What are they?
A cookie is a small file that a website transfers to the cookie file of the browser on your device so that the website can remember who you are.
We use cookies to help you navigate our website efficiently and to perform certain functions, including site traffic analysis. Cookies may also recognize you on your next log-in and offer you content tailored to your preferences and interests. Cookies do not compromise the security of a website.
We will not use cookies to store any personal information about you that others could read or understand. We do not use cookies to track your internet usage after leaving our site except to show you tailored offers from us when you visit certain other sites.
Which cookies are being used on this site?
We use four types of cookies on this site – those that are strictly necessary for the website to function, functionality cookies, performance and analytics cookies, and targeted/advertising cookies.
Strictly Necessary cookies: These are cookies that may be required for system administration, to prevent fraudulent activity, or for a shopping cart function. These cookies cannot be switched off.
Functionality cookies: These cookies are used to enhance and simplify your user experience. For example, they may record information about previous choices you have made, remember your password, or allow video or social media content to be properly viewed on the website.
Analytics and Performance cookies: These are used for internal purposes to help us provide you with an improved user experience e.g. to assess the performance of a website, or to test different design ideas for the website. We often work with third party research companies to perform these services for us, so these cookies may be set by a third party. Third party cookies and analytics or performance cookies are set out in the list below.
Targeting and advertising cookies: These cookies may be used to deliver relevant and tailored content (including advertising content) to you, and also to evaluate the effectiveness of that content. Content may be delivered on our website, or on a third party website. We often work with third parties to deliver this content, so some of these cookies may be set by a third party. You can opt out of them by not accepting cookies when asked. Note however by opting out of these cookies you do not opt out of receiving advertising content altogether; you will instead receive general content that does not take into account your interests and preferences.
Cookie | Optional? | Purpose | Expiry |
__utmt __utma __utmb __utmc __utmz | Yes | Google Analytics is used to collect information about how visitors use our website. These cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited on the site. This information is then used by Google to make reports for us and to help us improve the site. For more information visit: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ | These cookies remain on your computer after the session has finished. |
has_js | Yes | Allows us to know if your browser has Javascript enabled and deliver content as appropriate. | N/A |
cookie-agreed | Yes | Present if you have accepted use of cookies. Remembers your preference. | Default period of the browser |
UserSession | Yes | Allows you to login by storing a unique identifier we can use to recognise you as a unique user. | 1 Month |
There may be additional cookies managed by third parties, for example:
- Social Media Networks and Third Party Content. On our website, we may use social networking icons and sometimes embed video content from websites such as YouTube. When you visit a page with content embedded from, for example, YouTube, or click on a social network icon that takes you to a social network, you will be presented with third party cookies from Youtube or that site as applicable. We do not control these cookies and you need to check with the applicable third party website for more information.