Cookies

  • We use the following cookies:

    Strictly necessary cookies: These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website.

    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).

    Targeting cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

    Name Service Purpose
    ARRAffinityWindows Azure cloud platformSession cookie. It is used for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session.
    TawkConnectionTimeTawk.to live chat serviceSession cookie. This cookie remembers the end user so that past chat conversations can be identified to improve service.
    __cfduidCloudFlareUsed to override any security restrictions based on the IP address the visitor is coming from. It does not contain any user identification information.
    __tawkuuidTawk.to live chat serviceThis cookie remembers the end user so that past chat conversations can be identified to improve service.
    __utma Google AnalyticsThis cookie lasts for 2 years by default and distinguishes between users and sessions. It it used to calculate new and returning visitor statistics. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
    __utmz Google AnalyticsThis cookie identifies the source of traffic to the site - so Google Analytics can tell site owners where visitors came from when arriving on the site. The cookie has a life span of 6 months and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
    _fbpFacebookUsed by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.
    _gaGoogle Universal AnalyticsThis cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.
    _gat_UA-120241942-1Google Universal AnalyticsUsed to throttle the request rate - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes.
    _gidGoogle Universal AnalyticsUsed to store and update a unique value for each page visited.
    oneltd-cookie-controllerOne LtdRemembers if the cookie window has been shown yet.
    wp-settings*WordPressWordpress also sets a few wp-settings-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table.

    Please note that third parties (including, for example, 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.

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