1. Introduction

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, computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.

These cookies are used to improve services for you, for example, by:

• enabling a service to recognise your device so you don't have to give the same information several times during one task

• recognising that you may already have given a username and password so you don't need to do it for every web page requested

• measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and there's enough capacity to ensure they are fast

• analysing anonymised data to help us understand how people interact with Charity Commission services so we can make them better

The following links explain more about these small files and how to manage them:

• Internet browser cookies - what they are and how to manage them (opens new window)
• Learn how to remove cookies set on your device (opens new window)

2. First Party Cookies

Cookie Function – Session Management

Cookie Function – Personalised Content/Interface

Cookie Function – Stop multiple submissions

Cookie Function – Transaction specific

3. Third Party Cookies

We use Google Analytics to generate information about the way our website is used. Three cookies are set via our website by Google Analytics.

Cookie Function – Web Analytics/Mtrics

• Read more information on Google Analytics cookies (opens new window)

4. How to control and delete cookies

We will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you.

However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our websites, 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 do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your machine as well as more general information about cookies.

Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of our website.

If you wish to view your cookie code, just click on a cookie to open it. You'll see a short string of text and numbers. The numbers are your 'identification card', which can only be seen by the server that gave you the cookie.

For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone you will need to refer to your handset manual.

To opt-out of third-parties collecting any data regarding your interaction on our website, please refer to their websites for further information.

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