Cookie Policy
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookies and other similar tracking technologies are small text files or code placed on your device (e.g. computer, smartphone or other electronic device) when you use our website or app or view a message. Cookies allow a website or app to recognise a particular device.
OUR USE OF COOKIES
We use cookies and other similar tracking technologies on our website. These help us recognise you and your device and store some information about your use of the website.
You can set your browser not to accept cookies and we tell you below how to remove cookies from your browser. However, if you do so, some of our website features may not function as a result.
For further information on our use of cookies and other similar tracking technologies, including the specific cookies we use, please see below.
TYPES OF COOKIES
The cookies we place on your device may fall into the following categories:
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- Session cookies: these allow our website to link your actions during a particular browser session. These expire each time you close your browser and do not remain on your device afterwards.
- Persistent cookies: these are stored on your device in between browser sessions. These allow your preferences or actions across our website to be remembered. These will remain on your device until they expire, or you delete them from your cache.
- Strictly necessary cookies: these cookies are essential for you to be able to navigate our website and use its features. Without these cookies, the services you have asked for could not be provided.
- Performance cookies: these cookies collect information about how you use our website, e.g. which pages you go to most often. These cookies do not collect personally identifiable information about you. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and anonymous and is only used to improve how our website works.
- Session cookies: these allow our website to link your actions during a particular browser session. These expire each time you close your browser and do not remain on your device afterwards.
THE COOKIES WE USE
The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why:
Cookie name
_ga (Google Analytics)
First or Third Party
First Party
Cookie type and purpose
Performance cookie
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited.
Read Google's overview of privacy and safeguarding data here.
Duration
2 years
Cookie name
_gat
First or Third Party
First Party
Cookie type and purpose
Performance cookie
Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate.
Duration
1 day
Cookie name
_gid
First or Third Party
First Party
Cookie type and purpose
Performance cookie
Registers a u ique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
Duration
1 day
Cookie name
ARRAffinitySameSite
First or Third Party
First Party
Cookie type and purpose
Session cookie
This is a session cookie, added by the hosting provider to keep the user on the same server.
Duration
Session
Cookie name
ARRAffinity
First or Third Party
First Party
Cookie type and purpose
Session cookie
This is a session cookie, added by the hosting provider to keep the user on the same server.
Duration
Session
Cookie name
UMB_MCULTURE
First or Third Party
First Party
Cookie type and purpose
Session cookie
This is used by Umbraco CMS to identify the set culture to track the language variant of the website.
Duration
Session
Cookie name
ASP.NET_SessionId
First or Third Party
First Party
Cookie type and purpose
Session cookie
Preserves the visitor's session state across page requests.
Duration
Session
CONSENT TO USE COOKIES
We will ask for your permission (consent) to place cookies or other similar tracking technologies on your device, except where these are essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested.
There is a notice on our home page which describes how we use cookies and requests your consent before we place any non-essential cookies on your device.
HOW TO TURN OFF COOKIES
If you do not want to accept cookies, you can change your browser settings so that cookies are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of our website.
To find out more about cookies, including how to see which cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, you can visit the third party website: www.allaboutcookies.org
UPDATES ON THIS COOKIE POLICY
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.
The date at the bottom of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
CONTACT
If you have questions or concerns regarding our use of cookies or other similar tracking technologies you can contact us via our contact form.
This cookie policy was last modified on 4th May 2021.