Cookie policy

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. This information can be used to track visitor use of our website and to compile statistical results on activity on our website. For further information on cookies, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

You can set your browser not to accept cookies and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases some of our website features may not function as a result.

We use three cookies to improve the user experience on the site:

  • A cookie is set when you accept the cookie policy; and
  • Two randomly named cookies are set to store your username and email address when you comment on a blog.

If these cookies are deleted, the cookie acceptance message will be displayed on every page and the user name and email address fields on the blog comments would no longer be pre-populated for returning commenters.

Information on deleting or controlling cookies is available at www.AboutCookies.org If you want to delete any cookies that are already on your computer, please refer to the instructions for your file management software to locate the file or directory that stores cookies.

Cookies used by our analytics provider (Google Analytics) will have the file names:

  • _utma
  • _utmb
  • _utmc
  • _utmz

As these are named by Google Analytics, they may be subject to change without notification. The information generated by the cookies about your use of the website (including your IP address) may be transmitted to and stored by Google Analytics on its servers in the EEA or the United States. It may use this information for the purposes of evaluating your use of this website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Our analytics provider may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law or where such third parties process the information on their behalf. For further information, please refer to www.google.co.uk/intl/en_uk/analytics/privacyoverview.html.

Please contact us if you have any questions about our cookie policy or information we hold about you:  

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