Cookies Notice
About cookies
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.
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.
Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal data that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
Cookies are used to:
- Measure how you use the website, so the site can be updated and improved based on your needs;
- Remember the notifications you’ve seen, so that we don’t show them to you again;
- You will normally see a notification on our website to remind you that we store a cookie on your file.
Where applicable, this website uses a cookie control system requesting to allow or disallow the use of cookies on their computer / device on their first visit to the website. This complies with the recent legislation requirements for websites to obtain explicit consent from users before leaving behind or reading files such as cookies on a user’s computer / device.
Cookies on our website
Our website puts small files (known as ‘cookies’) into your computer to collect information about how you use the website and to improve the user experience while visiting the website.
- We use cookies for the following purposes:
- authentication and status - we use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website, and to help us determine if you are logged into our website;
- personalisation - we use cookies to store information about your preferences and to personalise our website for you;
- security - we use cookies as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect our website and services generally;
- analysis - we use cookies to help us to analyse the use and performance of our website and services (these include Google Analytics cookies; Google Analytics gathers information about the use of our website by means of cookies and the information gathered is used to create reports about the use of our website; you can find out more about Google, Inc's use of information by visiting https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ and you can review Google, Inc's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy); and
- cookie consent - we use cookies to store your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally.
Full details of the cookies that we and our service providers use are as follows:
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Cookie |
Name |
Purpose |
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Request Verification |
__RequestVerificationToken |
This is a cookie that ASP.NET uses to help prevent malicious sites from accessing your personal data using a technique called Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). |
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Cookie Acceptance |
ca |
This is a cookie that we use to track whether you have accepted the use of cookies on the site or not. |
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Last Activity |
la |
This is a cookie that we use to track the last activity time of users on the site. |
|
ASP.NET Application Cookie |
Auth |
This cookie is used to authenticate members who are logged in to the site. |
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Dashboard Cookies |
ResultStatus MinimumDailyRate MaximumDailyRate ContractActiveOnShowAll ContractActiveOnDateTime |
These cookies are used by our dashboard to save your filtering preferences whilst viewing reports. |
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Google Cookies |
1P_JAR AID APISID CONSENT DSID HSID IDE NID SAPISID SID SIDCC SSID UULE |
These cookies are used by Google to authenticate your Google Account and provide customised adverts. For more details on how Google uses cookies please see their page about Types of cookies used by Google |
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Google Analytics |
_ga _gat _gid __utma |
These cookies are used by Google Analytics to help us collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. For more information on how Google uses your data please see their Information for Visitors of Sites and Apps Using Google Analytics |
The cookies in use to deliver Google Analytics results are described in the table below:
|
Name |
Purpose |
Expires |
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__utma |
Counts how many of our visitors are new to our website or to a certain page. |
This information is kept for 2 years. |
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__utmb |
This works with _utmc to calculate the average length of time you spend on our website. |
This information expires after 1 hour. |
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__utmc |
This works with _utmb to calculate when you close your browser. |
This information expires when you close your browser. |
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__utmv |
Enables us to track what you visit on our website and measure site performance. |
This information expires after 2 years. |
|
__utmz |
This tells us how you reached our website, e.g. from another website or a search engine. |
This information expires after 6 months. |
- Security
The security of your personal information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
- What is the information used for?
The information is sent to ‘Google Analytics’. The information is stored on the Google server in the U.S. The information is collated via google analytics which is then used by the analytical team in the Marketing team to enhance the user experience when you visit our website.
- Opt-out
In order to provide website visitors with more choices on how data is collected by Google Analytics, Google has developed the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. The add-on communicates with the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js) to stop data being sent to Google Analytics.
The Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on does not affect website usage in any other way. A link to further information on the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on is provided below for your convenience: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=None
For more information on the usage of cookies by Google Analytics, please refer to the Google website. A link to the privacy advice for this product is provided below for your convenience: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Disabling Cookies
If you would like to restrict the use of cookies, you can do so through your Internet browser. Support for the most popular Internet browsers, is provided in the links below for your convenience and will be available for the Internet browser of your choice either online or via the software help (normally available via key F1).
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
https://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=95647&p=cpn_cookies
Mozilla Firefox
Apple Safari
https://www.apple.com/privacy/manage-your-privacy/