S4C's website uses cookies. By using the site you are consenting to S4C's use of cookies in line with the guidelines below.
S4C uses cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website.Cookies are used to store information about your on-line preferences, for instance S4C may use cookies to store your language preference for the S4C website. If you use the S4C Weather Website S4C may use cookies to store your address and postcode and device geolocation so that weather information can be localised for you.
Please be aware that if you visit an S4C page which contains embedded content from social media, third party cookies may track your use of the S4C website.
Cookies record information about your online preferences. The main purpose of cookies is to identify users and maybe prepare customized pages for them. When you go to a website that uses cookies, you may be asked to fill out a form providing information such as your name and interests. This information is packaged into a cookie and sent to your web browser which stores it for later use. The next time you go to the same site, your browser will send the cookie to the web server. The server can use this information to present you with custom web pages. For example, instead of seeing just a generic welcome page you might see a welcome page with your name on it.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| sessionid | 14 days | The session cookie consists of the session ID generated for a user's session. This cookie is used to manage the state of the user's session. |
| AWSALBCORS | 7 days | Amazon Web Services set this cookie for load balancing. |
| AWSALB | 7 days | AWSALB is an application load balancer cookie set by Amazon Web Services to map the session to the target. |
| bws_session_token | 1 year 1 month 4 days | The session cookie consists of the session ID generated for a user's session. This cookie is used to manage the state of the user's session. |
| bws_is_child_account | 1 year 1 month 4 days | MyS4C sets this cookie to identify a child account. This information is used to tailor the experience for the user. |
| bws_logged_in | 1 year 1 month 4 days | MyS4C sets this cookie to determine if a user it logged in or not. |
| views | 1 month | An analytics cookie that anonymously records page views. |
| SmartVolume-volume | never | This cookie stores the last volume level set in the player for future use. |
| SmartVolume-volume-muted | never | This cookie stores the last option selected for mute in the player for future use. |
| i00 | never | This cookie is set by Kantar and is used for BARB analytics. |
| clicSignedPreference | never | This cookie stores the user preference for viewing signed programmes. |
| clicSideNav | never | This cookie stores the state of the side navigation i.e. open or closed |
| clicTheme | never | This cookie stores the current theme selected i.e. light or dark. |
| clicSubtitleId | never | This cookie stores the captioning option selected in the player for future use. |
| clicIsChild | never | This cookie determines if the current profile is a child profile and if so limits the content viewable. |
| clicLang | never | Determines if the current user has selected Welsh or English. |
| clicDeviceId | never | This cookie uniquely identifies the current device for analytics. |
| clicProfileName | never | This name of the current profile to be used within the interface. |
| clicIsAutoNext | never | This cookie determines if the next programme should play automatically when the current episode ends. |
| clicProfileId | never | This cookie stores the ID of the current profile for reporting purposes. |
| s4cPlayerErrors | never | This cookie stores errors generated by the video player. |
| clicAuthToken | never | A secure digital token to streamline and safeguard online interactions and transactions by authenticating user sessions |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| yt-remote-device-id | never | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | never | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| _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. |
| _gid | 1 day | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store information on how visitors use a website while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the collected data includes the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. |
| __gads | 1 year 24 days | Google sets this cookie under the DoubleClick domain, tracks the number of times users see an advert, measures the campaign's success, and calculates its revenue. This cookie can only be read from the domain they are currently on and will not track any data while they are browsing other sites. |
| _ga_* | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
| _gat_tracker | 1 minute | Google Analytics sets this cookie to throttle request rate. |
| _gat | 1 minute | Google Universal Analytics sets this cookie to restrain request rate and thus limit data collection on high-traffic sites. |
| lotame_domain_check | Less than a minute | This cookie is created by Lotame to help identify users. |
| _gat_UA-* | 1 minute | Google Analytics sets this cookie for user behaviour tracking. |
| _hjFirstSeen | 30 minutes | Hotjar sets this cookie to identify a new user’s first session. It stores the true/false value, indicating whether it was the first time Hotjar saw this user. |
| _hjSession_* | 30 minutes | Hotjar sets this cookie to ensure data from subsequent visits to the same site is attributed to the same user ID, which persists in the Hotjar User ID, which is unique to that site. |
| uid | 1 year 24 days | This is a Google UserID cookie that tracks users across various website segments. |
| CONSENT | 2 years | YouTube sets this cookie via embedded YouTube videos and registers anonymous statistical data. |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | 30 minutes | Hotjar sets this cookie to detect a user's first pageview session, which is a True/False flag set by the cookie. |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | 5 months 27 days | This cookie is set by YouTube. |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample_* | 2 minutes | HotJar sets this cookie to determine if a user is included in the data sampling defined by your site's daily session limit. |
How do I turn cookies off?
Users have the opportunity to set their computers to accept all cookies, to notify them when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. The last of these, of course, means that certain personalised services cannot then be provided to that user and accordingly you may not be able to take full advantage of all of the features on S4C's websites. Each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.
If you have set your computer to reject cookies you can still browse S4C's websites anonymously until such time as you wish to register for services on S4C's websites.
