Points of Light from another website
If you come to the Points of Light website from another website, we may receive personal information about you from the other website. You should read the privacy policy of the website you came from to find out more about this.
The Points of Light website (pointsoflight.gov.uk) puts small files (known as ‘cookies’) onto your computer to collect information about how you browse the site.
Cookies are used to:
You can find out more about how to manage cookies, including how to delete and block them, on the Information Commission Officer’s (ICO) website.
Measuring website usage (Google Analytics)
We use Google Analytics software to collect information about how you use this site. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements.
Google Analytics stores information about:
It doesn’t collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so this information can’t be used to identify who you are. We don’t allow Google to use or share our analytics data.
Google Analytics sets the following cookies:
| Name | Expires |
|---|---|
| _ga | 2 years |
| _gat | 10 minutes |
| _gid | 24 hours |
You can opt out of Google Analytics cookies.
Website Registration (WordPress)
This website is built using the WordPress content management system. WordPress uses the following cookies to enable registered users to log into the website:
| Name | Expires |
|---|---|
| wordpress_test_cookie | When you close your browser |
| wordpress_logged_in_[ID] | When you close your browser |
| wordpress_sec_[ID] | When you close your browser |
YouTube Videos
We embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode.
| Name | Expires |
|---|---|
| GPS | 30 minutes |
| PREF | 2 years |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 9 months |
| YSC | When you close your browser |
| remote_sid | When you close your browser |
Read YouTube’s Privacy Policy.
Flickr Photos and Videos
We embed photos and videos from our Flickr channel using Flickr’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the Flickr video player, but Flickr will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode.
| Name | Expires |
|---|---|
| AO | 30 years |
| B | 1.5 years |
| F | 24 hours |
| PH | 24 hours |
| SSL | 24 hours |
| T | 24 hours |
| Y | 24 hours |
| usc | 24 hours |
Read Flickr’s Privacy Policy.
We embed Tweet posts and videos from Twitter. Twitter will never associate this web browsing history with users’ names, email addresses, phone numbers, or Twitter handles, and they delete, obfuscate, or aggregate it after no longer than 30 days.
Twitter sets the following cookies:
| Name | Expires |
|---|---|
| _twitter_sess | When you close your browser |
| ct0 | 6 hours |
| external_referer | 1 week |
| guest_id | 2 years |
| personalization_id | 2 years |
| _utma | 24 hours |
| _utmz | 24 hours |
| eu_cn | 1 year |
| gdpr_lo | 3 months |
| syndication_guestid | 2 years |
| tfw_exp | 6 months |
Twitter also own the cdn.syndication.twimg.com domain which places the following language cookie, enabling Twitter to determine the language settings of your browser, to better show you relevant information in the right language.
| Name | Expires |
|---|---|
| lang | When you close your browser |
Read Twitter’s Privacy Policy.
We embed Facebook videos from Facebook.
Facebook sets the following cookies:
| Name | Expires |
|---|---|
| act | When you close your browser |
| c_user | 6 months |
| datr | 2 years |
| fr | 9 months |
| presence | When you close your browser |
| sb | 2 years |
| wd | 1 week |
| xs | 9 months |
Read Facebook’s Data Policy.
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