Cookies
From May 2012 all websites in the UK became required by law to inform visitors of any cookies used on their site and what purpose they have. Cookies are small text files, located in your web browser directory and they cannot be used to identify you personally. Most websites you visit will use cookies in order to improve your user experience and are used to improve services such as identifying that you have already provided a username and password or helping us improve the site by telling us what pages viewers visit the most. They either work for the duration of your visit (a 'session cookie') or for repeat visits (a 'persistent cookie').
You can manage these small files yourself and learn more about them from AllAboutCookies.org
| COOKIES IN USE |
| Name of Cookie | Type of Cookie | Expiry Period | Reason for use | Description |
| _umta | Persistent Cookie | 2 years | Google Analytics | Used to calculate the number of times someone visits a page |
| _umtb | Persistent Cookie | 30 minutes | Google Analytics | Used to calculate how long someone spends on a page |
| _umtc | Session | | Google Analytics | Used to calculate how long someone spends on a page |
| _umtc | Persistent Cookie | 6 Months | Google Analytics | Used to understand the type of referral (such as a search engine or keyword) was used to reach our website |
| PREF | Persistent Cookie | 10 years | YouTube Video | Used to store preferences for youtube videos |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Persistent Cookie | 7 Months | YouTube Video | Set on each computer to allow tracking of YouTube video views |
| PREF | Persistent Cookie | 2 years | Google Maps | Used to store preferences for Google Maps |
| SNID | Persistent Cookie | 6 Months | Google Maps | Used to store preferences for Google Maps |
| NID | Persistent Cookie | 6 Months | Google Maps | Used to store preferences for Google Maps |
| .oystermarine | Session | | Owners Area | Used to check if a user is logged in to the owners area |
Third party cookies
Google Analytics
Google Analytics tracking uses Cookies in order to provide meaningful reports about the web site visitors but they do not collect personal data about you. Google Analytics sets or updates Cookies only to collect data required for the reports which help us improve the website. Additionally, Google Analytics only uses first-party Cookies, this means that all Cookies set by Google Analytics cannot be altered or retrieved by any service on any domain other than oysteryacht.com.
YouTube
We may embed YouTube videos on pages the site which require the use Cookies, you can find out more about the YouTube cookies on their website. http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
If you have any questions or comments about privacy please feel free to contact us.