Cookies
Our website uses cookies. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is placed on your computer, if you agree. Our website uses cookies to allow us to distinguish you from other users of our website, to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and to improve our website.
Cookies used on our website improve your browsing experience by:
- remembering settings, so you do not have to keep re-entering them whenever you visit a new page
- remembering information you have given (e.g. your acceptance of “Important legal Information”)
- measuring how you use the website so we can make sure it meets your needs
You can manage and/or delete cookies as you wish. To learn more about cookies and how to manage them, visit https://allaboutcookies.org/how-to-manage-cookies. Or please read on to find out more about how and where we use cookies on our website.
How we use cookies
Our website uses cookies in several places – we’ve listed each of them below with more details about why we use them and how long they will last.
If you would like to update your cookie preferences after viewing the list, please click below.
Storing your preferences
Our website allow us to provide you with options to improve your visit – for example, by remembering information (text) you put into a form. Currently, our website sets a 'master' cookie which identifies you from page to page.
Name
Typical Content
Expires
SESS
randomly generated number
1 month
Enabling a better experience
Our website uses a technology called Javascript to present information in an appealing and clear way. The website identifies if your browser has Javascript enabled and then sets a cookie so that it knows this is the case for the duration of your visit.
Name
Typical Content
Expires
Has_js
randomly generated number
When you close your browser
Giving you a mobile experience
Our website checks to see if you are using a browser on your mobile device. If so, we provide you with a version of the website that is easier to read and use on a smaller screen. The website then sets a cookie so that every page is then delivered in the mobile version.
Name
Typical Content
Expires
Mobileplugin group
randomly generated number
When you close your browser
How can you manage cookies
Browser settings: Most browsers can be adjusted to prevent your computer from accepting cookies, although this may mean that some of the features of this website (and other websites) will not work properly and may restrict your user experience.
These settings will typically be found in the 'options' or 'preferences' menu of your browser. In order to understand these settings, the following links may be helpful, otherwise you should use the 'Help' option in your browser for more details.
Turn off anonymous Google Analytics cookies: You can install a Google Analytics browser "plug in" to prevent the website sending information about your visit to Google Analytics. More information about this can be found here:
Other useful links
If you would like to find out more about cookies and their wider use (on our and others' websites), you may find the following links of interest:
The IAB has provided the following website to give information specifically about privacy issues around Internet advertising:
For further legal information about privacy issues, you may find these links useful: