This cookie policy applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the United Kingdom.
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites work correctly, remember your preferences, and — where you consent — give site owners insights into how their content is used.
Cookie Categories
Cookies are grouped into the categories below. This explains what each category is for; the specific cookies set by the services configured for this site are listed in the table further down this page.
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
Essential | Required for the website to function correctly and always active. |
Functional | Enables enhanced features and personalisation, such as video players and interactive maps. Disabling these may reduce site functionality. |
Analytics | Lets embedded services, such as video players, measure how their content is used. These cookies are set by those services, not by this site. |
Marketing | Delivers personalised advertising and measures the effectiveness of marketing campaigns. These cookies may be set by third-party advertising partners. |
Consent
When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on “Save preferences”, you consent to us using the categories of cookies and plug-ins you selected in the pop-up, as described in this Cookie Policy.
Managing cookies in your browser
Most browsers let you review, block, or delete cookies through their privacy settings. You can usually choose to block all cookies, block third-party cookies, or clear cookies already stored on your device. For instructions explaining how to manage cookies using your browser, see your browser’s help documentation.
Please note that disabling essential cookies may affect site functionality.
Cookies set by this website
The table below lists each third-party service this site may use, the cookies it can set, and the category each cookie falls under. You can at any time to review or update your choices.
Cloudflare
Cloudflare provides network infrastructure, content delivery, and security services. Cookies set by Cloudflare are strictly necessary for the site to function securely — they support bot protection, challenge verification, and network integrity. They do not track visitors across sites or serve advertising.
| Name | Category | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
__cflb | Essential | Load Balancer session affinity cookie used to keep a visitor on the same origin pool and support seamless failover when configured. | Session; several seconds up to 24 hours |
__cf_bm | Essential | Supports Cloudflare bot products by distinguishing automated traffic from human visitors and carrying bot-score/session signals for protection logic. | 30 minutes of inactivity |
__cfseq | Essential | Sequence cookie used by Cloudflare bot sequence rules to evaluate request order and timing patterns. | Varies by Cloudflare configuration |
cf_clearance | Essential | Stores proof that a visitor passed a Cloudflare challenge (including Turnstile/Challenge flows) so repeat challenges can be reduced while maintaining security checks. | Varies by challenge/security configuration |
cf_ob_info | Essential | Always Online diagnostic cookie containing origin failure metadata (for example status code and Ray ID) for fallback handling. | 30 seconds |
cf_use_ob | Essential | Always Online routing cookie indicating that content should be fetched from the Always Online cache on a designated port. | 30 seconds |
__cfwaitingroom | Essential | Waiting Room state cookie that tracks visitor queue/admission status for hosts and paths protected by Cloudflare Waiting Room. | Varies by Waiting Room configuration |
__cfruid | Essential | Legacy Rate Limiting cookie used by previous Cloudflare rate-limiting implementations to manage incoming traffic. | Varies by Cloudflare configuration |
_cfuvid | Essential | Rate Limiting Rules cookie used (when enabled) to distinguish unique visitors sharing the same IP address, such as behind NAT. | Varies by Cloudflare configuration |
cf_chl_rc_i | Essential | Internal Challenge Platform diagnostic cookie used by Cloudflare to identify production issues on client-side challenge flows (including Turnstile-related challenge execution). | Varies by Cloudflare configuration |
cf_chl_rc_ni | Essential | Internal Challenge Platform diagnostic cookie used by Cloudflare to identify production issues on client-side challenge flows (including Turnstile-related challenge execution). | Varies by Cloudflare configuration |
cf_chl_rc_m | Essential | Internal Challenge Platform diagnostic cookie used by Cloudflare to identify production issues on client-side challenge flows (including Turnstile-related challenge execution). | Varies by Cloudflare configuration |
Vimeo
Vimeo is a video hosting and playback platform. When embedded with the privacy-enhanced `dnt=1` parameter, Vimeo limits cookie use to functional cookies required for video playback and player preferences.
| Name | Category | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
player | Functional | Stores video player preferences — such as volume level and playback quality — for embedded Vimeo videos. | 1 year |
vuid | Functional | Stores an anonymised unique visitor ID. With `dnt=1`, Vimeo restricts this cookie to functional use only and does not use it for analytics or advertising. | 2 years |
YouTube
YouTube is a video hosting and sharing platform operated by Google. Standard YouTube embeds may set cookies to track video engagement, measure audience reach, and serve personalised advertising.
| Name | Category | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
YSC | Functional | Registers a unique session ID to maintain statistics of videos watched via embedded YouTube players. | Session |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Functional | Estimates the user's bandwidth to determine whether to serve the new or legacy YouTube player interface. | 180 days |
yt-remote-device-id | Functional | Stores video player preferences (such as quality and volume) for embedded YouTube videos. | Persistent |
yt-remote-connected-devices | Functional | Stores information about devices previously connected via the embedded YouTube player. | Persistent |
GPS | Analytics | Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location for analytics. | 30 minutes |
yt.innertube::requests | Analytics | Caches requests made to the YouTube internal API to improve performance. | Persistent |
PREF | Marketing | Stores user preferences and personalises the YouTube experience, including ad targeting based on content watched. | 2 years |
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | Marketing | Stores privacy-related metadata to help YouTube serve personalised content and targeted advertisements. | 180 days |
__Secure-YNID | Functional | Replaces VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE on newer YouTube players; Google states it is used to detect and resolve problems with the service. | 180 days |
__Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | Functional | Manages the staged rollout of new YouTube features and interface changes, deciding which version the player shows. | 180 days |
yt-icons-last-purgedLocal storage | Functional | Records when the YouTube player last cleared its cached interface icons. | Persistent |
ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEYLocal storage | Functional | Records the outcome of the YouTube player's most recent operation on its local database. | Persistent |
YtIdbMetaIndexedDB | Functional | Keeps track of the local databases the YouTube player has created, so it can manage and clear them. | Persistent |
LogsDatabaseV2:*IndexedDB | Analytics | Queues the YouTube player's diagnostic and usage logs before they are sent to YouTube. The name carries a generated suffix. | Persistent |
ServiceWorkerLogsDatabaseIndexedDB | Analytics | Queues logs from the YouTube player's background worker before they are sent to YouTube. | Persistent |
Contact details
For questions about this cookie policy, please contact us using the details below.
Organisation: Baxterbear
Data controller: Baxterbear
Email: baxterbear@baxterbear.com
Last updated: 7 October 2026