Peabody's website requires the use of cookies. These cookies are not used for the placement of advertising but are used so that our web servers can deliver the correct web pages to the correct person.  

What are cookies?

Cookies are data files that are stored on your computer's hard drive and keep records of your visit to a website. They allow Peabody to recognise you and tailor your visit to suit your individual preferences. You may be able to configure your web browser to prevent the use of cookies but this will mean that some website functions or services may not be available.

What do cookies do?

We’re constantly improving our website based on what our visitors do and the pages you look at. Our cookies record anonymous information about visits and clicks on each web page. We use this to identify things that are going well, and things that we can improve.

These cookies are not used for the placement of advertising but are used so that our web servers can deliver the correct web pages to the correct person.


Peabody website cookies

The types of cookies we use are explained below:

Name Purpose Expires 
Peabody.org.uk 


Session cookies help our websites remember what you chose on the previous page, avoiding the need to re-enter information


Once you close the browser, all session cookies are deleted.
Google Analytics sets the following cookies:

Universal Analytics

_ga

 

 

 



This helps us count how many people visit the website by tracking if you’ve visited before

 

 




2 years

_gid

This helps us count how many people visit the website by tracking if you’ve visited before

24 hours

_gat

Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made

10 minutes

Google Analytics

_utma

 

 


Like _ga, this lets us know if you’ve visited before, so we can count how many of our visitors are new to the website or to a certain page


2 years
_utmb

This works with _utmc to calculate the average length of time you spend on the website

30 minutes

_utmc

This works with _utmb to calculate when you close your browser

When you close your browser
_utmz

This tells us how you reached the website (for example from another website or a search engine)

6 months

Google Tag Manager

gtm_debug, gtm_preview

 


Google Tag Manager (GTM) keeps track of a set of tags and tag-firing triggers that define when those tags should be made available on our site



After 10 minutes

nmstat

 

 

This cookie is used to help record the visitor’s use of the website. It is used to collect statistics about site usage such as when the visitor last visited the site. This information is then used to improve the user experience on the website

2 years

 

 

Google Maps

khcookie, NID, SNID, PREF

 

 

Third party cookies are not set directly by the web site you are visiting but are set by services that are used to insert useful content into the site.  This site makes use of Google's mapping service.  Google's mapping service makes use of several cookies: khcookie, NID, SNID, PREF.  These cookies are set when you visit a page with an embedded Google map.  For more details, please visit Google's privacy policy information pages at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy

All the cookies are immediately deleted or expire within 4 months

 

 

Siteimprove

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This cookie is used purely to track the sequence of pages a visitor looks at during a visit to the site. This information is then used to improve the user experience on the website

At the end of the session

 


Are our cookies safe?

  • Yes – they don’t harm your computer.
  • Yes – they do not contain any information that could be used by others to identify you personally.
  • Yes – they do not contain any confidential details such as your email address or payment details.

Can I turn cookies off?

We recommend that they are enabled, but it's your decision and we will only use them with your consent.

If you would prefer us not to store cookies on your computer, you can change the settings on your website browser. You can find out how to do this in the "Help" section of your browser, via the menu bar.

Peabody hopes you will enjoy using our websites.

More about cookies

Peabody privacy and data protection statement