HOW CAN YOU MANAGE COOKIES ?
You are within your rights to restrict or block Cookies we set and you can do this through your browser settings, device settings or amending your preferences below. You may withdraw your consent and amend your cookie settings at any time.
You can set your browser not to accept cookies. Each of our third party provider’s individual policies will also tell you how to remove their cookies from your browser. However, please be aware that in a few cases some of our website features may not function as a result.
If you don’t want to accept cookies in e-mails, you can set your internet browser to restrict or reject cookies, or you can close the email before downloading any images or clicking any links. Each browser will have different settings to enable you to do this, for example, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Google Chrome. Please visit their individual cookie policies for further information.
You can also update and amend your preference on individual Cookies providers, details below:
GOOGLE ANALYTICS COOKIES:
☛ Domain: google.com. Name: __utma. Expires: 2 years.
This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. This cookie lasts for 2 years by default and distinguishes between users and sessions. It it used to calculate new and returning visitor statistics. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. The lifespan of the cookie can be customised by website owners.
☛ Domain: google.com. Name: __utmb. Expires: 1 day.
This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. This cookie determines new sessions and visits and expires after 30 minutes. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. Any activity by a user within the 30 minute life span will count as a single visit, even if the user leaves and then returns to the site. A return after 30 minutes will count as a new visit, but a returning visitor.
☛ Domain: google.com. Name: __utmc. Expires: At end of browser session.
This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. It is not used in most sites but is set to enable interoperability with the older version of Google Analytics code known as Urchin. In this older versions this was used in combination with the __utmb cookie to identify new sessions/visits for returning visitors. When used by Google Analytics this is always a Session cookie which is destroyed when the user closes their browser. Where it is seen as a Persistent cookie it is therefore likely to be a different technology setting the cookie.
☛ Domain: google.com. Name: __utmt. Expires: 1 day.
This cookie is set by Google Analytics. According to their documentation it is used to throttle the request rate for the service - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes
☛ Domain: google.com. Name: __utmz and __utmzzses. Expires: 1 day.
This cookie is set by Google Analytics. According to their documentation it is used to throttle the request rate for the service - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes
☛ Domain: google.com. Name: _ga. Expires: 2 years.
This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners.
☛ Domain: google.com. Name: _gcl_au. Expires: 3 months.
Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services.
☛ Domain: google.com. Name: _gali. Expires: 1 day.
this is used to collect information about how visitors use the websute 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.
☛ Domain: google.com. Name: _gat. Expires: 1 day.
This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request rate - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes.
☛ Domain: google.com. Name: _gid. Expires: 1 day.
Used to distinguish users. Contains 4 types of information:
- 1. “GA1”.
- 2. “2” stand for cookie version and top level domain respectively.
- 3. “1069090413? is a random number generated for the current session.
- 4. “1495603968” is the timestamp of when this session had started. Combination of 3. and 4. are Session IDs, and these Session IDs help Google Analytics group the entire user journey for each session. Session IDs change after each session– thereby causing the value in cookie to change also.
☛ Domain: Website domain. Expires: 6 months.
Names: utm_campaign, utm_campaign_last, utm_content, utm_content_last, utm_medium, utm_medium_last, utm_source .
These are the main cookies set by the website tracking system which enables us track visitor behaviour and measure site performance and lead attribution against our sales channels. This cookie identifies the source of traffic to the site - so can tell us where visitors came from when arriving on the site. The cookie has a life span of 6 months and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics or a user visits our website.
☛ Domain: google.com. Name: _loc. Expires: Never expires.
This is a geo-location cookie, so we know approximately where people sharing information are located.
☛ Domain: google.com. Name: NID. Expires: 6 months.
The NID cookie contains a unique ID that Google uses to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language (e.g. English), how many search results you wish to have shown per page (e.g. 10 or 20) and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on.
☛ Domain: google.com. Name: utm_source_last, utm_term and utm_term_last. Expires: 6 months.
These are the main cookies set by the website tracking system which enables us track visitor behaviour and measure site performance and lead attribution against our sales channels. This cookie identifies the source of traffic to the site - so can tell us where visitors came from when arriving on the site. The cookie has a life span of 6 months and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics or a user visits our website.
➠ To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
MICROSOFT COOKIES:
☛ Domain: bing.com. Name: MUID. Expires: 1 year.
This cookie is widely used my Microsoft as a unique user identifier. It can be set by embedded microsoft scripts. Widely believed to sync across many different Microsoft domains, allowing user tracking.
☛ Domain: bing.com. Name: _uetsid. Expires: 1 day.
This cookie is used by Bing to gather anonymous information on how visitors are using our website.
☛ Domain: bing.com. Name: MUIDB. Expires: 1 year.
This cookie is widely used my Microsoft as a unique user identifier. It can be set by embedded microsoft scripts. Widely believed to sync across many different Microsoft domains, allowing user tracking.
➠ To opt out of being tracked by Bing ads across all websites visit Microsoft Advertising optimization program
OTHER COOKIES:
Cookies are widely used in online advertising. Neither us, advertisers or our advertising partners can gain personally identifiable information from these cookies. You can learn more about online advertising at https://www.youronlinechoices.com. You can opt-out of almost all advertising cookies at https://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices. It is also worth noting that opting out of advertising cookies will not mean you won't see adverts, just simply that they won't be tailored to you any longer.
☛ Domain: Facebook.com. Name: _fbp, tr, fbevents.js. Expires: 1 year.
This cookie will help deliver our advertising to people who have already visited our website when they are on Facebook or a digital platform powered by Facebook Advertising.
Facebook Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy
Opting Out: https://optout.aboutads.info
☛ Domain: Twitter.com. Name: uwt.js. Expires: 2 years.
Collects anonymous data related to the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and which pages have been loaded with the purpose of personalising and improving the Twitter service and adverts we run on Twitter.