Cookie Policy

Use of Cookies

Our website uses cookies. A "cookie" is a small file of letters and numbers that is sent to your computer by a website and automatically saved on your computer by your web browser (e.g. "Internet Explorer"). Each time you request a page from the website, your web browser sends this cookie back to the website server.
The cookies we use are "analytical cookies" sent by Google Analytics. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to recognise and track which parts of our website you visit when you are using our website. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example by making sure visitors are finding what they need easily. We may also use the information collected from our use of cookies to estimate our audience size, analyse trends and general usage patterns of our website, optimise our website, and for other research and marketing purposes. This is statistical information and does not identify any individual.
Details of these cookies are as follows:
  • _ga Used to distinguish users (Expires in 2 years)
  • _gid Used to distinguish users (Expires in 24 hours)
  • ga-disable-UA-131133165-1 Used to disable analytics for the user (Expires in 2 years)
  • _gat Used to throttle request rate. (Expires in 1 minute)
For more information about how Google Analytics is implemented, you can review the developer documentation here — Google Analytics Cookie Usage

Cookie Settings

You are not obliged to accept cookies. If you wish, you can set your browser to notify you before you receive a cookie so you have the chance to accept it and you can also set your browser to refuse to receive or send all cookies. The website https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/online/cookies/ contains step-by-step guidance on what cookies are and how cookies can be switched off by users.
If you wish to opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites you can visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout and download the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.