Frindow

Cookie Policy

This cookie policy only relates to your use of our website    www.frindow.com.

Throughout our website we may link to other websites owned and operated by third parties – for example providers of services we ‘signpost’ to you. These other third party websites may also use cookies or similar technologies in accordance with their own separate policies . For privacy information relating to these other third party websites, please consult their policies as appropriate.

Cookies

A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your device (eg computer, smartphone or other electronic device) when you use our website. We use cookies on our website. These help us   recognise you and your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions . Some of th ese cookies assist with the site functionality.   All of this  allows us to provide you with the best service.

For example, we may monitor how many times you visit the website, which pages you go to, traffic data, location data and the originating domain name of your internet service provider . This information helps us to build a profile of our users . Some of this data will be aggregated for statistical analysis, which means that we will not be able to identify you individually.

For further information on our use of cookies, including a detailed list of your information which we and others may collect through cookies, please see below.

For further information on cookies generally, including how to control and manage them, visit the guidance on cookies  published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, www.aboutcookies.org  or www.allaboutcookies.org .

Consent to use cookies

We will ask for your permission ( Consent ) to place cookies or other similar technologies on your device, except where they are essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested.

Our use of cookies

The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why . All of the cookies listed in the table below are owned by Frindow.

Cookie Name

Cookies Expires After

Cookie Function

cookie_warning

1 year

Records that the user has given consent to accept cookies.

_frindow_session

While the user is logged into the application.

Used to uniquely identify the user as they use the application.

user_id

While the user is logged into the application.

Used to uniquely identify the user as they use the application.

online

1 minute

Used to determine if the user is online

remember_user_token

2 weeks

Used to log you in if you select ‘Remember me’ when logging in.

Universal Analytics (Google)

2 years

This is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc which uses cookies to show us how visitors found and explored our site, and how we can enhance their experience. It provides us with information about the behaviour of our visitors (eg how long they stayed on the site, the average number of pages viewed) and also tells us how many visitors we have had.

This cookie collects information in an anonymous form including: gender, age and group membership.

Click here   for more information information about how Google uses cookies.

Third party access to the cookies

T he cookies we use will only be accessed by us and those third parties named in the table above for the purposes referred to in this cookie policy. Those cookies will not be accessed by any other third party.

How to turn off all cookies and consequences of doing so

If you do not want to accept any cookies, you may be able to change your browser settings so that cookies (including those which are essential to the services requested) are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of our website.

For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to the guidance on cookies  published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, www.aboutcookies.org  or www.allaboutcookies.org .