Cookies

A cookie consists of information sent by a web server to a web browser, and stored by the browser. The information is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser.

What information do we collect?

We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal data:

Information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website including your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and number of page views.

Information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email newsletter including your title, name, address and email details.

Third party cookies

We use one supplier who may also set cookies on our website on their behalf.

Google Analytics:

Purpose: Web Analytics/metrics. This category comprises cookies used to evaluate site performance in terms of number of visits, unique visitors, drop-off rate for transactions etc. We measure numbers and volumes of visitors to different parts of our site and this helps us ensure the service is fast and available when you want it. It also helps us ensure that different pages on our site are useful and easy to find.

Benefit: So service is available when you want it and fast.

Google analytics cookie information: http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/concepts/gaConceptsCookies.html

Name	Typical content	Description	Expires
_utma	Randomly generated number	Minimally intrusive Google Analytics Web metrics	2 years
_utmb	Randomly generated number	Minimally intrusive Google Analytics Web metrics	When user exits browser
_utmc	Randomly generated number	Minimally intrusive Google Analytics Web metrics	When user exits browser
_utmz	Randomly generated number + info on how the site was reached (e.g. directly or via a link, organic search or paid search)	Minimally intrusive Google Analytics Web metrics	6 months

How to control and delete cookies

We will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you.

However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our websites, or indeed any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. The ‘Help’ function within your browser should tell you how.

Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your machine as well as more general information about cookies.

Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of our website.

If you wish to view a cookie’s code, just open your cookie file in your browser and click on a cookie to open it. You’ll see a short string of text and numbers. The numbers are your identification card, which can only be seen by the server that gave you the cookie.

For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone you will need to refer to your handset manual.

To opt-out of third-parties collecting any data about your interaction on our website, please refer to their websites for further information.