Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work more efficiently, and sometimes provide useful information to the owners of the site.
There are some cookies necessary to this site functioning, such as interacting with our accessibility toolbar. These cookies will usually remove themselves when you close your browsing session. More information can be found in the ‘Necessary cookies’ section.
We use some additional cookies, such as Google Analytics, to help us gather information and improve the website. You have the option to deny use of these cookies; more information can be found in the ‘Additional cookies’ section.
In order to help us to improve the content, format and structure of this website we record and analyse how visitors use the website. For this purpose, we use Google Analytics.
"This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. 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. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above."
We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifying information from any source. If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will be up front about this and we will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.
You can find more information on cookies from the Information Commissioners Office.
Necessary cookies
The following cookies are necessary to our site functioning.
| Cookie | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
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cookieconsent_status |
Persistently records your option regarding additional cookies. |
1 year |
Necessary accessibility cookies
The following necessary cookies allow the functions within our accessibility toolbar to work optimally.
| Cookie | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
|
accessibility-controls |
Records option regarding additional cookies. |
End of browsing session |
|
saveFontSize |
Allows the website (CMS) to record if the user’s font size selection. |
End of browsing session |
|
contrast-mode |
Allows the website (CMS) to record the user’s contrast mode selection. |
End of browsing session |
|
googtrans |
Allows the language of page content to be changed and records the language selected. |
End of browsing session |
Additional cookies
The following third-party cookies are used for analytical and media purposes.
If you do not accept use of these additional cookies, some third-party media content – such as YouTube, Vimeo or Google Maps – may not load on this website.
Analytics cookies
In order to help us to improve the content, format and structure of this website we record and analyse how visitors use the using Google Analytics.
You can read Google’s extensive information on data practices in Google Analytics.
You can opt-out of Google Analytics on our website by denying additional cookies or by using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
| Cookie | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
|
_ga |
Distinguishes user for Google Analytics. |
2 years |
|
_gid |
Distinguishes user for Google Analytics. |
1 day |
|
_gat |
Throttles request rate for Google Analytics. |
1 minute |
|
_ga_{ID} |
Persists session state for newer versions of Google Analytics. |
2 years |
|
_gat_gtag_UA_{ID} |
Persists session state for older versions of Google Analytics. |
1 minute |
|
__utma |
Distinguishes user and session for Google Analytics. |
2 years |
|
__utmb |
Determines new session or visit for Google Analytics. |
30 minutes |
|
__utmc |
Determines new session or visit for Google Analytics. |
End of browsing session |
|
__utmz |
Stores traffic source for Google Analytics. |
6 months |
Embed cookies
We may use embeds from YouTube, Google Maps or Vimeo on our site to display content. That content uses the following third-party cookies. Where possible, we will use privacy-oriented settings to ensure as few cookies as possible require consent.
These additional cookies that remain, and the content from which they stem, will not display on the site unless you choose to ‘Accept additional cookies’.
| Cookie | Source | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
|
CONSENT |
YouTube (.youtube-nocookie.com) |
Google cookie tracking consent with analytics and/or ad integration. |
2 years |
|
CONSENT |
Google Maps (.google.com) |
Google cookie tracking consent with analytics and/or ad integration. |
2 years |
|
__cf_bm |
Vimeo (.vimeo.com) |
Vimeo ClouldFlare layer which filters out requests from bots. |
30 minutes |
Captcha cookies
We use Google reCAPTCHA in order to verify whether or not you are a human when submitting data to the website. Most of the time, this will only be present on pages containing forms.
| Cookie | Source | Path | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
_GRECAPTCHA |
Google (www.google.com) |
/recaptcha |
Provides risk analysis to Google spam protection. |
6 months |