As is common practice with almost all professional websites the ADS uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve the efficiency of the ADS website. By using our website and services, you are consenting to the use of cookies.

This Cookie Policy covers the ADS website and the services that we provide describes what information our cookies gather, how we use that information and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the sites functionality.

What are Cookies

A cookie is a small text file which helps your web browser navigate through our website. The cookie can then be read back later by the web browser as required. The use of cookies is a convenient way of allowing your computer to remember information relating to a website which has been visited. A cookies may be either “persistent”, meaning it is stored by your web browser until an expiry date is passed or until deletion by you, or they can be “session” cookies, meaning they expire when the web browser is closed.

For further information about cookies including a detailed definition, please consult All About Cookies.

How the ADS uses Cookies

The ADS uses both session and persistent cookies to enhance the functionality of our website and services and to track visitor behavior, such as popular archives and search terms.

The Cookies we Set

Functionality Cookies

The following cookies enable our websites and services to function properly.

Cookie Name: _JSESSIONID

This cookie is a Java session cookie used to enhance the functionality of our website. Without this cookie we can not remember your search terms and choices when using any of our search facilities, such as ArchSearch or ADS Library.

Cookie Name: _cfid, _cftoken

These cookies are Coldfusion session cookies used to enhance the functionality of our website, particularly within our Archives. These session cookies allow you to use the bespoke search tools within our Archives.

Cookie Name: ‘cookieconsent_status

This cookie records that you have clicked to accept our Cookie Policy so that you don’t repeatedly get challenged by our cookie banner.

Analytics Cookies

Cookie Name: _pk_ID, _pk_ses

The ADS uses these Matomo Web Analytics cookies for the purposes of collecting statistics about how visitors use our website. Matomo uses cookies to collect non-personally-identifying information, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify individuals. We do not make, and do not allow Motomo to make, any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website. You can read Matomo’s Privacy Policy on their website.

Third Party Cookies

Social Media Cookies

We may from time-to-time embed “widgets” from social media sites into our pages. These sites use cookies to track who is logged in and identify which pages from ADS use these “widgets”. Examples of social media sites include Facebook (cookies statement), Twitter (privacy details) and YouTube (privacy information).

Disabling Cookies

If you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by the ADS, or indeed any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. The Help function within your browser will tell you how. Unfortunately restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of the ADS website. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.