Cookies
Introduction
This website puts small files (known as cookies) onto your device (your computer or mobile phone) to enable some of the features on the site and collect information about how you browse the site. Cookies are not programs and do not collect information from your computer.
Managing cookies
Most web browsers are set up to accept cookies.
If you do not wish to receive cookies you should change the settings of your web browser to refuse all cookies or to notify you each time a cookie is sent to your computer, giving you the choice whether to accept it or not.
Please note: if you choose not to disable cookies you are agreeing to us using them on our website.
Find out more about how to manage cookies.
This help topic tells you how to clear cookies set by the forum software.
How cookies are used on irseexam.co.uk
Cookies are used on the whole site for two reasons: to enable the functionality and to provide analytical information about the way the site is used.
Site Functionality
The following is a list of the first party cookies that the MyBB software on this site sets, and a note about each one:
acploginattempts
Stores the number of ACP login attempts a user has had.
acp_view
Stores the admin's preferred view when inline editing users in the ACP.
adminsid
Stores the current admin's Admin Session ID.
collapsed
This cookie keeps track of which categories and boxes have been collapsed (as opposed to being expanded by default).
coppadob
Stores user date of birth to submit with registration.
coppauser
Stores whether the user is a COPPA user or not.
failedlogin
If the user has exceed the maximum login attempts, failedlogin stores the time (UNIX timestamp) of the failure.
forumpass[$fid]
Stores a version of the forum password for $fid when a user has entered it correctly, to avoid prompting the user for a password more often than required.
inlinemod_
There are multiple kinds of inline moderating cookies: forum, thread, and user, including:
loginattempts
Stores the number of login attempts a user has had.
multiquote
mybb
The mybb cookie is actually an array of cookies:
mybb[announcements] Stores read annoucement IDs.
mybb[forumread] Stores forums the user has read.
mybb[lastvisit] This cookie stores the last time of visit in the UNIX timestamp format.
mybb[lastactive] This cookie stores the last time that a forum page has been loaded, in the UNIX timestamp format.
mybb[threadread] Stores threads read by the user.
mybb[readallforums] Stores if the user has read all forums. Updated with mybb[lastvisit] in inc/functions_indicators.php.
mybb[referrer]
mybblang
Stores the language preference of a guest.
mybbratethread[{$tid}]
Stores the user's rating of thread $tid.
mybbtheme
Stores the theme preference of a guest.
mybbuser
This cookie stores the login information for the Front End, and is set when a user logs in, and is removed when the user logs out. The UID and the login key are stored in this cookie.
pollvotes[$pid]
Stores a guest's vote on poll $pid.
sid
The current user's Session ID.
This forum is powered by the MyBB software and more details on how the software uses cookies is available on their support pages.
Analytical Information
We use Google Analytics software to collect anonymised information about how you use the site and it uses third party cookies in this process. We do this to understand how users are using this site to help us improve it.
Google Analytics stores information about:
Google Analytics does not collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so the statistics gathered cannot be used to identify who you are.
We do not allow Google to use or share our analytics data.
Google Analytics sets the following cookies:
__utma - Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. Expires 2 years from set/update.
__utmt - Used to throttle request rate. Expires after 10 minutes.
__utmb - Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. Expires 30 mins from set/update.
__utmc - Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. Expires at end of browser session.
__utmz - Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. Expires 6 months from set/update.
__utmv - Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVar method. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. Expires 2 years from set/update.
You can opt out of Google Analytics cookies.
Introduction
This website puts small files (known as cookies) onto your device (your computer or mobile phone) to enable some of the features on the site and collect information about how you browse the site. Cookies are not programs and do not collect information from your computer.
Managing cookies
Most web browsers are set up to accept cookies.
If you do not wish to receive cookies you should change the settings of your web browser to refuse all cookies or to notify you each time a cookie is sent to your computer, giving you the choice whether to accept it or not.
Please note: if you choose not to disable cookies you are agreeing to us using them on our website.
Find out more about how to manage cookies.
This help topic tells you how to clear cookies set by the forum software.
How cookies are used on irseexam.co.uk
Cookies are used on the whole site for two reasons: to enable the functionality and to provide analytical information about the way the site is used.
Site Functionality
The following is a list of the first party cookies that the MyBB software on this site sets, and a note about each one:
acploginattempts
Stores the number of ACP login attempts a user has had.
acp_view
Stores the admin's preferred view when inline editing users in the ACP.
adminsid
Stores the current admin's Admin Session ID.
collapsed
This cookie keeps track of which categories and boxes have been collapsed (as opposed to being expanded by default).
coppadob
Stores user date of birth to submit with registration.
coppauser
Stores whether the user is a COPPA user or not.
failedlogin
If the user has exceed the maximum login attempts, failedlogin stores the time (UNIX timestamp) of the failure.
forumpass[$fid]
Stores a version of the forum password for $fid when a user has entered it correctly, to avoid prompting the user for a password more often than required.
inlinemod_
There are multiple kinds of inline moderating cookies: forum, thread, and user, including:
- inlinemod_forumfid
- inlinemod_threadtid
- inlinemod_useracp - for storing users to inline-edit in the Admin CP
loginattempts
Stores the number of login attempts a user has had.
multiquote
mybb
The mybb cookie is actually an array of cookies:
mybb[announcements] Stores read annoucement IDs.
mybb[forumread] Stores forums the user has read.
mybb[lastvisit] This cookie stores the last time of visit in the UNIX timestamp format.
mybb[lastactive] This cookie stores the last time that a forum page has been loaded, in the UNIX timestamp format.
mybb[threadread] Stores threads read by the user.
mybb[readallforums] Stores if the user has read all forums. Updated with mybb[lastvisit] in inc/functions_indicators.php.
mybb[referrer]
mybblang
Stores the language preference of a guest.
mybbratethread[{$tid}]
Stores the user's rating of thread $tid.
mybbtheme
Stores the theme preference of a guest.
mybbuser
This cookie stores the login information for the Front End, and is set when a user logs in, and is removed when the user logs out. The UID and the login key are stored in this cookie.
pollvotes[$pid]
Stores a guest's vote on poll $pid.
sid
The current user's Session ID.
This forum is powered by the MyBB software and more details on how the software uses cookies is available on their support pages.
Analytical Information
We use Google Analytics software to collect anonymised information about how you use the site and it uses third party cookies in this process. We do this to understand how users are using this site to help us improve it.
Google Analytics stores information about:
- the pages you visit on irseexam.co.uk
- how long you spend on each irseexam.co.uk page
- how you got to the site
- what you click on while you are visiting the site
Google Analytics does not collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so the statistics gathered cannot be used to identify who you are.
We do not allow Google to use or share our analytics data.
Google Analytics sets the following cookies:
__utma - Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. Expires 2 years from set/update.
__utmt - Used to throttle request rate. Expires after 10 minutes.
__utmb - Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. Expires 30 mins from set/update.
__utmc - Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. Expires at end of browser session.
__utmz - Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. Expires 6 months from set/update.
__utmv - Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVar method. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. Expires 2 years from set/update.
You can opt out of Google Analytics cookies.