Cookies

What are cookies?

Websites use cookies to collect information. Cookies are small data files which are placed on your computer or other mobile or handheld device (such as smart ‘phones or ‘tablets’) while you browse a website. They are used to remember when your computer or device has last accessed a website. Cookies are essential to the effective operation of all websites and to enable to you browse our pages and to make a donation on ActionAid’s UK website.  

Some cookies collect information about your browsing and your sponsorship/donation behaviour. This includes information about the pages you have viewed, any transactions you may make and your user journey around a website.  

However, ActionAid does not use third party cookies to collect or record information on users’ name, address or other contact details - third parties are not able to identify customers using cookies on this site.

Who sets these cookies?

The cookies stored on your computer or other device when you access this website are set by ActionAid or our digital partners to help deliver a high quality website and an excellent user experience. 

 Some cookies are set by or on behalf of ActionAid and are necessary to enable customers to a make donations on our website.  

What are cookies used for?

The main purposes for which cookies are used on ActionAid UK’s site are for technical purposes essential to effective operation of website, particularly in relation to usage measurement, which allows us to improve the quality of our content.

We do not use cookies for advertising purposes or to gather name, address or personal data.

How do I disable cookies?

If you want to disable cookies you need to change your website browser settings to reject cookies. How to do this will depend on the browser you use, here is some guidance on how to disable cookies on the most popular browsers:

For Microsoft Internet Explorer:
1. Choose the menu “tools” then “Internet Options”
2. Click on the “privacy”tab
3. Select the setting the appropriate setting

For Mozilla Firefox:
1. Choose the menu “tools” then “Options”
2. Click on the icon “privacy”
3. Find the menu “cookie” and select the relevant options

For Google Chrome:
1. Choose “Preferences” from the “Chrome” menu drop down list
2. Select “Under the hood” from the right hand menu
3. In Privacy, select “Content settings”
4. In the “Cookies” menu select “Block sites from setting any data”
Save your preferences

For Opera 6.0 and further:
1. Choose the menu Files”> “Preferences”
2. Privacy

What happens if I disable cookies?

This depends on which cookies you disable, but in general the site may not operate properly if cookies are switched off.  If you only disable 3rd party cookies you will not be prevented from sponsoring or donating on this site.  If you disable all cookies you will be unable to sponsor or donate. 

What cookies does ActionAid UK use?

First party cookies on www.actionaid.org.uk

First party cookies on support.actionaid.org.uk

First party cookies on schools.actionaid.org.uk

First party cookies on powerdown.actionaid.org.uk

First party cookies on www.giftsinaction.org.uk

First party cookies on www.myactionaid.org.uk

Third party cookies used accross all above ActionAid UK sites