Cookies Policy
Use of Cookies
This website uses cookies to better understand the users’ experience while visiting the website. Cookies are small files saved to the user’s computer’s hard drive that track, save and store information about the user’s interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server, to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website.
Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website onto their computer’s hard drive they should take necessary steps within their web browser’s security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors or use the cookie control system if available upon their first visit.
Measuring Website Usage (Google Analytics)
We use Google Analytics software to collect information about how you use this website. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements.
Google Analytics stores information about:
● the pages you visit● how long you spend on each page● how you got to the site● what you click on while you’re visiting the site
We don’t collect or store your personal information (for example your name or address) so this information can’t be used to identify who you are. We don’t allow Google to use or share our analytics data.
Google Analytics sets the following cookies in accordance with Google’s privacy policy:-
Universal Analytics
Name
Purpose
Expires
Name
Name
Purpose
Purpose
Expires
Expires
_ga
This helps us count how many people visit the site by tracking if you’ve visited before
2 years
Name
_ga
Purpose
This helps us count how many people visit the site by tracking if you’ve visited before
Expires
2 years
_gid
This helps us count how many people visit the site by tracking if you’ve visited before
24 hours
Name
_gid
Purpose
This helps us count how many people visit the site by tracking if you’ve visited before
Expires
24 hours
_gat
Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made
10 minutes
Name
_gat
Purpose
Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made
Expires
10 minutes
Name
Purpose
Expires
Name
Name
Purpose
Purpose
Expires
Expires
_utma
Like _ga, this lets us know if you’ve visited before, so we can count how many of our visitors are new to the site or to a certain page
2 years
Name
_utma
Purpose
Like _ga, this lets us know if you’ve visited before, so we can count how many of our visitors are new to the site or to a certain page
Expires
2 years
_utma
This works with _utmc to calculate the average length of time you spend on the site
30 minutes
Name
_utma
Purpose
This works with _utmc to calculate the average length of time you spend on the site
Expires
30 minutes
_utmc
This works with _utmb to calculate when you close your browser
When you close your browser
Name
_utmc
Purpose
This works with _utmb to calculate when you close your browser
Expires
When you close your browser
_utmz
This tells us how you reached the site (for example from another website or a search engine)
6 months
Name
_utmz
Purpose
This tells us how you reached the site (for example from another website or a search engine)
Expires
6 months