Cookie Usage
A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies.
We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for personalised advertising and marketing efforts. Please note that some of these cookies are placed by commissioned service providers Google (including YouTube) and Meta (Facebook). You can find their privacy information via the following links:
In order to provide their commissioned services, these companies use cookies to obtain knowledge about your browsing behaviour on our website and characteristics that identify you personally; this data may also be transferred and stored outside the UK/EEA. By consenting to the activation of cookies, you are also consenting to the transmission of data to states outside the UK and the EEA.
More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
Cookies used:
| Cookie key | Domain | Path | Cookie type | Expiration | Description |
| pll_language | zenways.org | / | First-party | 1 year | To store language settings. |
Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
Cookies used:
| Cookie key | Domain | Path | Cookie type | Expiration | Description |
| _gid | .zenways.org | / | First-party | 1 day | This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores and update a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track pageviews. |
| _ga_KYE361SBNR | .zenways.org | / | First-party | 1 year 1 month | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state. |
| _ga | .zenways.org | / | First-party | 1 year 1 month | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. |
Targeting Cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Cookies used:
| Cookie key | Domain | Path | Cookie type | Expiration | Description |
| _fbp | .zenways.org | / | First-party | 3 months | Used by Meta to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers |
| YSC | .youtube.com | / | Third-party | Session | This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | .youtube.com | / | Third-party | 6 months | This cookie is set by Youtube to keep track of user preferences for Youtube videos embedded in sites;it can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the Youtube interface. |
| _gat_gtag_UA_33010319_1 | .zenways.org | / | First-party | 1 minute | This cookie is part of Google Analytics and is used to limit requests (throttle request rate). |
Further information
Since the use of third-party cookies through this website cannot be fully controlled by Zenways, any specific references to third-party cookies are to be considered indicative. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.
To contact us about this Cookie Use page or information we hold about you, please write to us:
by email – admin@zenways.org
or by post – Zenways, 7 Mitcham House, Crawford Estate, London SE5 9NN