Information obtained by cookies when using our website

A cookie is a small amount of data sent from our server and stored on your computer's hard drive.

We can greatly improve your experience of our website by knowing your preferences. Allowing us to customise the website according to your individual interests means we can offer a superior, personalised service. To help us remember these preferences we use a small text file often referred to as a ‘cookie’, which we will place on each computer you use to access our site.

Cookies allow us to recognise your preferences as previously chosen by you when you return to our site. The cookie itself does not contain or collect personally identifiable information. However, when it is read by us it can help our web team deliver a more user-friendly experience – for example: remembering previous purchases, and account details and help us recommend products that suit you and your lifestyle.

When we send you a cookie only our web server can read them; information gathered by us never goes outside our control and is not shared with other organisations for their marketing purposes. Information obtained via cookies may be processed by our partners who are controlled under contract and required to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998.

It is your decision whether to accept or consent to cookies or not. If you do not consent, you can adjust the settings of your browser software to either delete cookies that already exist and/or block new ones from being stored or accessed. Many browsers now provide specific ‘add-ons’ to help you manage your privacy online. See www.aboutcookies.org for more help and advice.

Most internet browsers are automatically set up to accept cookies, but you can set your browser to refuse a cookie or ask your browser to show you where a cookie has been set up. Certain services are only activated by the presence of a cookie and, if you choose to refuse cookies, particular features of this website may not be available to you. 

Google Chrome 

Click on the 'Tools' menu and select 'Options'. 
Click the 'Under the Bonnet' tab and locate the 'Privacy' section, and choose the 'Content settings' button. 
Click the 'Cookie settings' tab and choose your preferred settings. 
Google Chrome allows all cookies by default, but you can restrict the behaviour of first-party and third-party cookies or even block them completely. 

Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 

Choose 'Tools' and then 'Internet Options' 
Click the 'Privacy' tab 
Move the slider to choose your preferred settings. 

Mozilla Firefox 

Choose Preferences from the Edit menu. 
Select 'Privacy & Security', then select 'Cookies'.
Choose your preferred settings. 

Safari 

Choose 'Preferences' from Safari menu 
Select the 'Security' icon 
Cookie settings are shown in the window 
Choose your preferred settings 

Opera 

Go to 'Tools' in the main menu 
Click 'Preferences' at the bottom of the File menu (or press Alt+P to access them directly). 
Click 'Privacy' and select one of the available options. 

In addition to choosing different settings for first-party ('normal') and third-party cookies, you may edit cookie settings on a domain/server basis or even edit individual cookies by clicking the 'Manage cookies' button. 

If you disable cookies, that will mean that your experience of using our website won't be to its full potential, as some of the cookies help us to identify and resolve errors or display relevant content. 

Most browsers have cookies enabled but see the 'How do I manage my cookies?' section to turn them on or off should you wish to. 

Cookies are tiny text files stored on your computer when you visit certain web pages. Here at the Vale Resort, we use cookies to keep track of what you have in your basket and to remember you when you return to our site. 

To find out more, please check out What are cookies (opens in a new window; please note that we can't be responsible for the content of external websites). 

If you don't wish to enable cookies on your computer, that will mean that your experience of using our website site will be impaired - as some of the cookies help us to identify and resolve errors for example, or determine relevant related products to show you when you're browsing. Most web browsers have cookies enabled, but see our "How do I manage cookies section" for help on how to turn them on should you wish to. 

We do have relationships with third parties who may also set cookies during your visit to be used for remarketing purposes - this means they show you different products and services based on what you appear to be interested in. If you'd like to opt out, please go to the Network Advertising Initiative website (opens in a new window - please note that we're not responsible for the content of external websites). 

Do not track (DNT) is a feature offered by some browsers and some apps that you might be familiar with. Some newer browsers offer this as default. It sends a signal to websites to request that your browsing isn't tracked by third-party ads, social networks, or analytic companies. 

You can opt out of tracking and analytics on this website by changing your settings in the 'How do I manage my cookies?' section. 

Our website doesn't currently respond to DNT requests as there's no industry-wide uniform standard for how DNT requests are managed. We'll continue to review DNT and other new technologies but won't respond to DNT requests. 

We're providing this information as part of our initiative to both comply with legislation, and make sure we are honest about your privacy when using our website. Please be assured that we're working on a number of other privacy and cookie-related improvements to the website. 

