Privacy and cookies

Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

We use cookies to track user activity on the site and to enable various types of functionality. We collect this information in a way which does not identify anyone. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifying information from any source. If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will be up front about this. We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.

The site relies on some third party services and the list below may become out of date if those services alter the cookies they use.

Please note that all of these cookies exist to enable functionality on the website and not for advertising purposes. If you do not wish these cookies to be tracked you can disable them in your browser (the Help function within your browser should tell you how), but this may negatively affect your experience on the site.

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org. 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 being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Use of cookies

There are two types of cookie you may encounter when using this website:

  • First party cookies: these are our own cookies, controlled by us and used to provide information about usage of our site.
  • Third party cookies: these are cookies found in other companies’ internet tools which we are using to enhance our site, for example Facebook or Twitter have their own cookies, which are controlled by them.

The table below explains the cookies we use and why.

Cookie Name Purpose More Information
Google Analytics __utma
__utmb __utmc __utmz __utmv __utmx		 These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. An overview of privacy at Google
Content Management System ASP.NET_SessionId This is a standard ASP.NET cookie that contains a unique session ID for your visit. The information is stored in an anonymous form, and the cookie is deleted when you close your browser. How and why session IDs are reused in ASP.NET
Content Management System ASPXFORMSAUTH This is used by the content management system to save your details if you have chosen 'Remember me' when logging in.  
Content Management System CMSPreferredCulture Some websites can be displayed in a different languages depending on the user’s location. This cookie saves your preferred culture, to ensure that the correct version of the site is displayed.  
Content Management System ViewMode This cookie is used by the content management system to determine whether a user is viewing the live site or admin interface.  
Content Management System CurrentVisitStatus This cookie records the current status of the your visit.  

Links to other websites

This privacy notice does not cover the links within this site linking to other websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit.

Changes to this privacy notice

We keep our privacy notice under regular review. This privacy notice was last updated on 16 May 2012.