Using the ASDC Website

Our website uses cookies for functionality purposes only. These cookies are small text files that download onto your computer when you visit our site to uniquely identify your browser. You can find out more about how cookies are used at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/

We also use third party services such as Google Analytics (GA cookies) to track user interaction on our site. These GA cookies collect, monitor and analyse information to create reports which we use to improve the information on our site and its usability. 

The information collected includes:

  • Time of your visit, pages visited and time spent on each page
  • Interactions with site-specific widgets
  • The URL a user came through to arrive at our site
  • The visitor’s web browser
  • The visitor’s type of operating system (OS)
  • Flash version, JavaScript support, screen resolution, and screen colour processing ability
  • Network location and IP address
  • Document downloads
  • Clicks on links leading to external websites
  • Clicks on videos
  • Scroll depth

We encourage all users to familiarise themselves with Googles privacy policy:

We cannot access any personal data about you ourselves, we are not the Data Controller for your Google Analytics or Doubleclick profile data. You would need to contact Google directly for this information. However, you have the right to object to this tracking and to stop it happening.

How do I prevent being tracked by Google Analytics?

You can take the following actions if you do not wish to be tracked in this way:

  • Use a tracking-blocker, such as Privacy Badger or uBlock Origin
  • Clear cookies after every browsing session
  • Install the Google Analytics opt-out extension

Please be aware, disabling cookies might affect your online experience as the functionality of some features may not work.