The NFU's cookies policy sets out important information on who we are and how we use cookies on our various websites.
This policy should be read together with the NFU's Privacy Notice, which sets out how and why we collect, store, use and share personal information generally, as well as your rights in relation to your personal information and details of how to contact us and supervisory authorities if you have a complaint.
About this policy
In this cookie policy, references to we, us or our means [National Farmers’ Union of England and Wales with its office at Agriculture House, National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 2TZ and are registered as an Employers Association under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 with the Certification Office number 245E]. Our VAT registration number is 239065162 .
References to you or your means the person accessing and using the website (as defined below).
References to the website or websites means:
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you access most websites on the internet or open certain emails. Among other things, cookies allow a website to recognise your device and remember if you have accessed the website before.
We use the term cookie to refer to cookies and technologies that perform a similar function to cookies (for example, tags, pixels and web beacons).
Cookies can be read by the originating website on each subsequent visit and by any other website that recognises the cookie.
Information about our use of cookies
This website uses cookies to see how the site is being used, in order for us to continually improve the website and provide you with a good user experience. Further information about the types of cookies that are used on the website is set out in the table below.
By continuing to use this website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. You can choose to restrict or block cookies through your browser settings at any time. For more information about how to do this, and about cookies in general, visit:
Different types of cookies
This website uses the following types of cookies:
Strictly necessary
These are cookies that are required for the operation of the website.
Analytical/performance cookies
These cookies enable us to monitor and provide statistics on how the website is used, help us to test the website's design and operability, improve the website by measuring any errors that occur and speed up your searches.
Functionality cookies
These are used to recognise you when you return to the website.
Targeting cookies
These cookies record your visit to the website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make the website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
Cookies on this website are not used to personally identify you.
Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire in accordance with the timescales set out below.
Third party cookies
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services such as web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control, although we may receive services from these third parties (including, for example, website analytics).
These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies (as described above).
Restricting or blocking cookies
Please be aware that restricting or blocking cookies set on the website may impact the functionality or performance of the website, or prevent you from using certain services provided through the website.
It will also affect our ability to update the website to cater for user preferences and improve performance.
Types of cookies used on this website
Below is a list of cookies we use on this website:
Strictly necessary cookies
| Name | Purpose | Expiry |
| AspNetCore.Antiforgery.xxxxxxxx | Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. | Session |
| AspNetCore.Identity.Application | Manages user authentication and session. | Session |
| cf_clearance | Cloudflare cookie to identify trusted web traffic. | 30 minutes |
| cookieconsent_nfuol | Allows the Website to remember choices you make such as your user name, log in details or language preferences, and any customisations you make to pages on the Website during your visit. | 1 year |
| UMB_SESSION | Maintains the user session in Umbraco CMS. | Session |
Analytical/performance cookies
| Name | Purpose | Expiry |
| _clck | Persists the Clarity user ID and preferences across sessions. | 1 year |
| _clsk | Connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session. | 1 day |
| _fbp | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products. | 3 months |
| _ga | Google Analytics cookie to collect data on website traffic. | 1 year |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics cookie to collect data on website traffic. | 1 year |
| umbracoEngageAnalyticsVisitorId | Tracks visitor ID for analytics in Umbraco Engage. | Session |
Functionality cookies
| Name | Purpose | Expiry |
| cookieconsent_nfuol | Allows the Website to remember choices you make such as your user name, log in details or language preferences, and any customisations you make to pages on the Website during your visit. | 1 year |
Targeting cookies
| Name | Purpose | Expiry |
| _gcl_au | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency. | 3 months |
| _tt_enable_cookie | Used by TikTok to track usage and events. | 13 months |
| _ttp | Measures and improves the performance of TikTok advertising campaigns. | 13 months |
| ttcsid | TikTok cookie to track user interactions. | Session |
| ttcsid_CMB8QN3C77U16065FR60 | TikTok cookie to track user interactions. | Session |
ttcsid_D2EV1HRC77U4ENLNC3V0 |
TikTok cookie to track user interactions. | Session |
Third party cookies
| Name | Purpose | Expiry |
| APISID , SID | Google Ads Optimisation cookie to collect visitor information for targeted Ads. | 2 years |
| HSID | Stores user security settings and protects against fraudulent use. | 2 years |
| NID | Stores user preferences and personalises Google search results/ads. |
6 months |
SAPISID |
Google cookie used for user profiling and ad personalisation. |
2 years |
SID |
Google Security cookie to authenticate users and protect session integrity. | 2 years |
| SIDCC | Google cookie that provides security to protect user data from unauthorised access. | 1 year |
SSID |
1 year | |
__Secure-1PAPISID |
Google cookie used to profile the interests of website visitors to serve relevant and personalised ads through retargeting. | 2 years |
| __Secure-1PSID | Google cookie used to profile the interests of website visitors to serve relevant and personalised ads through retargeting. | 2 years |
| __Secure-1PSIDCC | Google cookie used to profile the interests of website visitors to serve relevant and personalised ads through retargeting. | 1 year |
| __Secure-3PAPISID | Google cookie used to profile the interests of website visitors to serve relevant and personalised ads through retargeting. | 2 years |
__Secure-3PSID |
Google cookie used to profile the interests of website visitors to serve relevant and personalised ads through retargeting. | 2 years |
| __Secure-3PSIDCC | Google cookie used to profile the interests of website visitors to serve relevant and personalised ads through retargeting. | 1 year |
| __Secure-ENID | Google cookie used to profile the interests of website visitors to serve relevant and personalised ads through retargeting. | 1 year |
| IDE | Used by Google DoubleClick to measure ads and improve targeting. | 1 year |
| ar_debug | Used by Google Ads to debug ad delivery. |
Session |
| DV | Google cookie used to provide ad delivery or retargeting on Google ads |
1 day |
| SEARCH_SAMESITE | Ensures cookies are sent securely across same-site requests. | 6 months |
| AEC | Ensures requests are made by the user, preventing fraud. | 6 months |
| _ttp | TikTok cookie used to measure and improve ad performance. | 13 months |
| CLID | Microsoft Clarity cookie to identify the first-time Clarity saw this user. |
1 year |