FAQs - Cookies

Q. What are cookies?

Cookies are small files that websites save to your computer. A website owner will use cookies to make their site work better for their users and to understand how users are using their site.

Cookies are not used to identify you personally but can store store information on activities (e.g. that you've visited a site before or that you've logged on) or on the preferences you've selected.

Q. How go4awalk.com uses cookies

We use cookies to make go4awalk.com convenient to use and to understand how our users are using go4awalk.com so that we can continue to improve it. Cookies on go4awalk.com are used:

1. To enable go4awalk.com Account Holders to remain Logged On as they explore the go4awalk.com site.
   
   We use cookies as part of the logon process for our Account Holders. This means that he/she can download our premium information or respond to messages on our Find Friend message board without having to log on for each individual item or response. To do this a cookie stores a session ID that is checked against our database each time you go to a Account Holders/subscribers' only area of the site. It checks whether you are a valid Account Holder/subscriber, and that you are allowed to access the information.
   
   
2. To count the number of unique visitors to the site.
   
   We use cookies to record how many individual unique visitors we have.
   
   
3. To deliver relevant advertising.
   
   Some of the pages on go4awalk.com carry advertising. Some of this advertising is tailored to the individual user and this is known as 'behavioural targeting'. This uses a cookie to gather information about the pages you visit - but does not collect information about who you are. This limited information is used by organisations such as Google to display only adverts it believes is relevant to you. For more information see Behavioural Targeting

Q. How to control your cookies

You are able to control which cookies you allow - but please take into account that you'll need to accept our cookies to enable the go4awalk.com site to work properly.

The way in which you control the cookies you allow on to your computer is specific to your browser or your mobile phone. So the best place to start is your browser's Help Section or your mobile phones' Manual.

More information about cookies

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