Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy

This website uses cookies in order to provide the best user experience and to enable us to anonymously track the usage of the website. In addition, due to the technologies used in building the website some cookies are necessary for it to function correctly.

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files created on your hard disk by your web browser when using a particular website so that the website can pick up that information (which is usually encrypted) again at later time – perhaps in a different section of the site. A website could be serving thousands of users at the same time and has no way of remembering who the requests are coming from without storing some form unique identifier in cookies as you browse from page to page. For example, trying to shop online and losing each item from your basket when you look at another item would not be an acceptable user experience.

The are two types of cookies:

Session Cookies

Session Cookies only remain on your hard disk whilst you are using the website – until you close the web browser. These are temporary but can be vital to the correct functioning of the website.

Persistent Cookies

Persistent Cookies can remain on your hard disk as long as specified by the website (unless you remove them). They are usually used for tracking usage of the website – measuring if and how often people return etc., and for remembering your preferences – some websites for example, will remember your first name in order to give you a personalised greeting.

How we use Cookies on this website

NO PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION IS STORED IN OUR COOKIES.

We use cookies to enable the site to function smoothly and correctly, and to track usage in order to be able to make improvements where needed.

The following cookies are used:

Cookie Description Type/Expires Necessary
DYNSRV This cookie is added by our load balancer to track which web server to send the visitor to. It’s purpose is to improve the performance of the website. Session Yes
catAccCookies This tells us that you have accepted the use of cookies on our website. Persistent – 30 days No

 

Third Party Cookies

This website utilizes Google Maps and as a result, Google will also save some cookies on your hard drive. These typically include: PREF, NID, OGPC, HSID, SSID, APISID, SAPISID and BX. For more information about how Google uses cookies, check out their Privacy Policy.

Controlling Cookie Usage

Most web browsers enable you to control which websites can save cookies, and some newer browser enable you to determine which individual cookies are allowed per website too. Have a look at the “Help” section of the browser for details on how to do this, or visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/.

Refer to the table above for information about which cookies can safely be blocked, i.e. those labelled as not necessary. Blocking “necessary” cookies may lead to functional issues when using the website.

For further advice…

Visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ or (particularly if in the UK) check out the Information Commissioners Office.

 

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