Cookies Policy
Last update: 06/04/2018
This website uses cookies. By continuing to browse this website you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Cookies are small text files that can be used by websites to make a user’s experience more efficient. We do not use cookies to track individual users or to identify them, but to gain useful knowledge about how this website is used so that we can keep improving it for our users. Without the knowledge we gain from the systems that use these cookies we would not be able to provide the service we do.
Cookies Used on this Website
The list below gives details of the cookies used on our website. It includes “first party cookies”, which are cookies set by this website and also “third party cookies” which are set by websites outside of our website; for example “Facebook” setting cookies on a ‘like’ button.
First Party Cookies
There are two types of cookies; session cookies and persistent cookies. The key difference between the two is the time of expiration. Session cookies expire at the end of the session while Persistent cookies do not expire at the end of the session. They expire after a fixed period assigned to them. THIS WEBSITE DOES NOT USE PERSISTANT COOKIES.
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, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
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 (for example, your choice of language or region).
Targeting cookies
These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
Following cookies are set by this website:
| Name | Service | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress_ wordpress_logged_in_ wordpress_test_cookie, wfvt_ | WordPress | WordPress uses cookies to verify who you are. There are cookies for logged in users and for commenters. The wordpress_test_cookie is used to test whether or not the browser has cookies enabled |
| _utma,_utmb, _utmc, _utmz, ga_ | Google Analytics | This cookie enables Google Analytics |
| wordfence_ | Wordfence | Embedded by Wordfence, it stores personal information like IP address, hometown, browser in order to prevent any unauthorised access to our system. |
| __atuvc, __atuvs | AddThis | Commonly embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. It stores an updated page share count. |
| wordpress_, wfvt_, wordpress_logged_in_, wordpress_test_cookie, wp-settings-1, wp-settings-time-1 | WordPress | WordPress uses cookies to verify who you are. There are cookies for logged in users and for commenters. The wordpress_test_cookie is used to test whether or not the browser has cookies |
Third Party Cookies
Google Analytics – We use Google Analytics to monitor visitor traffic and behaviour on this website. This enables us to estimate more accurately the numbers of visitors to particular pages and plan for volumes of usage. See https://developers.google.com/analytics/resources/concepts/gaConceptsCookies for more information.
Google (Plus) – These cookies are set by Google where the website utilises services such as the ‘Google +’ and Google Calendar. We do not have access to, or use the data collected by these cookies. Visit the following link to see the Google Privacy Policy and learn how to set your Google Ad Preferences: http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Google Translate – Google sets these cookies when the translate tool is used, in addition to remembering your choice of language translation this data is reflected in the analytics provided by the Google Analytics service.
Facebook – set by Facebook via ‘like’ buttons. We do not have access to, or use the data collected by these cookies.
Youtube – set by YouTube (owned by Google) on video embeds. We do not have access to, or use the data collected by these cookies.
AddThis – set by AddThis social bookmarking addon. We do not have access to, or use the data collected by these cookies.
Twitter – Twitter sets cookies where we have Twitter feeds pulled into our web pages. We do not have access to, or use the data collected by these cookies.
Instagram – Instagram sets cookies where we have Instagram photo feeds pulled into our web pages. We do not have access to, or use the data collected by these cookies.
Note – Regarding 3rd party cookies, we have listed all of the cookies that we are aware of, however auditing tools have a degree of fallibility and 3rd parties may choose to change which cookies they set from time to time. As such this should not be viewed as a definitive list.