Cookie Policy
Information about our use of cookies
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. By continuing to use this website you agree that we may store and access cookies on your device.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that are stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. More information about cookies is available at www.allaboutcookies.org.
We use the following cookies on our website:
Strictly necessary cookies
These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website.
Analytical/performance cookies
They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Functionality cookies
These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
| Name | Cookie | Expires | Purpose | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Session Id | sessionId | End of Session | This cookie is essential for our site to recognise you when you return to our site | |
| Cross-Site Request Forgery Token | csrftoken | 1 year | This cookie is essential for our site to defend against certain types of attacks which could compromise users' data | Read more > |
| Google Analytics | __utma | 2 years | These cookies enables us to estimate our audience size and usage pattern | Read more > |
| Google Analytics | __utmb | 30 minutes | ||
| Google Analytics | __utmc | End of Session | ||
| Google Analytics | __utmz | 6 months | ||
| New Relic | JSESSIONID NRAGENT NREUM |
End of Session | These cookies enables us to estimate our audience size and usage pattern | Read more > |
| pid | 2 years | These cookies is set by the Twitter Tweet Button which we use occasionally on our site | Read more > | |
| guest_id | 18 months | |||
| Google Plus | NID | 18 months | These cookies are set by the Google Plus +1 Button which we use occasionally on our site | Read more > |
| Google Plus | PREF | 2 years |
You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.