This site uses cookies. A cookie is a small file that a website asks your browser to store on your computer or mobile device. It allows the website to recognise that device and store some information about the user’s preferences or past actions. Different cookies are stored on user devices for different amounts of time.
In general, cookies used by NCIMB are used to retain user cookie preferences, store information e.g. for the shopping cart, and provide anonymised tracking data to Google Analytics. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. Cookie settings allow different types of cookies to be enabled or disabled. Some cookies are essential for website functionality. These are strictly necessary cookies and cannot be disabled. For example, the cookie that saves cookie setting preferences cannot be disabled. Other cookies that are not necessary for website function can be disabled.
The NCIMB website has two parts. The main ncimb.com website and the store.ncimb.com subdomain that is a separate site containing our culture collection catalogue.
Cookies used on ncimb.com are listed in the table below.
| Name | Domain | Function | Expires |
| PHPSESSIS | ncimb.com | Identify a user session. This is a functional cookie. | Session cookie – erased when you close your browser. |
| moove_dgpr_popup | ncimb.com | Store cookie consent preference. Strictly necessary cookie. | Session cookie – erased when you close your browser. |
| wordpress_test_cookie | ncimb.com | Test that browser can accept cookies | Session cookie – erased when you close your browser. |
| _ga | ncimb.com | Google analytics cookie used to distinguish users. | 2 years |
| _ga_<container ID> | ncimb.com | Google analytics cookie used to persist session state. | 2 years |
| _gid | ncimb.com | Google analytics cookie used to store and count page views | 1 day |
Analytics cookies
The NCIMB website uses Google Analytics (GA4). The GA4-JavaScript-tags use first-party cookies to distinguish unique users as well as unique sessions from a single user. This enables NCIMB to e.g. track changes in numbers of website visitors, duration of sessions and which pages are most frequently visited. This helps us to understand how visitors use our website. While these identifiers provide information about user behaviour, Google states that it does not log or store any IP addresses.
Vimeo
The NCIMB website users Vimeo to embed and play videos. We use the do not track setting. If you are a logged in Vimeo user, Vimeo may set cookies when you play videos on the NCIMB website. Logging out of Vimeo will prevent this. You can read more about this in Vimeo’s embedding videos page.
Cookies used on store.ncimb.com are listed below
| Name | Domain | Function | Expires |
| cookieconsent_status | .store.ncimb.com | to store cookie consent status | 1 year |
| _ga | ncimb.com | googles analytics cookie used to distinguish users | 2 years |
| _ga_<container ID> | ncimb.com | googles analytics cookie used to persist session state | 2 years |
| _gid | ncimb.com | googles analytics cookie used to store and count page views | 1 day |
| _gat_gtag_UA_ | ncimb.com | google analytics cookie, used to identify unique website visitors anonymously | session cookie |
| _GRECAPTCHA | google.com | to provide spam protection | 6 months |
| Basket | .store.ncimb.com | used to persist the order information, items added to cart | until browsing cache is cleared. |
Changing your cookie preferences, and controlling cookies through browsers
ncimb.com: You can can accept or reject cookies when landing on the site via the cookie banner, and change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the cog icon. You can then adjust the available sliders to ‘On’ or ‘Off’, then clicking ‘save and close’. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect.
store.ncimb.com: You can accept or reject cookies when landing on the site via the cookie banner, and change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the cookie policy tab at the bottom of the screen.
Changing browsers settings: In addition, many web browsers allow some control of cookies through the browser settings. To find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.