About cookies
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There are two main types of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies.
- Session cookies are removed from your computer when you close your browser and are mainly used, for example, to store information about the items in your shopping basket.
- Conversely, persistent cookies remain stored on your computer until they are deleted or when they reach their expiry date. This type of cookie is often used to anonymously track your activity on a website so the website owner can analyse the data to see if there are ways they can improve their website.
There are many reasons why a website may use cookies, however, the important thing to know about them is they are harmless.
Like every other website on the Internet, we also use cookies. We mainly use them to help us understand how our website is performing.
Third party cookies
Google Analytics
Incorporated Society of Musicians uses Google Analytics to monitor traffic levels, search queries and visits to this website. Google Analytics stores IP address (anonymously) on its servers in the United States, and neither Incorporated Society of Musicians or Google associates your IP address with any personally identifiable information.
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- Duration: 2 years
- Description: The analytics.js JavaScript library is part of Universal Analytics and uses a single first-party cookie containing an anonymous identifier used to distinguish users. By default, this library sets cookies on the top level domain, excluding the leading dot, and sets the cookie path to the root level (/).
More information about Google’s cookie policy can be read at www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html
Microsoft Clarity
Microsoft Clarity is a user behaviour analytics tool that helps you understand how users interact with your website. Supported features include: Session Recordings.
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- Duration: 1 year
- Description: This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity to store information of how visitors use a website and help in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing, including the creation of heat maps. The data collected includes the number of visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.
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- Duration: 1 day
- This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity to store information of how visitors use a website and help in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing.
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Refusing cookies
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies, however, blocking cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of some websites.
Managing cookies for each browser differs, so we have provided links to more detailed information for some the more popular browsers:
