What are cookies?
Cookies are pieces of information that include a unique reference code that a website transfers to your device to store and sometimes track information about you. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently.
A few of the cookies we use last only for the duration of your web session (these are called session cookies) and expire when you close your browser. Other cookies (called persistent cookies) will last for longer, as they are used to remember you when you return to the site.
Many computers and some mobile web browsers will automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can change your browser settings to prevent them from accepting on your behalf, or to notify you each time a cookie is set. Please note, however, that by blocking or deleting cookies, you may not be able to take full advantage of the site.
How do we use cookies?
We use first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly used to ensure the website functions correctly, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies we use fall into two categories: statistical cookies that help us understand how the website performs and how visitors interact with it, and advertising cookies that help us provide relevant adverts and measure campaign effectiveness.
Statistical cookies used to understand and improve our website may be set without prior consent under the UK Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, provided you are given a simple means to object. Advertising cookies require your consent.
Third-party cookies we use:
Further details about the main suppliers we use and links to their privacy information can be found below:
We use Google Analytics cookies to collect aggregate statistical data about how visitors use our website, such as page views, session duration, and traffic sources. This helps us improve the site and the services we offer. These cookies are used solely for statistical purposes and do not identify individual users. Advertising measurement is handled separately through Google Ads cookies, which require your consent.
Microsoft/Bing
We use Microsoft UET (Universal Event Tracking) cookies so that we can measure the impact of our digital advertising campaigns on Microsoft products, including bing.com. These cookies require your consent.
Read Microsoft’s privacy policy
Meta/Facebook
We use Meta (Facebook) cookies to measure the impact of our digital advertising campaigns on Meta platforms, including Facebook and Instagram. These cookies require your consent.
Hotjar
We use Hotjar to see how users interact with our site, this helps us to identify areas we can improve our user experience.
How do we categorise cookies on our site?
Strictly necessary
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
Statistical cookies
Statistical cookies are used to collect aggregate information about how visitors use our website, such as total page visits, traffic patterns, and bounce rates. This helps us improve our site and the services we offer. These cookies use pseudonymous identifiers (random numbers, not names or email addresses).
The data is used solely for aggregate statistical analysis and is not used to identify or make decisions about individual users. Under the UK Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (section 112), statistical cookies used to improve a service do not require prior consent. However, you can opt out at any time using the cookie preferences button at the top of this page, or via your browser settings.
Advertising cookies
Advertising cookies are used to provide visitors with customised advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyse the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.
Site Cookies
Strictly necessary
| Cookie Name | Placed by | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| _cflb | nutritionist-resource.org.uk | Used to distribute our incoming traffic across our servers to optimise our website’s performance for users. | 1 day |
| cookie_consent | nutritionist-resource.org.uk | Used to remember your cookie preferences so that we don't show you the cookie banner again. | 1 year |
| adclick | nutritionist-resource.org.uk | Used to determine if you arrived on the site from an advert and to save this information if you perform specific actions on the site. | 1 year |
| session_id | nutritionist-resource.org.uk | Used to identify user sessions on the site. | Session |
| XSRF-TOKEN | nutritionist-resource.org.uk | A security cookie used to help prevent cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks by verifying that requests sent from your browser are legitimate and initiated by you. | Session |
| cf_clearance | nutritionist-resource.org.uk | Clearance Cookie stores the proof of challenge passed. It is required to reach the origin server. | 30 minutes |
| welcome_name | nutritionist-resource.org.uk | Used to display a members name on the sign-in page, Members’ Area and main site. | 1 month |
| auth_guard_user | nutritionist-resource.org.uk | Used to remember members who have logged into Members’ Area. | 1 year |
| auth_guard_user_remember | nutritionist-resource.org.uk | Used to save whether a member clicked “Remember me” when they logged in. | 1 year |
Statistical cookies
| Cookie Name | Placed by | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | nutritionist-resource.org.uk | Generates a random identifier to distinguish unique visitors for aggregate statistical reporting (e.g. total visits, traffic sources). Data is pseudonymised and used only in aggregate. | 2 years |
| _ga_{id} | nutritionist-resource.org.uk | Maintains session state for aggregate statistical reporting (e.g. pages per visit, session duration). | 2 years |
| _hjSessionUser_{site_id} | nutritionist-resource.org.uk | Set when a user first lands on a page to store a unique user ID. | 1 year |
| _hjid | nutritionist-resource.org.uk | Ensures data from subsequent visits to the same site are attributed to the same user ID. | 1 year |
| _hjFirstSeen | nutritionist-resource.org.uk | Used to determine if the visitor has visited the website before, or if it is a new visitor on the website. | Session |
| _hjSession_{site_id} | nutritionist-resource.org.uk | Holds current session data. Ensures subsequent requests in the session window are attributed to the same session. | 30 minutes |
| _hjIncludedInPageviewSample | nutritionist-resource.org.uk | Determines if a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's pageview limit. | 30 minutes |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample | nutritionist-resource.org.uk | Detects whether the user navigation and interactions are included in the website’s data analytics. | 30 minutes |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | hotjar.com | Used to detect the first pageview session of a user. | 30 minutes |
Advertising cookies
| Cookie Name | Placed by | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| _gcl_au | nutritionist-resource.org.uk | Takes information in ad clicks so that conversions can be attributed outside the landing page. | 3 months |
| NID | google.com | Used to show Google ads in Google services for signed-out users. | 6 months |
| HSID | google.com | Used to identify you, track activity and store preferences. | 1 year |
| SID | google.com | Used to identify you, track activity and store preferences. | 1 year |
| 1P_JAR | google.com | Remembers your preferences and other information such as website statistics and tracks conversion rates. | 30 days |
| MUID | bing.com | Enables user tracking by synchronising the ID across many Microsoft domains. | 1 year |
| _uetsid | nutritionist-resource.org.uk | Used by Microsoft UET (Universal Event Tracking) to store and track visits across websites. | 1 day |
| _uetvid | nutritionist-resource.org.uk | Used by Microsoft UET to track visitors on multiple websites, to present relevant ads based on your preferences. | 1 year |
| _fbp | nutritionist-resource.org.uk | Used by Meta (Facebook) to deliver and measure the effectiveness of advertising across Facebook products. | 3 months |
| _fbc | nutritionist-resource.org.uk | Used by Meta (Facebook) to store click information from Facebook ad campaigns. | 3 months |
How to manage cookies
You can manage which optional cookies we set using the button below.
Manage your cookie preferences
You can also control cookies at the browser level - details for common browsers can be found below.
To find out more about cookies, including details of cookies that have been set and how to manage and delete them, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us on:
- Email: privacy@nutritionist-resource.org.uk
- Address: Building B, Riverside Way, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 3YL
Changes to our policy
This cookie policy is valid from 11th March 2026. We reserve the right to make changes to and/or update this policy.
