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Cookie Policy

Last updated: 25 May 2018

Information about our use of cookies. 

  1. Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our website. By continuing to browse our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
  2. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your device if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your device’s hard drive.
  3. We use the following cookies:
    • Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
    • Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
  4. You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Cookie name

Type of cookie

Purpose of cookie and information collected

Cookie duration

_ga

Analytical/performance cookie Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users

Two years

_gid

Analytical/performance cookie Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users

24 hours

_hjIncludedInSample

Analytical/performance cookie Hotjar cookie. This session cookie is set to let Hotjar know how visitors are viewing single and multiple pages

When session ends

cookieconsent_dismissed

Functionality cookie This cookie is saved when the ‘Got it!’ button on the cookies footer is clicked

When session ends

wfvt_861336273

Analytical/performance cookie This session cookie contain information about your general geographic location

When session ends

wordfence_verifiedHuman

Functionality cookie Cookie set by the Wordfence Security WordPress plugin to protect the site against malicious attacks

One day

  1. Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
  2. You may block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. Alternatively, you can visit allaboutcookies.org which provides general information about cookies and how you can manage cookies on your computer. Please note that if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.