Google Analytics 

Google Analytics is a free service offered by Google that generates detailed statistics about visitors to a website for marketers. Google Analytics makes it possible to track users across search engines, email campaigns, and display advertising - giving advertisers the opportunity to optimise campaigns on multiple platforms. 

Dotdigital 

Some features we use for email marketing place cookies on your device. This enables us to better present you with more tailored suggestions for products you may like. For more information about the Dotdigtial cookie policy, please see their website: Dotdigital cookie policy 

Third-Party Cookies 

We work together with partners who promote our services on various platforms on the Internet. The cooperation partners receive remuneration for this placement activity. In order to record the purchase arranged by a cooperation partner and to calculate the commission for this purchase, you agree to the use of cookies. 

We work together with cooperation partners who promote our products on various platforms on the Internet. By clicking on this advertisement, you will be redirected to our website. The cooperation partners receive remuneration for this placement activity. To calculate the remuneration, we will record the sales arranged by the cooperation partner together with the data relevant for the calculation of the remuneration. This covers the value of the sale/booking, information on the booking, an internal ID, the currency in question, and details of the compensation model agreed upon with the cooperation partner as well as details of the agent himself. 

The data listed above are stored after the settlement of the remuneration in accordance with the requirements of tax law as well as commercial law for purposes of verification. 

Types of Cookies we use

Cookie Name First or Third Party Purpose Expiry
__utma First Collecting user information 730 days
__utmz First Collecting user information 120 days
__utmc First Collecting user information no date given
__utmb First Collecting user information Less than one day

 

Analytics

Cookie Name Duration Description
_clck 1 year 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. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.
_clsk 24 hours 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. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.
SM Session This is a Microsoft cookie used to measure the use of the website for internal analytics
CLID 1 year The cookie is set by embedded Microsoft Clarity scripts. The purpose of this cookie is for heatmap and session recording.
MicrosoftApplicationsT elemetryDeviceId 1 year Used to store a unique device ID for tracking behavior and usage of the website

 

Uncategorised

Cookie Name Duration Description
buid 30 days This cookie is used by Microsoft to securely verify your login information
esctx Session This cookie is used by Microsoft to securely verify your login information
fpc 30 days This cookie is used by Microsoft to securely verify your login information
stsservicecookie Session Cookie for Azure Active Directory B2C-verification
ARRAffinity Session 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.
ARRAffinitySameSite Session 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.
_AntiXsrfToken Session This cookie is used to prevent Cross-site request forgery (often abbreviated as CSRF) attacks of the website. CSRF attacks exploit the trust that a site has in a user's browser.
.ASPXANONYMOUS 2 months

Created by ASP.Net. This cookie configures anonymous identification for application authorization.

This is required to identify entities that are not authenticated when authorization is required.

.ASPXAUTH Session

Created by ASP.Net.

.ASPXAUTH is a cookie to identify if the user is authenticated( As user's identity has been verified)

nSGt- Session This cookie is used by Microsoft to securely verify your Sharepoint login information
RpsContextCookie Session This cookie is used by Microsoft to securely verify your Sharepoint login information
ASLBSACORS Session Microsoft App Service and Front Door Affinity Cookies. These cookies are used to direct your browser to use the appropriate backend server.
ASLBSA Session Microsoft App Service and Front Door Affinity Cookies. These cookies are used to direct your browser to use the appropriate backend server.
ASPSESSIO Session Browsing session: the asterisks identify an alphanumerical code that varies from session to session in automatic mode.
ApplicationGatewayAffi nity Session This cookie is used by Azure Apps to keep a user session on the same server.
ApplicationGatewayAffi nityCORS Session This cookie is used by Azure Apps to keep a user session on the same server.
VisitorStorageGuid Session This cookie is used by Azure Apps to keep a user session on the same server.
ASP.NET_SessionId Session ASP.Net_SessionId is a cookie which is used to identify the users session on the server. The session being an area on the server which can be used to store session state in between http requests.
ASP.NET_Sessio Session

General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written with Microsoft

.NET based technologies. Usually used to maintain an anonymised user session by the server.

ASP.NET_Sessio_Fallback Session Fallback session cookie to support older browsers that haven't implemented the Secure flag, in modern evergreen browsers this cookie is never set as it haven't got the Secure flag.
.AspNetCore.Antiforgery. Session Anti-forgery cookie is a security mechanism to defend against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks.