Cookies Policy
How does Reducing the Risk use Cookies?
We use cookies to enhance the online experience of our visitors; to better understand how our websites are used. Cookies may tell us, for example, whether you have visited our site before or whether you are a new visitor.
Some cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of the website and cannot be switched off through our cookie preference centre. These cookies do not require consent and are used to provide core functionality such as security, accessibility and user authentication.
Your Rights
Some cookies may collect information that is considered personal data under applicable data protection laws, such as IP addresses, online identifiers, or information about how you use our website. For more information about how we process personal data, please see our Privacy Notice for further information about how we collect, use and protect personal data.
We only place non-essential cookies, including analytics and advertising cookies, on your device where you have provided your consent through our cookie banner or preference centre.
You can change or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the “Cookie Settings” link available on our website.
Cookie terminology
We have classified our cookies into two broad types — ‘first party cookies’ and ‘third party cookies’:
- First party cookies are cookies that are served directly by the website operator to your computer, and are often used to recognise your computer when it revisits that site and to remember your preferences as you browse the site.
- Third party cookies are served by a service provider on behalf of the website operator, and can be used by the service provider to recognise your computer when it visits other web sites. Third party cookies are used for a variety of reasons, most commonly used for website analytics or advertising purposes. More details are provided in the third party cookie section.
In addition, cookies may be either ‘session cookies’ or ‘persistent cookies’. Your computer automatically removes session cookies once you close your browser. Persistent cookies will survive on your computer until an expiry date specified in the cookie itself, is reached.
List of the main cookies used on our website
To help you understand how we use cookies, this is a list of the main cookies set across our website and what each is used for:
| Type and location | Purpose | Cookie name/contents/expiry |
|---|---|---|
| Session across reducingtherisk.org.uk and all other web platforms of Reducing the Risk of Domestic Abuse | These cookies determine whether to provide rich functionality like dropdown menus. | has_js
Stores 1 or 0 depending on if the user has JavaScript enabled in their browser. Expires when the browser is closed. |
| Persistent across reducingtherisk.org.uk and all other web platforms of Reducing the Risk of Domestic Abuse | These cookies let us know whether you’ve agreed to our use of cookies | cookie-agreed
Stores 1 or 2 depending on whether the user has accepted cookies. Expires after 100 days. |
| Session across reducingtherisk.org.uk and all other web platforms of Reducing the Risk of Domestic Abuse | These cookies are only required if you are a DA Champion and log onto the hub. | SESS*
Randomly generated identifier assigned to uniquely identify a user’s session. Expires when you close your browser or log out. |
Third party cookies
We work with Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC. that enables us to measure how people use our website using cookies. We use this information to improve our website experience for website visitors and to see how they find us.
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website. Google Analytics collects information such as pages visited, time spent on the website and how visitors arrived at the site. We have configured Google Analytics in accordance with our privacy settings and only use these cookies with your consent.
Embedded content from third-party websites may set cookies when you view or interact with that content. These providers may collect information about your interaction with the embedded content and combine it with information they already hold about you.
Further information about how Google processes data can be found in Google’s Privacy Policy.
Additional references
Further information about cookies and how to control them can be found at All About Cookies and Your Online Choices.
Last Updated: June 2026