Site Use and Cookies

Site Use and Cookies

Site Use

Every time you visit our Site, information may automatically be collected about you. This may include technical information in respect of the Internet protocol (IP) address which you have used to connect your computer to the Internet, the browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform used by you to use our Site. This may also include information about your visit, including information about the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from our Site (including date and time), page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, and methods used to browse away from a webpage.

Such information may then be used by us:

  • to administer our Site and for internal operations, including for troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research and statistical purposes;
  • to improve our Site and ensure that the content on it is presented in the most effective manner;
  • as part of our efforts to keep our Site safe and secure; and
  • for internal record keeping and internal audit purposes.

We may share such information collected about you with selected third parties who deal with the operation, optimisation and improvement of our Site. This may include:

  • a contractor / sub-contractor / business appointed by us to deal with the design, running, operation and maintenance of our Site; and
  • an analytics and search engine provider, such as Google, who provide support to improve and optimise our Site.

Cookies

Our site uses Cookies, which are files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website, to improve your experience and gather information on how you use our website.

You can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of this sites functionality.

Block/Manage Cookies

You can accept all cookies when prompted or you have the option to block cookies by altering the relevant settings within this prompt or browser.

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the ‘C’ icon. You can then adjust the available sliders to ‘On’ or ‘Off’. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect.

We use cookies for;

Logins and settings

We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and area when logged in. In order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it.

Google Analytics

This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track thing like such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on

For more information about Google’s cookie usage visit Google’s Cookie Usage Page

Cookies

Necessary
Name Purpose Vendor Expiration time
CookieControl

Cookie Control cookies. This cookie is set in order to remember the user's preferences in regards to cookies.

  Civic  90 days
has_js Drupal uses this cookie to indicate whether or not the visitors browser has JavaScript enabled. Drupal Non Expiring

Analytical
Name Purpose Vendor Expiration time
_dc_gtm_ This cookie pattern is related to the _gat cookie pattern that is also usually deployed by Google. The _gat cookie pattern is used to throttle the request rate; if Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, the cookie root changes to _dc_gtm_ Google Non Expiring
_gat_UA-- This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. Google Non Expiring
_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. Google 10 Minutes
_gid This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited. Google Non Expiring
_dc_gtm_ This cookie pattern is related to the _gat cookie pattern that is also usually deployed by Google. The _gat cookie pattern is used to throttle the request rate; if Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, the cookie root changes to _dc_gtm_ Google Non Expiring

Marketing

This cookie will be installed on an adhoc basis and when added it will appear under a marketing heading giving you the option to disable.
Name Purpose Vendor Expiration time
_fbp Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers Facebook Non Expiring

Changing your browser settings for cookies

You can adjust the settings in your web browser to determine whether sites can set cookies on your computer. If you've visited this website before, there may be previously-set cookies on your computer. You can find out how to delete them from the sites listed below.