Website Privacy Notice

Following Best Practices:

The Middlesbrough & Eston Circuit (MEMC) website (memc.uk) follows the privacy policies set by the national Methodist Church. For more details, please visit the Methodist Church website.

Contacting the Website Administrator:

If you have any questions about this privacy notice or how this website handles data, please contact David Everitt, the website administrator. His contact information is at the bottom of every MEMC webpage.

About Cookies:

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. These cookies are:

• Strictly Necessary: These allow the website to function properly and let you navigate its features.
• Performance Cookies: These help us understand how visitors interact with the site, such as which pages are most popular and how long users stay on a page. This information is anonymous and helps us improve the website.

Third-Party Links:

The MEMC website includes links to external websites and maps that are not controlled by the circuit. While we try to link to safe and reliable sources, we cannot be responsible for their content or security.

We Do Not Collect Personal Data unless you use the chat service, contact us by email or on submissions forms to contact us.

This website does not intentionally collect personal information from users. It may collect generic information about user activity to improve the website, such as:

• Browsing activity (pages viewed, time spent on pages)
• Device information (operating system, browser type)

This information is not used to identify individual users.

Updates to this Privacy Notice:

We may update this privacy notice occasionally. Please review this page periodically for any changes.

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of text that websites store on your device. They hold information like your visit date and time, but no active content. They help the website run smoothly and efficiently.

Types of Cookies Used on This Site:

• Session Cookies: These help us to improve website performance for your current visit. They expire after a short time.
• Performance Cookies: These help us understand how users interact with the site, but do not identify individual users.
• Third-Party Cookies: These are placed by external services like Youtube and Google Maps. They may be used for advertising purposes.

Accepting Cookies:

There is a notification on the website about cookies. By continuing to use the site, you acknowledge this notification.

We DO NOT Track You:

The information we collect is not used to track you across the internet or identify you personally.

Cookies are simply a small line of text similar to “pc=2&C_TOUCH=2024-08-09T07:54:34.297Z” which our web admins PC was given whilst checking the site. You can probably see it holds a number to identify the visit, the date and time.  There is no active content.

These cookies help reduce the load on our system and yours by helping for example decide if the device needs to load information again if it has already been sent.

Dps_site_id

This is a session cookie is used for optimising the speed and performance of the website to match your device.

_tccl_visitor

Your device is given this cookie and asked to hold on to it for 1 year. It will identify if the device is a returning visitor or new. It assists with performance and is anonymised data collection, not personally identifying you.

_tccl_visit

Your device is given this cookie and asked to hold on to it for 1 hour. It will identify if the device returns within 1 hour. It assists with performance and is anonymised data collection, not personally identifying you.

_scc_session

This cookie is given to your device and lasts no longer than 20 minutes. It is required to help link activities during a single visit to the site.

Cookie_warning_dismissed  and  cookie_terms_accepted:true are given to your device to remember if you accepted or otherwise our cooking warning. It is not tracked 

Because we link to Googles services like Maps and YouTube videos Google give cookies to your device and they also give a cookie that identifies us as the site that served that service. 

YSC

YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. session Advertisement

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. 6 months Advertisement

VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA

YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. 6 months

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Lastly there are two Google analytic cookies which help us to determine how the website is being used. Which pages are popular and how long people stay.

The reports we get are detailed include details like, which country your device says you are visiting from, the device type (computer,tablet,phone) and other interesting information like is your keyboard English, it does not identify you directly.

 We can not track you or your device across our system.