Use of cookies on Dawlish World War One Project website
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We use cookies to make the website work better. Some cookies are essential to make the website work.
Weatherheads Web designed the Dawlish World War One Project website and uses 1&1 website services to host the website.

We use session ID cookies. For session ID cookies, once you close your browser or log out, the cookie terminates and is erased. Session ID cookies may be used by 1&1 to track user preferences while the user is visiting the website. They also help to minimise load times and save on server processing.Cookies used on the 1&1 website do not contain personally identifiable information.

We use persistent cookies. A persistent cookie is a small text file stored on your computer’s hard drive for an extended period. For example we have a cookie notice which when accepting holds the information for one week so you do not see the notice again if you return to the site in one week.

Cookies used on this website:

Cookie notice accepted – persistent and functional  – used to record that you accept the fact that the site uses cookies.

PHPSESSID cookie – sessional and strictly necessary. PHP is the computer language used by this website. Web servers are not able to maintain information about a user, so PHP solves this by use of the PHPSESSID cookie. It uses the cookie to temporarily store user information for use across multiple pages.

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Log files
The Dawlish World War One Project website is currently being hosted by 1and1 webservices through Weatherheads Web (https://about.1and1.co.uk/?linkId=ft.nav.about1and1 ) .

Like most standard websites, 1&1 use log files. This information may include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyse trends, administer the site, track user’s movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. However, none of the information stored in the 1&1 log files, including but not limited to IP addresses, is linked to personally identifiable information.