Cookie Policy
Last updated January 2025.
Cookies
1. Our website uses cookies.
2. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. This cookie policy explains the cookies used on our site and why they are used.
3. The types of cookies that we use, as well as descriptions of the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them, can be found in the 'Details' section of this cookie policy.
4. Cookies can change from person to person, depending on the device and browser used and whether or not the visitor is signed into other platforms, so what is contained in the Details section of this cookie policy is a list of typical cookies set by our website and our understanding of their purpose, based on our own knowledge and publicly available materials. If you want to see the cookies placed on your device by our website, they should also be visible through your browser (Please see below on how to discover more information).
5. Many of the cookies we use are set by third parties, such as Google and YouTube. These third parties are identified in the 'Details' section. The use of these third party cookies may mean that such third parties receive personal data about you. Where possible, we have included links to the privacy notices provided by these third parties so that you can understand what personal data they may collect and process in these circumstances. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
6. We use necessary cookies to make our site work. Necessary cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions.
7. We'd also like to set analytics, functionality and targeting cookies that help us make improvements by measuring how you use the site, personalise your experience when using the site and make it more relevant to your interests. These will be set only if you click the "accept" button on your screen. You can amend your preferences in the 'Details' section.
8. Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third party cookies”. Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. like advertising and analytics).You can manage third party cookies through your browser settings and by amending your preferences in the 'Details' section.
9. For more detailed information about the cookies we use, see the 'Details' and 'About' section.
Details
10. We use the following cookies:
10.1. Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use our designer tools and save preferences for plots.
10.2. Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around 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.
10.3. Functionality cookies. These are used 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.
10.4. Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
11. Which cookies are used?
11.1. We use the following cookies:
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Cookie |
Purpose |
Type |
Description |
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ARRAAffinity |
Strictly necessary |
Session cookie |
When using Microsoft Azure as a hosting platform and enabling load balancing, this cookie ensures that requests from one visitor's browsing session are always handled by the same server in the cluster. |
|
ARRAAffinitySameSite |
Strictly necessary |
Session cookie |
When using Microsoft Azure as a hosting platform and enabling load balancing, this cookie ensures that requests from one visitor's browsing session are always handled by the same server in the cluster. |
|
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
Performance |
Persistent cookie |
Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. Also used for marketing. |
|
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA |
Performance |
Persistent cookie |
Youtube visitor privacy metadata cookie. |
|
YSC |
Performance |
Session Cookie |
Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
|
__RequestionVerificationToken |
Strictly necessary |
Session Cookie |
This is an anti-forgery cookie set by web applications built using ASP.NET MVC technologies. It is designed to stop unauthorised posting of content to a website, known as Cross-Site Request Forgery. |
|
__cd_bm |
Strictly necessary |
Persistent cookie |
This is an anti-forgery cookie set by web applications built using ASP.NET MVC technologies. It is designed to stop unauthorised posting of content to a website, known as Cross-Site Request Forgery. |
|
_ga |
Performance |
Persistent cookie |
ID used to identify users. |
|
_ga_FLPQGH2JNE |
Performance |
Persistent cookie |
Used to store and count pageviews. |
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_gat_gtag_UA_37187909_1 |
Performance |
Persistent cookie |
Used to store a unique user ID. |
|
_gcl_au |
Performance |
Persistent cookie |
Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. |
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_gid |
Performance |
Persistent cookie |
ID used to identify users for 24 hours. |
|
Session_id |
Perfroamcne |
Session cookie |
Stores a unique, randomly generated number called a session ID. |
|
Visitor_id |
Performance |
Persistent cookie |
The visitor cookie includes a unique visitor ID and the unique identifier for your account. |
12. How do I change my cookie settings?
You can choose which analytical or performance cookies, functionality cookies and targeting cookies we can set by updating your preferences within the 'Details' section of this cookie policy.
You can also give or withdraw consent to cookies (including third party cookies) by adjusting the settings on your browser.
However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including necessary cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website. Please note that there are different browsers and manufacturers upgrade them frequently. The best way to get the right instructions is to go to the manufacturer’s support page and search for the browser name and your cookie query
13. Blocking cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites. If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.
14. You can delete cookies already stored on your computer; your browser will contain information on how to do this. You can also use privacy-friendly search engines, privacy-friendly browsers and/or privacy add-ons/extensions to some browsers to help block tracking requests generally. Search online for options, to see what works best for you.
15. For more information about cookie notices and cookie consent, please see https://cookiepedia.co.uk/giving-consent-to-cookies or http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ or visit https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-pecr/guidance-on-the-use-of-cookies-and-similar-technologies/ and search for ‘cookies’.
Further Information
If you have any questions which you feel have not been answered by this Cookies Policy you can contact us by using our website contact form, by email to [email protected] or write to:-
Corporate Affairs Department
Newcastle International Airport
Woolsington
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE13 8BZ