We are strongly committed to protecting the privacy of users of this website, continually auditing back-end technologies to ensure compliance to EC Directives.
To make this website simpler, we sometimes place small data files on your computer. These are generically known as cookies (although may involve other file types such as HTML5 Cache). Almost every website you visit will be doing this to a certain level.
Cookies improve things by:
- remembering settings, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you visit a new page
- remembering information you’ve given (eg your postcode) so you don’t need to keep entering it
- measuring how you use the website so we can make sure it meets your needs
- store information that allows quicker retrieval of content, improving the speed of use
The cookies that we use do not identify you personally, there are present to make the site work better for you. You can manage/prevent these small files yourself if you wish. Details of how to do that are found here: www.whatarecookies.com
How we use cookies and related technologies
The website uses cookies in several places – we’ve listed each of them below with more details about why we use them and how long they will last.
| Cookie name | Default expiration time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| cookieConsent | 90 days | Remembers the user’s cookie consent preference. |
| modal-pop-up | 24 hours | Remembers that user has dismissed the message modal. |
| wordpress_test_cookie | session | Checks if the browser supports cookies. |
| wordpress_[hash] | session | Used for authentication and user sessions. |
| wordpress_logged_in_[hash] | session | Indicates when you’re logged in and who you are. |
| wfwaf-authcookie-[hash] | session | Used by the Wordfence plugin for authentication. |
| itsec-hb-login-[hash] | 24 hours | Used by the iThemes Security plugin for login security. |
Measuring website usage (Google Analytics)
We use Google Analytics to collect information about how people use this site. We do this to make sure it’s meeting its users’ needs and to understand how we could do it better.
Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. We do not collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.
The following cookies are set by Google Analytics:
| Cookie name | Default expiration time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | 2 years | Used to distinguish users. |
| _gid | 24 hours | Used to distinguish users. |
| ga | 2 years | Used to persist session state. |
