How we use 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.

Cookies are used minimally on this website for site usage analytics. You may delete and block all cookies from this site, but some parts of the site may not work as expected.

In order to help us to improve the content, format and structure of this website we record and analyse how visitors use the website. For this purpose, we use Google Analytics.

"This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above."

We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website. 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 and we will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.

For more information on enabling and disabling cookies please visit About Cookies.

Necessary cookies 

The following cookies are necessary to our site functioning.

Cookie Purpose Expiry
cookieconsent_status  Persistently records your option regarding additional cookies.  1 year


Additional cookies 

The following third-party cookies are used for analytical and media purposes. 

If you do not accept use of these additional cookies, some third-party media content – such as YouTube, Vimeo or Google Maps - may not load on this website. 

Analytics cookies 

In order to help us to improve the content, format and structure of this website we record and analyse how visitors use the using Google Analytics. 

You can read Google’s extensive information on data practices in Google Analytics

You can opt-out of Google Analytics on our website by denying additional cookies or by using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on

Cookie Purpose Expiry
_ga  Distinguishes user for Google Analytics.  2 years
_gid  Distinguishes user for Google Analytics.  1 day
_gat  Throttles request rate for Google Analytics.  1 minute
_ga_{ID}  Persists session state for newer versions of Google Analytics.  2 years
_gat_gtag_UA_{ID}  Persists session state for older versions of Google Analytics.  1 minute
__utma  Distinguishes user and session for Google Analytics.  2 years
__utmb  Determines new session or visit for Google Analytics.  30 minutes
__utmc  Determines new session or visit for Google Analytics.  End of browsing session 
__utmz  Stores traffic source for Google Analytics. 

6 months

Embed cookies 

We may use embeds from YouTube, Google Maps or Vimeo on our site to display content. That content uses the following third-party cookies. Where possible, we will use privacy-oriented settings to ensure as few cookies as possible require consent. 

These additional cookies that remain, and the content from which they stem, will not display on the site unless you choose to ‘Accept additional cookies’. 

Cookie Source Purpose Expiry
CONSENT YouTube (.youtube-nocookie.com)  Google cookie tracking consent with analytics and/or ad integration.  2 years
CONSENT Google Maps (.google.com)  Google cookie tracking consent with analytics and/or ad integration.  2 years
__cf_bm  Vimeo (.vimeo.com)  Vimeo ClouldFlare layer which filters out requests from bots.  30 minutes
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WYSA Chatbot The WYSA Chatbot cookie policy provides this information. More information can be accessed on the Wysa website

Captcha cookies 

We use Google reCAPTCHA in order to verify whether or not you are a human when submitting data to the website. Most of the time, this will only be present on pages containing forms.

Cookie Source Path Purpose Expiry

_GRECAPTCHA
_grecaptcha

Google

/recaptcha

Provides risk analysis to Google spam protection.

6 months