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THIRD PARTY COOKIES
This website uses third party cookies. All the cookies on this site are identified below and
categorized.
We use one supplier who may also set cookies on our website on their behalf.
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
Purpose: Web Analytics/metrics. This category comprises cookies used to evaluate site
performance in terms of number of visits, unique visitors, drop-off rate for transactions etc.
We measure numbers and volumes of visitors to different parts of our site and this helps us
ensure the service is fast and available when you want it. It also helps us ensure that
different pages on our site are useful and easy to find.
Benefit: So service is available when you want it and fast.
Google analytics cookie information:
http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/concepts/gaConceptsCookies.html
NAME
DETAIL
_ga
Expires: 2 years.
Used to distinguish users.
_gat
Expires: 10 minutes.
Used to throttle request rate.
__utma
Expires: 2 years.
Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the
javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The
cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
__utmt
Expires: 10 minutes.
Used to throttle request rate.
__utmb
Expires: 30 mins from set/update.
Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the
javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The
cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
__utmc
Expires: End of browser session.
Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically,
this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to
determine whether the user was in a new session/visit.
__utmz
Expires: 6 months from set/update.
Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user
reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library
executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
__utmv
Expires: 2 years from set/update.
Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created
when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor level
custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVar
method. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google
Analytics.
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GOOGLE RETARGETING
Google uses Remarketing cookies – both first party (such as Google Analytics) and third
party (such as DoubleClick) – to serve more relevant adverts to users who have previously
visited our website, as they browse other websites. To opt-out from Google's remarketing
program, please edit your Google Ad Settings.
HOW TO CONTROL AND DELETE COOKIES
We will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you.
However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our websites, or indeed
any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. The ‘Help’ function within
your browser should tell you how.
Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org which contains comprehensive
information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on
how to delete cookies from your machine as well as more general information about
cookies.
Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of our website.
If you wish to view a cookie's code, just open your cookie file in your browser and click on a
cookie to open it. You'll see a short string of text and numbers. The numbers are your
identification card, which can only be seen by the server that gave you the cookie.
For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone you will need to refer
to your handset manual.
To opt-out of third-parties collecting any data about your interaction on our website, please
refer to their websites for further information.