Cookie Policy

1. Like many other websites, ours uses cookies. Cookies are small pieces of information sent by an organisation to your computer or device and stored on your computer or device to allow a website to recognise you when you visit. They help us collect statistical data about your browsing actions and patterns but should not contain personal data (other than the cookie itself, which is defined as personal data under GDPR).

1.2. All cookies used by and on our website are used in accordance with the current cookie law.

1.3. Before cookies are placed on your computer or device you will be shown a pop-up requesting your consent to set such cookies as detailed below. By giving us your consent, you are allowing us to provide the best possible experience of our website. You may refuse consent to cookies; however, certain parts of our website may then not function correctly. You can alter your browser settings to refuse all cookies.

1.4. There are four types of cookies:
Strictly Necessary Cookies – These are essential to make a website work and provide features you’ve asked for. Generally, these are used to provide shopping baskets and similar. Without these cookies the website may not work as intended.
Performance Cookies – These collect anonymous information about users for the purposes of tracking the performance of a website. Common uses include well-known analytics tools such as Google Analytics.
Targeting/Advertising Cookies – These are similar to performance cookies. However, they are used to track users’ behaviour and that information is then used on a “per user” basis to advertise products/services on the basis of the behavioural information collected.
Functionality Cookies – These are used to remember automatically the choices that users have made in order to improve their experience on the website;

for example, selecting desired layout or language.
Cookie Type Name Purpose Type Duration

Google Analytics
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__utmb
__utmc
__utmt
__utmz
_gat
_gid

These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website and WordPress blog. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited.

https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245

3rd Party
_utma: 2 years
_utmb: Session
_utmc: Session + 30 min
_utmz: 6 months

Website Session ID “ASP.NET_SessionId
SessionGUID” “This cookie is used to identify the users session on the server. The session being an area on the server which is used to store data between HTTP requests.

When a user connects to our website, a unique session ID will be affiliated with the user.This cookie contains the user’s session ID and the cookie will expire at the end of the session (when user closes their browser).https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178194.aspx” 1st Party Expires at end of session

Facebook fr “This Cookie is placed by Facebook. It enables us to measure, optimize and build audiences for advertising campaigns served on Facebook. In particular it enables us to see how our users move between devices when accessing our web site and Facebook, to ensure that our Facebook advertising is seen by our users most likely to be interested in such advertising by analysing which content a user has viewed and interacted with on our web site.

https://apps.ghostery.com/en/apps/facebook_custom_audience” 3rd Party 3 months