Use of cookies
These are small pieces of data that ask permission of you, the user, to be stored onto the computer by a web browser. Cookies remember information about the user such as their details which aids them in creating a swift log in process and previously viewed pages on the website. Cookies help us to tailor our website to your needs. Should you wish to disable cookies, you can adjust your browser settings accordingly.
First Party Cookies
While using our website, the following cookies may be placed on your computer:
Cookie names:
_ga, _gat, _gtag, _UA_xxxxxxxxx_x, _gid, __utma, __utmb, __utmc, __utmz, __utmx, __utmxx
Purpose:
These cookies are for Google Analytics.
We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our website is used by visitors. We evaluate and report, and use this information to make improvements to the website.Google Analytics is a service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics is widely used across the web and all data is anonymised meaning the cookies carry no personally identifiable information.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies please see: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
Cookie names:
CraftSessionId, {random}, {random}commerce_cookie, {random}username
Purpose
We use Craft CMS to power our website. Craft cookies are used to track a user's recent activity, last visit and general site movements. Like the Google Analytics cookies, these contain no personally identifiable information.
Declining First Party cookies will have an impact on the performance of our site;
Third Party Cookies
In addition to the above cookies, the following sites may set their own cookies whilst browsing our site.
These cookies will generally only be set if you are signed in to (or have been signed into) a matching account and are generally linked to the use of the Social Media buttons on our site and many others throughout the web. The use of these cookies is likely to have been detailed in each of these sites' Terms and Conditions or Privacy Policies. Please see links below for further details:
Facebook Privacy Policy
http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
Twitter Privacy Policy
https://twitter.com/privacy
Declining Third Party cookies will have little to no impact on the performance of our site;
Although we believe that cookies pose little threat to your privacy, we understand that you may still want to turn them off. Whilst we would encourage you to keep our first party cookies enabled (so that we can make your on-site experience better), the following links provide guidance on how to manage cookie permissions through your browser's settings. This includes instructions on how to delete existing cookies and block them from being set in the future:
Firefox: Enable and disable cookies that websites use to track your preferences http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Enabling+and+disabling+cookies
Safari: Managing Cookies
http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=search&fac=all&q=cookies%20safari
Google Chrome: Manage cookies
http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=95647
Opera: Security & Privacy in Opera
http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/
Internet Explorer:
How to manage cookies in Internet Explorer 9
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows7/How-to-manage-cookies-in-Internet-Explorer-9
How to delete cookie files in Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835
More information about cookies, including how to block them or delete them, can be found at www.allaboutcookies.org