Cookie Policy
Information about our use of cookies
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.
We use the following cookies:
Strictly necessary cookies
These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
Cookie | Name | Purpose | More Information |
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ASP Session ID | ASPSESSIONID <process-id> | Automatically created by ASP pages automatically on initial entry to the website. | The website does NOT use/access this cookie. The cookie expires on exit of the website. |
Analytical/performance cookies
They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Cookie | Name | Purpose | More Information |
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Google Analytics | _ga _ga_# | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The 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. | To view more details please visit Google Analytics Cookie Usage The cookie expires 2 years after log in. |
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit
http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Functionality cookies
These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
Cookie | Name | Purpose | More Information |
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ASP Session ID | ASPSESSIONID <process-id> | Automatically created by ASP pages automatically on initial entry to the website. | The website does NOT use/access this cookie. The cookie expires on exit of the website. |
Targeting cookies
These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
Cookie | Name | Purpose | More Information |
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Cookie Consent | Cookieconsent _dismissed | This cookie confirms that the user responded to the cookie policy pop up, and therefore no longer displays the pop up. | This cookie expires 1 year after setting, so the pop up doesn’t re-appear when a user returns to the website. |
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.