Cookie Policy
Poileasaidh Chriomagan
Effective Date: 20-Apr-2023
Last Updated: 20-Apr-2023
What are cookies?
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used, and how to manage the cookie settings.
Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.
How do we use cookies?
As most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.
Types of Cookies we use
Necessary
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
| Cookie | Duration | Description | ||
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| XSRF-TOKEN | 3 days |
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| cookieyes-consent | 1 year | CookieYes sets this cookie to remember users' consent preferences so that their preferences are respected on subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information about the site visitors. | ||
| the_inverness_castle_experience_session | 3 days |
Used by our website to remember the actions of a user. |
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| checkout_continuity_service | 1 year 1 month 4 days 1 minute |
This cookie helps detect fraud and provides continuity between each of your checkout attempts with Affirm. This data is necessary for Affirm to improve your experience by understanding where you and other customers are experiencing friction as you use our product. |
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| 3060738.3440491 | 1 year 1 month 4 days 1 minute |
Necessary for the website’s payment-plan-function upon checking out. |
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| session | 1 year 1 month 4 days 1 minute |
This cookie is typically used to maintain an anonymized user session by the server. |
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| _anchorsession | session |
Used by our ticketing provider to associate the user with their shopping cart. |
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| currentPage | Never Expires |
Used by our ticketing system to track progress through checkout. |
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| affirm-csrf-token | session |
A secure random token (e.g., synchronizer token or challenge token) that is used to prevent CSRF attacks. A CSRF secure application assigns a unique CSRF token for every user session. |
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| m | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Stripe sets this cookie for fraud prevention purposes. It identifies the device used to access the website, allowing the website to be formatted accordingly. | ||
| __stripe_sid | 1 hour | Stripe sets this cookie to set a unique session identifier for a single session. | ||
| __stripe_mid | 1 year | Stripe sets this cookie to set a unique session identifier to recognize users across sessions. | ||
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | 6 months | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. | ||
| t_v2_s | 1 year 1 month 4 days 1 minute | Affirm sets this cookie as necessary for the website’s payment plan function upon checking out. | ||
| _cfuvid | session | Cloudflare sets this cookie to track users across sessions to optimize user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalized services | ||
| cookietest | session | The cookietest cookie is typically used to determine whether the user's browser accepts cookies, essential for website functionality and user experience. | ||
| NID | 6 months |
Google sets the cookie for advertising purposes; to limit the number of times the user sees an ad, to unwanted mute ads, and to measure the effectiveness of ads. |
Functional
Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
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| __cf_bm | 1 hour |
Cloudflare sets the cookie to support Cloudflare Bot Management. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 6 months | A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | Never Expires | The cookie ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY is used by YouTube to store the last search result entry that was clicked by the user. This information is used to improve the user experience by providing more relevant search results in the future. |
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
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| _ga | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. |
| _ga_* | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
| _dd_s | 15 minutes |
Used for monitoring, troubleshooting, and analytics to track how users interact with the website. |
| YSC | session | YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. |
Performance
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
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| axp-override | session |
Used by our ticketing system for analytics purposes. |
| GCLB | session | This cookie is known as Google Cloud Load Balancer set by the provider Google. This cookie is used for external HTTPS load balancing of the cloud infrastructure with Google. |
Advertisement
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
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| _fbp | 3 months |
Facebook sets this cookie to store and track interactions. |
| __Secure-YNID | 6 months | YouTube cookie used to protect user security and prevent fraud, especially during the login process. |
| __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | 6 months | YouTube sets this cookie to manage feature rollout and experimentation. It helps Google control which new features or interface changes are shown to users as part of testing and staged rollouts, ensuring consistent experience for a given user during an experiment. |
| __Secure-YEC | past | Description is currently not available. |
Manage cookie preferences
You can change your cookie preferences any time by clicking the above button. This will let you revisit the cookie consent banner and change your preferences or withdraw your consent right away.
In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. Listed below are the links to the support documents on how to manage and delete cookies from the major web browsers.
Chrome | Safari | Firefox | Internet Explorer
If you are using any other web browser, please visit your browser’s official support documents.