Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Bask uses cookies and similar technologies such as browser storage. Cookies are small text files a website stores in your browser.
The cookies below are the ones found by our cookie scanner (CookieYes), plus a few it cannot see because they are only set once you sign in or when our security service steps in.
Four kinds of cookie
Necessary cookies are the ones the site needs to work securely. UK law does not require your consent for these, and you cannot switch them off in our banner.
Functional, analytics and performance cookies are optional. We do not set them until you accept them in the cookie banner, and the scripts behind them do not load before that. We do not use advertising cookies.
Necessary
| Cookie or storage | Purpose | Lasts |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication / session | Keeps you signed in securely as you move around the site. | Session, or longer if you choose "remember me" |
| .AspNetCore.Antiforgery.* | Protects forms against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. | Session |
| XSRF-TOKEN | Protects actions you take on the site against cross-site request forgery. | 1 year |
| Abp.HasRouteCulture | Tells the site whether the page address includes a language code, so it does not redirect you needlessly. | Session |
| __timezone | Stores your browser's time zone so dates and times on the site show in your local time. | 1 year |
| cookieyes-* | Records the choice you made in the cookie banner so we do not ask again. | 1 year |
| rc::a, rc::c | Set by Google reCAPTCHA on the sign-in and register pages, to tell people from bots and keep out spam accounts. | Persistent / session |
| __cf_bm, cf_clearance | Set by Cloudflare, which protects the site from automated abuse. | Up to 30 minutes / up to 1 year |
| Google sign-in | Set only if you choose to sign in with Google, to complete sign-in securely. | Session |
| Theme preference (browser storage, not a cookie) | Remembers your light/dark display choice on this device. | Until you clear it |
Functional (only with your consent)
| Cookie | Purpose | Lasts |
|---|---|---|
| _cs_c | Set by Contentsquare to record whether you have agreed to its measurement. | 1 year 1 month |
Analytics (only with your consent)
We use Google Analytics 4, loaded through Google Tag Manager, to see which pages are visited, how people arrive at the site and where they get stuck. We also use Contentsquare to see how pages are used, such as where people click and how far they scroll, so we can find the parts of the site that get in your way. Both tell us about the site in aggregate; we do not use them to identify you or to build a profile of you.
| Cookie | Purpose | Lasts |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics: tells one visitor from another with a random identifier. | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics: keeps the state of your visit and counts page views. | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
| _cs_id | Contentsquare: a random identifier for your browser. | 1 year 1 month |
| _cs_s | Contentsquare: counts the pages viewed in your current visit. | 1 hour |
Performance (only with your consent)
| Cookie | Purpose | Lasts |
|---|---|---|
| _cs_same_site | Contentsquare: checks how your browser handles cookies so its measurement works reliably. | Session |
| _cs_root-domain | Contentsquare: works out the site's main domain so a visit is counted once across its pages. | Session |
Google and Contentsquare process this data on our behalf and may do so outside the UK, under their standard data-transfer safeguards. Google's own description of how it uses data from sites that use its services is at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites, and Contentsquare's is at contentsquare.com/privacy-center.
Changing your choice
You see the cookie banner on your first visit, and your choice is remembered for a year. To change it, use the cookie settings control that stays available on the page, or delete the cookieyes-consent cookie and reload to see the banner again. Withdrawing consent stops new optional cookies being set; you can remove existing ones through your browser.
You can also control or delete any cookie through your browser settings at any time, though blocking necessary cookies may stop parts of the site working.
See our Privacy Policy for how we handle personal data.
Last updated: 29 September 2026.