Cookies Policy
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files sent by a website’s server and stored on your computer’s web browser or mobile device. Use of cookies is common practice, many websites use them and most internet browsers automatically accept cookies.
What are cookies used for?
Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, storing your preferences, and generally improving your experience of a website. An example is when a browser stores your passwords and user ID’s.
Google Analytics tracking uses cookies in order to provide meaningful reports about a website’s visitors. However, Google Analytics cookies do not collect personal data about any visitors.
Can I control my cookies?
You can use your web browser to:
- delete all cookies
- block all cookies
- allow all cookies
- block third-party cookies
- clear all cookies when you close the browser
- open a ‘private browsing’ session
- install add-ons and plug-ins to extend broswer functionality
You need to be aware that if you choose to block cookies from your browser it may cause you to lose some of the functions of the websites you visit.
Find information about controlling cookies on:
Internet Explorer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835
Chrome https://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en-GB/more/privacy.html
Firefox http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Clear%20Recent%20History
Safari http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5049
Opera http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/
To find out more about cookies visit the www.aboutcookies.org and www.aboutcookies.org.
To find out more about the new cookies legislation visit the Information Commissioners Office.
Our use of cookies
| Cookie name | Cookie provider | Expires after | Description of cookie |
|---|---|---|---|
| __utma | Google Analytics | 2 years | This keeps track of the number of times a visitor has been to the site, when their first visit was, and when their last visit occurred. |
| __utmb | Google Analytics | 30 minutes | A timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor enters the site. |
| __utmc | Google Analytics | End of session | A timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor leaves the site – having waited 30 minutes for another pageview to happen, and if it doesn’t, it expires. |
| __utmz | Google Analytics | End of session | This keeps track of where the visitor came from, what search engine was used, what link was clicked on, what keywords used, and where in the world the site was accessed from. |
| __atuvc | AddThis | 2 years | Created and read by the AddThis social sharing site JavaScript on the client side in order to make sure the user sees the updated count if they share a page and return to it before our share count cache is updated. No data from that cookie is sent back to AddThis and removing it when disabling cookies would cause unexpected behavior for users. |
| bt | AddThis | 2 years | User interest modeling. |
| di | AddThis | 2 years | Maintenance cookies that help manage expiration for other cookies. |
| dt | AddThis | 1 month | Maintenance cookies that help manage expiration for other cookies. |
| loc | AddThis | 2 months | Geolocation, used to help publishers know approximately where people sharing information are located. (State level). |
| psc | AddThis | End of session | These cookies are used in recording user sharing and social activity |
| uid | AddThis | End of session | Uniquely assigned machine-generated user ID. |
| uit | AddThis | 1 day | User id and login time tracking. |
| user_segment | AddThis | 1 month | Allow users to share content via Social Networking websites and email. |
| uvc | AddThis | End of session | Measures how often we see an AddThis user. These cookies are used in recording user sharing and social activity |
| ssc | AddThis | 2 years | These cookies are used in recording user sharing and social activity. |
| ssh | AddThis | 2 years | Used for optimizing sharing settings for the user. |
| xtc | AddThis | End of session | Used for logging user activity. |
| _canary, _xgcid, _xguid, _mpush | xgraph.net | End of session | Created by the AddThis plugin to assist with user analytics and advertising performance management. |
| ck, oo, pt | .go.affec.tv | End of session | Created by the AddThis plugin. Affectv is a social analytics company that helps brands and companies to understand the users that visit their webpages. |
| clid, ipinfo, acs, lbh | .media6degrees.com | End of session | Part of the AddThis application and collects behavioural information. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, PREF | youtube.com | End of session | Created by YouTube when embedded videos into the website using YouTube’s embeded code.. |
Links to external Privacy Policies
More information on the cookies set by Google Analytics.
More information on the cookies set by AddThis and how to opt out.
More information on the cookies set by xgraph.com and how to opt out.
More information on the cookies set by affectv.co.uk and how to opt out.
More information on the cookies set by media6degrees.com and how to opt out.
We are providing this information to you as part of our policy to comply with recent changes to the law relating to the use of cookies and other information storage technology operating on websites.