Cookies

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.

The RAF Stories website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse the site and also allows us to improve the Website.

The cookies we use include:

  • “Analytical” cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the Website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
  • “Strictly necessary” cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
  • “Functionality” cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Cookies

Name: _ga
Purpose: This Google Analytics cookie is used to distinguish users.
How long it’s stored for: 2 years

Name: _gid
Purpose: This Google Analytics cookie is used to distinguish users.
How long it’s stored for: 24 hours

Name:  _gat
Purpose: This Google Analytics cookie is used to throttle request rate.
How long it’s stored for: 1 minute

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