Cookies
When you visit this site, we would like to place cookies on your computer to help us make this website better and help you navigate its pages.
We collect standard Internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various pages of the site. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting any of our websites nor do we associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifying information from any other source.
What is a Cookie?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile phone by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as providing information used to improve the web site services provided to you by:
- enabling a service to recognise your device so we know what pages you have visited
- measuring how many people use a particular service so they can be made easier to use
- analysing anonymised data to help us understand how people interact with our services so we can improve them
The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
Cookie |
Name |
Purpose |
Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare cookie | _crduid | This cookie is part of our content delivery network. It is used to override any security restrictions based on the IP address you are coming from and protect website availability and performance. This cookie does not store any personally identifiable information about you. |
6 years |
| ISA Web Publishing Load Balancing cookie | ISAWPLB | When using an ISA Server to handle load balancing and web requests an ISA server will place Cookies to allow ISA Server to internally configure routes for internal requests. This cookie is deleted when you close your browser. |
Session |
| Google Analytics cookies | _ga | Used to distinguish users. You can opt out of Google Analytics cookie. |
2 years |
| _gat | Used to throttle request rate. |
10 minutes | |
| _utma | Determines the number of unique visitors to the site |
2 years | |
| _utmb | This works with _utmc to calculate the average length of time you spend on our site. |
30 minutes | |
| _utmc | This works with _utmb to calculate when you close your browser. |
when you close your browser |
|
| _utmvz | This provides information about how you reached the site (e.g. from another website or a search engine). |
6 months |
Cookies set by other websites through this site
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org. Please be aware, however, that without cookies you may not be able to use the full functionality of the Site.
If you wish to view your cookie code, just 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.
Linking by us
We are not responsible for the content or reliability of any website that we may link to. If we link to another website, that linking should not be taken as endorsement of any kind. We cannot guarantee that these links will work at all times. If you do experience a failed link, please report it by contact us via our contact form.