We are committed to safeguarding your privacy online.
Like many websites, we sometimes place small data files – known as cookies – on to your computer.
We use cookies to help our users navigate through the site in a smooth, safe and secure manner whilst measuring how our visitors are using our website, so we can ensure the site is working at its best.
Our cookies are not used to identify you personally and you can manage or delete them as you wish.
To learn more about cookies and how to manage them, visit AboutCookies.org. Or please read on to find out more about how and where we use cookies.
We use Google Analytics cookies on our site to measure how the website is used.
Google Analytics stores information about visitor behaviour in an anonymous form. We do not collect or store your personal information, nor do we allow Google to use or share our analytics data.
Google Analytics collects information about what pages you visit, how you got to the site, how long you are here and what you click on.
The below table gives further details on the cookies we use.
Name | Typical content | Expires |
---|---|---|
_utma | randomly generated number | 2 years |
_utmb | randomly generated number | 30 minutes |
_utmc | randomly generated number | when you close the browser |
_utmx | randomly generated number | 2 years |
_utmxx | randomly generated number | 2 years |
_utmz | randomly generated number and information on how the site was reached (e.g. direct or via a link, organic search or paid search) | 6 months |
csrftoken | Randomly generated numbers and letters, used to help prevent Cross-site Request Forgery attacks | 1 year |
sessionid | Randomly generated numbers and letters, used to help us remember what you've typed in | When you close your browser |
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
If ever we want to collect personally identifiable information through this website (an online survey, for example), we will always inform the user of its intended use. We will never use this information for any other purpose than that stated, nor will we hand this information out to any third-party.
We collect this information in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website.