A cookie is a text file which contains a small amount of information which is downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
Session Cookies are temporary cookies that remain in your browser or device until you leave the site. They are then deleted from your device once you leave the website.
Persistent Cookies remain in your browser or device for much longer, depending on the cookie.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
This website is hosted on the WordPress platform. Your data may be stored through WordPress’s data storage, databases and the general WordPress applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall. To view WordPress’s Privacy Notice see: Privacy – WordPress.org English (UK)
When you visit this website, the following cookies are stored on your machine:
| Name | Description | Expires |
| SS_MATTR | This cookie identifies a unique visitor. | No visitor information is stored except a unique ID dropped on visitors to the site. |
| SS_MID | This cookie identifies a unique visitor. | No visitor information is stored except a unique ID dropped on visitors to the site. |
| SS_lastvisit | This cookie is used to allow WordPress’s statistics module to determine if a website visitor is unique. | This cookie expires after one year. |
| crumb | The crumb cookie is used in order to recognise a computer when a user visits our website. It also prevents cross-site request forgery. | The crumb cookie expires when the user browsing session ends. |
| ss_cid | This cookie is used to identify a unique user for WordPress Metrics. The value assigned is a random GUID (Globally Unique Identifier), and no personally identifying information is associated with this cookie. The purpose of the ss_cid cookie is to determine the uniqueness of the user. | This cookie expires after two years. |
| ss_cpvisit | This cookie represents the same information as ss_cvisit with the exception that it stores the previous session instead of the current one. | This cookie expires after two years. |
| ss_cvisit | This cookie is used to identify a user’s session. The value assigned is the timestamp of the initial page view for a session. This does not collect personally identifying information. | The ss_cvisit cookie expires after thirty minutes. |
| ss_cvr | This cookie is equivalent to the ss_cid cookie with the exception that it stores the values of the current and ss_cvisit and ss_cpvisit cookies. | The ss_cvr cookie expires after two years. |
| ss_cvt | This cookie is equivalent to ss_cvisit with the exception that it stores a count of the page views for that session. | The ss_cvt cookie expires after thirty minutes. |
| user_segment | This is used to remember your preferences. | It does not install any tracking on your computers at all. |
For more information about WordPress cookies go to www.wordpress.com.
We use Google Analytics to collect anonymous information about use of our website. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit this site, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to this site. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve our website.
Although Google Analytics places a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user next time you visit our website, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google whose ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy – Privacy Policy – Privacy & Terms – Google
| Name | Description | Expires |
| _ga | This cookie is used to distinguish unique users. It helps us count how many people visit the website by tracking if you have visited before. | 2 years |
| _gat | Used to manage the performance of Google Analytics data collection. | 1 minute |
| _gid | Used by Google Analytics to store information about the pages you visit on our website. | 1 day |
For more information about Google Analytics cookies please see this link:
How Google uses cookies – Privacy & Terms – Google
If you wish to, you can opt out by turning off cookies in the preferences settings in your web browser or you can use Google’s opt out tool within Chrome.
Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on Download Page
Most browsers allow you to disable cookies. Below are links to the help pages for the following popular browsers:
Google Chrome – Delete, allow and manage cookies in Chrome – Computer – Google Chrome Help
Microsoft Edge – Manage cookies in Microsoft Edge: View, allow, block, delete and use – Microsoft Support
Firefox – Cookies – Information that websites store on your computer | Firefox Help (mozilla.org)
Safari – How do I clear my browser’s cache? | Replicon
To find out more about cookies, including more information on how to disable/enable and delete them, please go to one of the following websites:
https://www.aboutcookies.org
https://cookiesandyou.com
http://www.allaboutcookies.org
The Rebuild East Midlands site has external links to other sites. When you click on these links and navigate away from the Rebuild East Midlands site it has no control over how these third-party sites handle your data. For more information please refer to the privacy policies of these third-party sites.
Any personal data that you add voluntarily and send via the ‘Contact’ form on this website will be retained for as long as it is needed to perform its function. Rebuild East Midlands staff regularly reviews the data held and deletes information that is no longer needed.
If there is a security breach and personal data is obtained, Rebuild East Midlands will contact all affected users as soon as possible and report the relevant actions taken in response to the security breach. See our Data Protection Policy.
You have the right to request a copy of the personal information that is held. You can also request that your personal information is amended and/or deleted at any time. Please email
info@rebuildproject.org if you would like to action this user right.
Employees acceptance will be by using the Tick (under the Actions section in BreatheHR).
This equates to your signature and will demonstrate that you have read and understood this policy, and will act in accordance with it.
This policy will be reviewed every two years but more frequently if the circumstances in which Rebuild East Midlands operates changes significantly, or if relevant changes in legislation occur.
