Last Updated: 01/10/2026
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that store small pieces of information. They are saved on your
device when a website is loaded in your browser, and they let the website recognise your device
on later requests.
How do we use cookies?
We only set cookies that are strictly necessary for this website to work —
keeping you logged in, sending your requests to a working server, and letting you pay securely.
We do not use cookies for advertising, analytics, profiling or any other form of tracking.
Because every cookie below is essential, there is nothing to consent to and no cookie banner to
dismiss.
Cookies we use
| Name |
Set by |
Expires |
What it is for |
| OYM |
Us (https://www.onlinescoutmanager.co.uk) |
When you close your browser |
Keeps you logged in. |
| roles |
Us (https://www.onlinescoutmanager.co.uk) |
3 months |
Stores whether you are a leader or a parent, so the system can present itself
appropriately for your role. |
| AWSALB |
Amazon Web Services, our hosting provider |
7 days |
Allocates your requests to a server that is available, so pages load reliably. |
| AWSALBCORS |
Amazon Web Services, our hosting provider |
7 days |
Does the same job as AWSALB for requests made in the background by the page you are
on. |
| __stripe_mid |
Stripe, our payment provider |
1 year |
Only set when you make a payment. Identifies the device to Stripe so the payment can be
completed. |
| __stripe_sid |
Stripe, our payment provider |
30 minutes |
Only set when you make a payment, and used by Stripe to prevent fraud. |
The AWS cookies above are also set on oymcdn.co.uk, the address we serve images, styles
and scripts from. They do the same job there.
Managing cookies