Cookies
When you visit our website, we collect standard, anonymous log information about the behaviour of visitors to our site. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of our site and to provide you with a better experience. This information is anonymous and is collected in a way which does not personally identify you.
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device to help our website provide a better user experience. Cookies are stored on your individual device and you have full control over their use.
How to change your cookie settings
You may want to deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing the settings in your web browser. Cookies that are already stored may be deleted at any time. To find out more about cookies and how to manage or delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org.uk.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
NOTE: Changing your browser’s cookie settings may negatively affect your experience when using our website. If you choose to disable cookies, you may not be able to use all the features on our website.
Google Analytics
Like many websites, we use Google Analytics to collect information about visitor behaviour, such as the number of visitors to the various parts of our website. We do this to compile reports that help us improve our site. Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here, what documents you download and what you click on. This analytics data is not tied to personally identifiable information (e.g. your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.
Below is a description of the Google Analytics cookies we may use on this site and what they are used for:
| Name | Purpose |
| _utm.gif | Logs details about visitor’s browser and computer |
| _utma | Used to distinguish users and sessions |
| _utmb | Used to determine new sessions/visits |
| _utmc | Used to determine the duration of a visit |
| _utmv | Use to determine visitor behaviour during a session |
| _utmz | Stores the traffic source that explains how the user reached the site |
| _utmt | Used to throttle request rate. |
| _ga | Used to distinguish users |
| _gid | Used to distinguish users |
You can find more detailed information about the Google Analytics Cookies by clicking here
You can find out more about Google’s position on data privacy as regards to its analytics service, including information about the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on in the Privacy Controls section at support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
Other Third Party Cookies
We use third party plugins or integrate with other websites or services. For these to work they may set cookies through our site. We do not control these Cookies and you should refer to their websites for their respective privacy policies or for further information on how to opt out of them collecting any data regarding your interaction on our website. Alternatively you may deactivate or restrict the transmission of Cookies by changing the settings of your web browser.
These include: our social media websites such as facebook, twitter, YouTube and Instagram;