Cookie Policy
This policy sets out information about our use of Cookies on our website.
“We” or “us” means C E Cross and Sons (registered company number)
Our registered address is Great Barn Farm, Old Norwich Road, Gayton Thorpe, Norfolk, PE321FU
“Website” means www.greatbarnfarm.co.uk
We are registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office as a data controller under number ZB347667.
If you wish to contact us, please click here https://www.greatbarnfarm.co.uk/contact/
What is a cookie?
A ‘cookie’ is a type of data file that is stored on your device when you visit a website or perform actions while visiting a website. A cookie file contains information that is transferred to your device’s memory which is recalled when you revisit our site, or when you perform certain actions on your device. Where we refer to a cookie in this policy, this incorporates similar tracking technologies.
Necessary Cookies
When you first visit our website, we only use necessary cookies. This means that additional cookies (called “Optional Cookies” in this policy) won’t be used unless you agree to accept/enable all cookies or select your own cookie preferences.
Optional Cookies
Optional cookies are used for analytical, performance, advanced functionality and advertising purposes. More information is set out in this policy. Optional cookies help us improve our website and we believe accepting all optional cookies provides you with the best user experience.
Cookies can be “First Party”, i.e. set by us, or “Third Party”, i.e. placed on your device by another organisation when you visit our website. Third-party cookies may be placed on your device by an organisation providing a service to us or by our business partners, so that they can advertise products and services to you on our website and elsewhere on the internet. Because of how cookies work, our website cannot access third-party cookies stored from other websites; nor can other organisations access the data in the cookies we use on our website.
Changing your preferences
You can select to accept/enable some or all of the optional cookies either within the settings of your own device or by selecting the option provided on our website.
How long will cookies stay on my device?
The length of time a cookie will stay on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies should expire when you stop browsing. Persistent cookies stay on your device until they expire after a set period or are deleted. For each of the cookies used on our website we have set out the duration in the tables below.
The Cookies we use on our website
Necessary Cookies
Necessary Cookies are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that allow page navigation or enable you to access certain areas of our website. Our website cannot function properly without these cookies. Necessary Cookies can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences but doing so may result in reduced or limited functionality of our website. In some circumstances our website may cease to function as intended if necessary cookies are disabled, deleted or otherwise altered. We do not accept any liability for any loss arising where necessary cookies are disabled, deleted or otherwise altered. We use the following necessary cookies:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Controller | Further Information (including duration of cookie) |
| MCPopupClosed | This is a Mail Chimp functionality cookie to store if a message has been dismissed. | Mailchimp | 1 year |
| _mcid | This is a mailchimp functionalitly cookie used to evaluate the UI/UX interaction with its platform | Mailchimp | 1 year |
| _mc_anon_id | This is a mailchimp functionalitly cookie used to evaluate the UI/UX interaction with its platform | Mailchimp | |
| _GRECAPTCHA | This cookie is set by Google reCAPTCHA service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks | Google.com | 5 months 27 days |
| _abck | Used by Akamai to optimise site performance and security | Listmanage.com | 2 hours |
| ak_bmsc | Used by Akamai to optimise site performance and security | Listmanage.com | 2 hours |
| Bm_sz | A fuctionality cookie plced by Mailchimp to control and manage list | Mailchimp | 4 hours |
Optional Cookies
We and third parties like to use cookies on this website to enhance your user experience, personalise content and advertisements, provide social media features, and analyse the traffic/visitor actions on our website. Optional cookies help us to provide you with the experience we intend to provide when you browse our website and also allow us to improve our website and the service we provide.
We need to obtain your consent to use Optional cookies; this is usually by way of a pop-up notice. As set out in this policy, you can change your preference at any time.
Advanced functionality, Analytics and Performance
We use advanced functionality cookies to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
We use analytical/performance cookies to enable us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors use our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Advertising
We and third parties want to display adverts that we think are relevant to you. In order to do so we need your consent to use advertising cookies. Even if you do not accept our advertising cookies, where you have accepted advertising cookies on another website they may remain active on our website.
We would like to use the following optional advanced functionality, analytics, performance and advertising cookies:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Controller | Further Information (including duration of cookie) |
| Handl_landing_page | First page user visits, used with UTM-prefixed cookied | Greatbarnfarm.co.uk | 1 month |
| Handle_ip | Ip address of user, used with UTM-prefixed cookies | Greatbarnfarm.co.uk | 1 month |
| Handle_original_ref | Original referring site, used with UTM-prefixed cookies | Greatbarnfarm.co.uk | 1 month |
| Handl_ref | Reference coe, used with UTM-prefixed cookies | Greatbarnfarm.co.uk | 1 month |
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Controller | Further Information (including duration of cookie) |
| Handl_url | Page shortcode used on, used with UTM-prefixed cookies | Greatbarnfarm.co.uk | 1 month |
| _ga | The _ga cookie installed by Goolgle Analytics, calculates visitor session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the sites analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors | Greatbarnfarm.co.uk | 2 years |
| _gid | Installed by Google Analytics _gid cookie stored information on how visitors use a website while also creating an analytics report of the websites performance. Some of the data collected include the number of visitors their source and the pages they visit anonymously | Greatbarnfarm.co.uk | 1 day |
| _gat | This cookie is installed by google analytics to restrain request rate and thus limit the collection of data on high traffic sites | Greatbarnfarm.co.uk | 1 minute |
| Utm_source | This cookie is used to record from where the visitor come originally. This information is used by the website operator to know the efficiency of their marketing | Greatbarnfarm.co.uk | 1 year |
| Utm_medium | This cookie is used to record from where the visitor come originally. This information is used by the website operator to know the efficiency of their marketing | Greatbarnfarm.co.uk | 1 year |
| Utm_term | This cookie is used to record from where the visitor come originally. This information is used by the website operator to know the efficiency of their marketing | Greatbarnfarm.co.uk | 1 year |
| Utm_content | This cookie is used for storing the session content value if present | Greatbarnfarm.co.uk | 1 year |
| Utm_campaign gclid | Google ad services sets this cookie to store session campaign value if present parameter passed in the URL with ad click | Greatbarnfarm.co.uk | 90 days |
| _cf_bm | This cookie is used for storing the session content value if present | Greatbarnfarm.co.uk | 30 minutes |