Cookie Policy
Use of cookies
A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your computer (or other electronic device) when you access our website. We use cookies and other online tracking devices such as action tags, single-pixel gifs on this website to:
- recognise you whenever you visit this website;
- obtain information about your preferences, online movements and use of the internet;
- carry out research and statistical analysis to help improve our content and to help us better understand our visitor requirements and interests;
- make your online experience more efficient and enjoyable.
The information we obtain from our use of cookies will not usually contain your personal data. Although we may obtain information about your computer or other electronic device such as your IP address, your browser and/or other internet log information, this will not usually identify you personally. In certain circumstances we may collect personal information about you—but only where you voluntarily provide it (eg by completing an online form)
In most cases we will need your consent in order to use cookies on this website. The exception is where the cookie is essential in order for us to provide you with a service you have requested.
Consent
There is a notice on all pages which describes how we use cookies and which also provides a link to our website privacy policy. If you use this website after this notification has been displayed to you, we will assume that you consent to our use of cookies for the purposes described in this website cookie policy and our website privacy policy.
Third-party cookies
We work with third party suppliers who may also set cookies on our website, for example eg Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Adobe Flashplayer which we use to display video content. These third party suppliers are responsible for the cookies they set on our site. If you want further information please go to the website for the relevant third party. You will find additional information in the table below.
Description of cookies
The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why:
Name |
Owner |
Purpose |
Domain name |
Expiration time |
Necessary |
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Cookiefirst-consent |
This cookie saves your cookie preferences for this website. |
Session |
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Cookiefirst-id |
This cookie contains your unique ID to identify visitors to this website. |
Session |
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CraftSessionId |
CMS |
This cookie is being used by our CMS |
Session |
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CRAFT_CSRF_TOKEN |
CMS |
This cookie is used to prevent malicious automated form submissions via Cross Site Request Forgery |
Session |
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SRV |
CMS |
This cookie is issued by Craft CMS and contains a unique ID to help recognise when an anonymous user attempts to log in. This cookie contains no personally identifiable information. |
Session |
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statistics |
CMS |
Indicates whether the user has given consent for cookies to be set. |
a year |
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necessary |
CMS |
Indicates whether the user has given consent for cookies to be set. |
a year |
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cookieBar |
CMS |
Indicates whether the user has given consent for cookies to be set. |
a year |
|
Functional |
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__atuvs |
AddThis |
This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. This is believed to be a new cookie from AddThis which is not yet documented but has been categorised on the assumption it serves a similar purpose to other cookies set by the service. |
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__atuvc |
AddThis |
This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. It stores an updated page share count. |
a year |
|
_atrfs |
AddThis |
This cookie is used to collect non-personal information on the visitor’s use of the website. |
.addthis.com |
Session |
at-lojson-cache- |
AddThis |
This is a local storage cookie used by the AddThis social sharing widget. |
.addthis.com |
Persistent |
Advertising |
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uvc |
AddThis |
Cookie set by AddThis. These plug-ins allow you to set bookmarks or share interesting content with other users. The plug-ins allow you to interact with social networks and other users so that we can improve our services and make them more interesting for you as a user. |
.addthis.com |
a year |
loc |
AddThis |
This cookie is set by Addthis. This is a geolocation cookie to understand where the users sharing the information are located. |
.addthis.com |
a year |
_at.cww |
AddThis |
This is a 'local storage item' that is used by the social sharing platform Addthis. It is used for marketing purposes. |
.addthis.com |
Persistent |
_fbp |
This cookie is used by Facebook for advertising purposes and conversion tracking. |
3 months |
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at-rand |
AddThis |
This is a 'local storage item' that is used by the social sharing platform Addthis. It is used for marketing purposes. |
.addthis.com |
Persistent |
xtc |
AddThis |
This cookie registers the user’s sharing of content via social media. |
.addthis.com |
13 months |
YSC |
Google, Inc |
Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
.youtube.com |
Session |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
Google, Inc |
This cookie allows YouTube to check for bandwidth usage. |
.youtube.com |
6 months |
IDE |
Google, Inc |
Cookie from Double Click (Google) which helps us to analyse and optimize our advertising campaigns. |
.doubleclick.net |
a year |
CONSENT |
Google, Inc |
Third party cookies. They provide certain features of Google and may store certain preferences according to usage patterns and personalize the ads that appear in Google searches. |
.youtube.com |
16 years |
Performance |
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_gat_***** |
Google, Inc |
Set by Google Analytics to control the request rate. |
a minute |
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_gid |
Google, Inc |
Registers a unique ID for a website visitor it tracks how the visitor uses the website. The data is used for statistics. |
|
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_ga |
Google, Inc |
Registers a unique ID for a website visitor it tracks how the visitor uses the website. The data is used for statistics. |
2 years |
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Manage Preferences
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