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Cookie Policy
his document explains all you need to know about how this website makes use of cookies, and how you can manage or remove them if you wish to do so. A Brief Overview of Cookies Cookies are tiny files that contain small amounts of data to enhance your user experience of this website. They are sent to and stored upon the hard drive of your computer or mobile device. They can be very useful as they help us improve our website in order to ensure it is of more use to you. On this website, you can manage and/or delete cookies as you wish. Information is provided in the section 'Managing Your Cookies'. How Does This Site Use Cookies? Cookies on this website are used in a variety of ways, a comprehensive list of the cookies used within this website can be found in the section 'Cookies We Set'
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to collect user information about how people use our site. This, in turn, helps us make sure the website is giving the users the information they need and also the information they would like to see so we can further improve the website.
Analytics cookies store information about what pages users visit, how long they are on the site, how they got there including the keywords they may have typed into a search engine to find the website. The information we have helps us to analyse our visitor engagement with the website and provide them with a better experience in the future.
No personal information is either stored or collected through the use of these cookies (for example, names or addresses), so this information cannot be used to identify individuals. We do not allow analytics companies to use or share this data.
Third-party cookies
Third-party cookies are not set directly by this website, but by third-party service or functionality providers (for example, website analytics).
Google Analytics stores the information collected by the cookie on servers in the United States. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. How to reject or delete this cookie: http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacypolicy.html
Managing Your Cookies
Internet browsers allow users to manage their cookies. They can set their devices to accept all cookies, to let them know when a cookie has been set, or never to receive cookies. Each browser works in a different way: use the 'Help' menu in your browser to find out to change your cookie preferences. For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone, you should refer to your handset manual.
Please be aware that disabling cookies completely means that certain personalised features will not then be provided to that user and therefore they may not be able to make full use of all of the website's features. Some cookies are not set by this websites but by other sites which provide a service or functionality on this websites. These are known as third-party cookies. Managing, deleting or blocking these cookies requires you to visit the websites of these third parties. Details are provided in the section Third-party cookies.
You can learn more about cookies and how to manage them at AboutCookies.org
What Cookies Do We Use?
| Cookie Name | Details | Expiry Period |
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.AspNet.ApplicationCookie , ASP.NET_SessionId |
These are system level cookies that enable the CMS and website to function correctly. |
2 weeks (14 days) |
| __RequestVerificationToken | This is a system level cookie that enables the CMS and website to function correctly. | End of browser session |
| AllowCookies |
This is set so we can remember your selection that was made for future visits regarding the acceptance of cookies. |
1 year |
| __utma | Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | 2 years |
| __utmt | Used to throttle request rate. | 10 minutes |
| __utmb | Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exist. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | 30 minutes |
| __utmc | Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmbcookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. |
End of browser session |
| __utmz | Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | 6 months |
| __utmv | Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the_setCustomVar method with a visitor level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVarmethod. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
2 years |
More information
To learn more about cookies and how to manage them, visit AboutCookies.org