To make this site simpler, we sometimes place small data files on your computer. These are known as cookies. Most big websites do this too.
They 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 so you don’t need to keep entering it
- measuring how you use the website so we can make sure it meets your needs
Our cookies aren’t used to identify you personally. They’re just here to make the site work better for you. Indeed, you can manage and/or delete these small files as you wish.
To learn more about how advertisers use cookies and how you can control these please visit Your Online Choices. To learn more about your rights to online privacy, please visit Data Protection Act 1998 and The Information Commissioner’s Office.
How we use cookies
We use 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.
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. We do not allow Google to use or share our analytics data.
The following cookies are set by Google Analytics:
| Name | Typical content | Expires |
|---|---|---|
|
_utma |
Random number |
2 years |
|
_utmb |
Random number |
30 minutes |
|
_utmc |
Random number |
when you close your browser |
|
_utmx |
Random number |
2 years |
|
_utmxx |
Random number |
2 years |
|
_utmz |
Random number and information on how the site was reached (e.g. direct or via a link, organic search or paid |
6 months |