Our Policies
Cookie Policy
Last reviewed: 25 August 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Charney Manor uses cookies and similar technologies on this website.
This website is operated by Society of Friends – Charney Manor, a Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Registered charity number: 1203057
ICO registration reference: ZB949398
Date registered: 31 July 2025
Registration expires: 30 July 2027
For privacy or data protection questions, please contact:
Gillian Peaston
Email: sales@charneymanor.com
For more information about how we collect, use and protect personal information, please read our Privacy Statement.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites work properly, remember choices you have made, improve security, understand how the website is used, or support embedded content and advertising features.
Some cookies are essential for the website to function. Others are optional and should only be used where appropriate consent has been given.
How we use cookies
Charney Manor uses cookies to:
- make the website work properly;
- remember cookie consent preferences;
- help protect website forms from spam and malicious activity;
- support website security;
- help us understand how visitors use the website;
- support embedded content, such as YouTube videos;
- support advertising or marketing features where used.
Types of cookies we use
Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this website, such as website security, spam protection, secure loading and remembering your cookie consent preferences. These cookies do not usually store information that directly identifies you and cannot generally be switched off through the website’s cookie settings.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
wpEmojiSettingsSupports |
Session | Set by WordPress when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine whether the visitor’s browser can display emojis properly. |
_GRECAPTCHA |
6 months | Set by Google reCAPTCHA to help identify bots and protect the website against spam and malicious activity. |
rc::a |
Persistent | Set by Google reCAPTCHA to help identify bots and protect the website against spam and malicious activity. |
rc::f |
Persistent | Set by Google reCAPTCHA to help identify bots and protect the website against spam and malicious activity. |
rc::c |
Session | Set by Google reCAPTCHA to help identify bots and protect the website against spam and malicious activity. |
rc::b |
Session | Set by Google reCAPTCHA to help identify bots and protect the website against spam and malicious activity. |
__cf_bm |
1 hour | Set by Cloudflare to support Cloudflare Bot Management and help protect the website from automated traffic. |
cookieyes-* |
1 year | Set by CookieYes to remember and manage visitors’ cookie consent preferences. |
Analytics cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the website, such as which pages are visited and how people find and use the site. This information helps us improve the website.
Based on the current cookie scan, no Google Analytics cookies are listed in the active cookie table. If Google Analytics cookies are later detected, such as _ga or _ga_*, they should be added to this section and controlled through the cookie banner where required.
Advertising and marketing cookies
Advertising and marketing cookies may be used to measure the effectiveness of advertising, understand visitor behaviour after viewing or clicking adverts, or support relevant advertising on platforms such as Facebook/Meta.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
_fbp |
3 months | Set by Facebook/Meta. It may be used to help display advertisements on Facebook or on digital platforms powered by Facebook advertising after a visitor has been on the website. |
Embedded content and video cookies
Some pages may include embedded content, such as YouTube videos. Embedded content from third-party websites may behave as though you have visited that third-party website directly. These third parties may set their own cookies, track interaction with the embedded content, or use cookies for security, performance, analytics or advertising purposes.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
YSC |
Session | Set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos on YouTube pages. |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
6 months | Set by YouTube to measure bandwidth and help determine whether the visitor receives the new or old player interface. |
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA |
6 months | Set by YouTube to store the visitor’s cookie consent state for the current domain. |
__Secure-YNID |
6 months | Set by YouTube/Google to support user security and help prevent fraud, particularly during login processes. |
__Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN |
6 months | Set by YouTube to manage feature rollout and experimentation, helping Google control which interface or feature changes are shown to visitors. |
__Secure-YEC |
Past / expired | YouTube/Google cookie. The current scan does not provide a full description. If this cookie appears as expired or “past”, it may not require active categorisation on the live cookie table unless it is still being set. |
Third-party services
This website may use or link to third-party services, including:
- Google reCAPTCHA, for spam protection;
- Cloudflare, for website security and bot protection;
- CookieYes, for cookie consent management;
- YouTube, for embedded video content;
- Facebook/Meta, where advertising or social media features are used;
- Hop Software or third-party booking platforms, where guests make bookings;
- Mailchimp, where visitors sign up to mailing lists;
- JustGiving, where visitors make donations.
These services may set their own cookies or process information in line with their own privacy and cookie policies.
Managing your cookie choices
When you first visit the website, you may be shown a cookie banner that allows you to accept, reject or manage non-essential cookies.
You can change your cookie preferences at any time using the cookie settings option on the website, where available.
You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block cookies, delete existing cookies, or receive a warning before cookies are stored. Please note that blocking necessary cookies may affect how the website works.
Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time if the cookies, website tools, booking systems, embedded content, analytics, advertising tools or legal requirements change.
The latest version will be published on this website.