Use of cookies
A cookie is a small data file that certain websites write to your hard drive when you visit them. These can be used for many purposes. This website sets one functional cookie and its purpose is described below.
Cookies used by this website
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| ASP.NET_SessionId | This cookie is used to ensure proper communication between your browser client and the web server, it generates a unique id that is used to identify you during your current session. It is non-persistent and will be removed by your browser at the end of your session. Removal of this cookie may results in some of the site functionality not working correctly. | At end of session |
| __utmb | Google Analytics cookie. This stores the domain name (hash code) of site, pages viewed this session, current time. | 30 minutes |
| __utmc | Google Analytics cookie. This stores the domain name (hash code) of site. | At end of session |
| __utma | Google Analytics cookie. This stores the domain name (hash code) of site, a unique visitor id (randomly generated number), time of first visit, time of previous visit, current time, number of sessions since first visit. | 2 years |
| __utmz | Google Analytics cookie. This stores the domain name (hash code) of site, time when cookie last set, total number of visitor sessions, number of different channels or sources through which this site was reached, source of the last cookie update, search hit tag identifier (or just ‘organic’ if reached via normal search hit), search medium, keyword phrase used to find site. | 6 months |
| PREF | Saves the user’s Google identifier, time of first receiving this cookie, last time when preferences were set, checksum for data integrity. This third-party cookie is placed by Google to track a user’s preferences from one Google site to another. | 2 years |
| cookie_bar_hide | Saves the user’s acknowledgement of the cookie message displayed at the top of each page. This means that the message will be hidden on subsequent visits to the site. | 1 year |
This website is compliant with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) Guidance on the rules on use of cookies and similar technologies and the related Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.
