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Like most websites, we use cookies to help provide the best possible experience to all our visitors. The information below explains what cookies are and how our website uses them.

What are cookies?

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie.

You can find more information about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu. 

Join in Edinburgh uses three types of cookies:

Category 1: strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.

• allow_cookies - Lets us know that you have consented to allow our website to use cookies.
• sessionid - A random value that lets our website remember who you are when you register or login.

Category 2: Performance cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.

__utma, __utmb, __utmc, __utmz, __utmv, __utmx - These six cookies are used by a third-party service called Google Analytics, which we use to help understand how people find and use our site. Read about Google Analytics cookies and Google's cookie policy. 

Category 3: Third-party cookies

We sometimes embed content from other websites, such as videos from YouTube. This content uses cookies. YouTube is owned by Google, so please read Google's cookie policy for details. 

Can I use this website without cookies?

By using our website, you consent to cookies being stored by us and our providers.

Should you not wish to allow cookies, you can configure your browser to reject cookies. aboutcookies.org provides information about how to block cookies and remove existing cookies.

Please note that disabling cookies may prevent some parts of our website working correctly for you.