Cookie Policy
How we deploy “cookies”
Cookies are small packets of information stored by your web browser when you visit certain websites, including our website. Cookies are generally used by websites to improve your user experience by enabling that website to ‘remember’ you, either strictly for the duration of your visit (using a “Session” cookie which is erased when you close your browser) or for repeat visits (using a “Permanent” cookie). We do not use cookies to store any personally identifiable information about you. Our site uses the following types of cookies:
Performance cookies
We may also use cookies issued by third parties (“Third Party” cookies) to track the websites you visited or search terms you used immediately prior to visiting this site, or to collect information about how visitors use the site. We use Google Analytics for this purpose. Google Analytics uses its own cookies. These cookies don’t collect information that identify a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how the site works. You can find out more about Google Analytics cookies here:
https://developers.google.com/analytics/resources/concepts/gaConceptsCookies
You can avoid the use of Google Analytics relating to your use of our site by downloading and installing the Browser Plugin available via this link:
http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB
The performance cookies are listed below:
| Cookie | Purpose |
|---|---|
| _gid | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This cookie stores and updates a unique value for each page visited. |
| _gat | 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. |
| _ga | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. 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. |
Social Media Cookies
These cookies are used when you share information using a social media sharing button or “like” button on our site or you link your account or engage with our content on or through a social networking site such as Facebook, Twitter or Google+. The social network will record that you have done this. This information may be linked to targeting/advertising activities. The social media cookies are listed below:
| Cookie | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Google DoubleClick | We use these cookies to measure the effectiveness of our online marketing campaigns; to improve reporting on campaign performance; and to avoid showing ads the user has already seen. |
| Google Analytics | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. |
| Twitter auth_token twll __utmz secure_session guest_id __utma remember_checked remember_checked_on |
Twitter uses cookies and other similar technologies, such as pixels or local storage, to help provide you with a better, faster, and safer experience. Like many websites, Twitter uses cookies to discover how people are using their services and to make them work better. |
| PREF | This is a common Google cookie, used across several of their services. Stores user preference, can be used to personalise ads on google searches. |
| Facebook fr |
With 90 days expiration this cookie contains user and browser ID; time stamp; miscellaneous other data. It is Facebook’s primary advertising cookie, used to deliver, measure, and improve the relevancy of ads. |
| oo | With 5 years expiration and containing 1 or 0 this is used to record advertising opt outs. |
| The LinkedIn Insight Tag enables the collection of metadata such as IP address information, timestamp, and events (e.g. page views). All data is encrypted. The LinkedIn browser cookie is stored in a user’s browser until a user deletes the cookie or the cookie expires (there’s a rolling six-month expiration from the last time the user’s browser loaded the Insight Tag). Users have full control to block or delete cookies.In addition to the above further information can be reviewed on the Linkedin Cookie Tables page. Linkedin has different types of cookies to run their website and ads-related products. These tables list some of their third-party cookies. Third-party cookies are derived from other websites’ advertisements to track your web use for marketing purposes.Since the number and names of cookies, pixels and other technologies may change, these tables may be updated from time to time. They include the expiration dates for Linkedin cookies, and generally apply on a rolling basis or from the last time that LinkedIn has interacted with the applicable user. |
How to reject cookies
If you don’t want to receive cookies, you can alter your browser settings. The procedure for doing so varies from one browser application to another. If you wish to reject cookies from our site, but wish to accept those from other sites, you may choose the option in your browser settings to receive a notice before a cookie is stored on your device. Please consult the “Help” section of your browser for more information.
To find out more, please consult the following: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookiies and www.youronlinechoices.com.. By disabling cookies, you may be prevented from accessing some features of our site or certain content or functionality may not be available.