Cookie Policy

INFORMATION ABOUT OUR USE OF COOKIES

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer (if you consent to us using cookies). Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.

If you accept our cookie policy We set a simple cookie to show you have accepted our cookie policy. This will become invalid after 30 days. This cookie contains no personal information, it just holds the value ‘WP+Cookie+check’ to show that you have accepted the policy.

We also use analytical cookies which enable us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we may use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Cookie Name	Expiration Time	Description
_ga	2 years	Used to distinguish users.
_gid	24 hours	Used to distinguish users.
_gat	1 minute	Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_.
AMP_TOKEN	30 seconds to 1 year	Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service.
_gac_	90 days	Contains campaign related information for the user. If you have linked your Google Analytics and AdWords accounts, AdWords website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out.
__utma	2 years from set/update	Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
__utmt	10 minutes	Used to throttle request rate.
__utmb	30 mins from set/update	Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
__utmc	End of browser session	Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit.
__utmz	6 months from set/update	Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
__utmv	2 years from set/update	Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVar method. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
__utmx	18 months	Used to determine a user’s inclusion in an experiment.
__utmxx	18 months	Used to determine the expiry of experiments a user has been included in.
_gaexp	Depends on the length of the experiment but typically 90 days.	Used to determine a user’s inclusion in an experiment and the expiry of experiments a user has been included in.

Please note that our advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no control.

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire as listed in the above table.

By using our website, you consent to our use of cookies as described above.