Cookies

Cookies On This Website

  1. Introduction
    1. Our website uses cookies to see how users interact with the website and help us to improve the design as well as sometimes to retain information entered during a session to save the user having to enter it again.
    2. If you choose to acept cookies then you are consenting to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy. If you choose not to accept cookies it may limit the functionality of the site for your visit.
    3. Whenever visiting this website you can click on the "Cookie settings" box and change your cookie choice.
  2. About cookies
    1. A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
    2. Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
    3. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
    4. Cookies can be used by web servers to identity and track users as they navigate different pages on a website and identify users returning to a website.
  3. Our cookies
    1. We use [ASPSESSIONID........] on our website to track users as they navigate the website. This is a session cookie and is destroyed when you leave this website.
    2. Also we place a [cookiescriptaccept] cookie to show acceptance or rejection of cookies and stop the cookie alert box fully showing every time you access a page. N.B. This cookie must be placed even if you reject cookies.
  4. Analytics cookies
    1. We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website.
    2. They generate statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies. The analytics cookies used by our website have the following names: [_ga, _utma, _utmb, _utmc, _utmt and _utmz]. The information generated relating to our website is used to allow us see how the website is used and improve the navigation and content to suit our visitors needs. Googles privacy policy is available at: [http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/].
  5. Blocking cookies
    1. Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies; for example:
      1. in Internet Explorer (version 11) you can block cookies using the cookie handling override settings available by clicking "Tools", "Internet Options", "Privacy" and then "Advanced";
      2. in Firefox (version 50) you can block all cookies by clicking "Tools", "Options", "Privacy", selecting "Use custom settings for history" from the drop-down menu, and unticking "Accept cookies from sites"; and
      3. in Chrome (version 55), you can block all cookies by accessing the "Customise and control" menu, and clicking "Settings", "Show advanced settings" and "Content settings", and then selecting "Block sites from setting any data" under the "Cookies" heading.
    2. Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
    3. If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.
  6. Deleting cookies
    1. You can delete cookies already stored on your computer; for example:
      1. in Internet Explorer (version 11), Click on "Tools", the cog, "Safety", "Delete Browsing History", select "Cookies and website data" and click "Delete"
      2. in Firefox (version 50), you can delete cookies by clicking "Tools", "Options" and "Privacy", then selecting "Use custom settings for history", clicking "Show Cookies", and then clicking "Remove All Cookies"; and
      3. in Chrome (version 55), you can delete all cookies by accessing the "Customise and control" menu, and clicking "Settings", "Show advanced settings" and "Clear browsing data", and then selecting "Delete cookies and other site and plug-in data" before clicking "Clear browsing data".
    2. Deleting cookies may have a negative impact on the usability of many websites