Cookie Policy
This policy applies to your use of Motorsport UK’s websites which appears at the URL https://www.motorsportuk.org/, https://shop.motorsportuk.org/, https://members.motorsportuk.org/ (the “Websites”).
1) Cookies
A cookie is a simple text file that is stored on your computer’s hard disk so that the website can remember information about you and your preferences. A cookie will typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the ‘lifetime’ of the cookie and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number. Cookies cannot be used by themselves to identify you.
Cookies may be either ‘Session’ or ‘Persistent’. ‘Session’ cookies are temporary and only exist in the period you access our website. They assist our website by remembering what you chose on the previous page, thereby avoiding the need to re-enter information. ‘Persistent’ cookies remain on your computer’s hard drive after you have visited our website. They help us identify you as a unique visitor.
We use the following categories of cookies: –
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 a shopping cart. We also use cookies with our online application process for security to protect you and prevent fraudulent activities.
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.
Functionality cookies: These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
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. These cookies assist us in understanding how our sporting initiatives, campaigns and promotions are working to enhance our site design, offers and promotions.
When you visit our website, our advertisers or service providers may send you cookies. They may use the information they obtain to track your browser across multiple websites and build a profile of your web surfing.
2) Cookies on our websites currently
The table below summarises the cookies on our websites and their purposes.
| Name | Description | Expiration |
| CFID | Essential to maintain the session throughout the visit to the site | At the end of the session |
| CFTOKEN | Essential to maintain the session throughout the visit to the site | At the end of the session |
| __utma | This is a Google Analytics cookie that we use to collect information about how visitors locate and use our website. This helps us to continue to improve the site. This is a 3rd party cookie | 2 years from set/update. |
| __utmb | This is a Google Analytics cookie that we use to collect information about how visitors locate and use our website. This helps us to continue to improve the site. This is a 3rd party cookie | 30 minutes from set/update. |
| __utmc | This is a Google Analytics cookie that we use to collect information about how visitors locate and use our website. This helps us to continue to improve the site. This is a 3rd party cookie | Not set. |
| __utmz | This is a Google Analytics cookie that we use to collect information about how visitors locate and use our website. This helps us to continue to improve the site. This is a 3rd party cookie | 6 months from set/update. |
Motorsport UK’s Website ‘Cookie’ Policy
You have a choice over the use of cookies.
3) Consent
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies when entering our Website via a mandatory cookie consent banner. Please note that if you use your browser settings to block all Cookies (including strictly necessary Cookies) you may not be able to access or use all or parts of functionalities of our Sites.
By actively consenting to the use of cookies on our Website, you are consenting to the use of third party cookies for the purpose set out in this Policy.
Where you have provided you consent for the use cookies on this Website, you will be able to withdraw consent by modifying the settings in your browser.
4) Google Analytics
a) Our websites use Google Analytics, a third party web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to help our Websites analyse how users use the sites. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our Websites (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google in line with UK GDPR for the purposes detailed in this Policy.
b) Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our websites, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties when required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
For more information on how Google collect and use information on our behalf, please refer to their Data Processing Terms: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms
Contact us
If you have any questions about our cookies or this policy, please contact us by post, email or telephone:
The Data Controller
Motorsport UK, Bicester Motion, OX27 8FY
E-mail address: legal@motorsportuk.org
Telephone: 01753 765000