Information About Cookies
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that our website places on your computer. These cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of our website, which helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse this website and also allows us to improve our site. Some of the cookies we use are “analytics” cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the 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.
Analytics Cookies
These cookies allow us to recognise and count our visitors and to see how visitors move around the website. This helps us to improve the way the website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. These cookies help us measure and improve site performance using a service provided by Google Analytics and Omniture.
| Cookie | Issuer | Expiry | Purpose | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| __utma | Google Analytics | 2 years | This is a tracking cookie used by Google Analytics to track return visits to a site. | View more information |
| __utmb | Google Analytics | 30 mins | Google Analytics uses this cookie to establish a session. | View more information |
| __utmc | Google Analytics | End of session | Google Analytics uses this cookie to establish a session. | View more information |
| __utmv | Google Analytics | Google Analytics uses this cookie to classify visitors for reporting purposes | View more information | |
| __utmz | Google Analytics | 6 mths | This cookie tracks where users to our sites come from and which search engines they used. It is also used to determine visitor navigation within the site. | View more information |
| PREF | 2 yrs | This cookie stores user preferences in relation to the google search functionality on our site. | View more information | |
| s_cc | Omniture Site Catalyst | End of session | This cookie is used by our Site Catalyst tracking software to determine if cookies are enabled in your web browser. | View more information |
| s_sq | Omniture Site Catalyst | End of session | This cookie is used by our Site Catalyst tracking software to determine which links have been clicked. | View more information |
| s_sess | Omniture Site Catalyst | End of session | This cookie is used by our Site Catalyst tracking software. | View more information |
| s_vi | Omniture Site Catalyst | End of session | This cookie is used by our Site Catalyst tracking software. | View more information |
Third Party Cookies
These cookies include social media tools to enhance interaction (such as Facebook and Twitter). If you are signed up to these sites their cookies may be set through our website.
| Cookie | Issuer | Expiry | Purpose | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| guest_id | 2 yrs | This cookie is issued by Twitter. This is written is conjunction with the Twitter feeds on our sites. | View more information | |
| K | This cookie is issued by Twitter. This is written is conjunction with the Twitter feeds on our sites. | View more information | ||
| _tmid | Tube Mogul | 10 yrs | This cookie is written by Brightcove who host the video content on our sites. It used to track video usage. This is an anonymous tracking cookie and doesn’t store any personal information. | View more information |
| Xtc | Add This | 2 yrs | This cookie is created and read by a social sharing plug-in called AddThis. This is used to provide analytics data and a more personalised sharing experience. | View more information |
| uid | Add This | 2 yrs | This cookie is created and read by a social sharing plug-in called AddThis. This is used to provide analytics data and a more personalised sharing experience. | View more information |
| uvc | Add This | 2 yrs | This cookie is created and read by a social sharing plug-in called AddThis. This is used to provide analytics data and a more personalised sharing experience. | View more information |
| uit | Add This | 1 day | This cookie is created and read by a social sharing plug-in called AddThis. This is used to provide analytics data and a more personalised sharing experience. | View more information |
| Psc | Add This | 2 yrs | This cookie is created and read by a social sharing plug-in called AddThis. This is used to provide analytics data and a more personalised sharing experience. | View more information |
| __atuvc | Add This | 2 yrs | This cookie is created and read by a social sharing plug-in called AddThis. The cookie makes sure the user sees the updated count if they share a page. | View more information |
Functional Cookies
These cookies are essential to basic site functionality. They are anonymous and are automatically deleted when you close your browser.
| Cookie | Issuer | Expiry | Purpose | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASP.NET_SessionId | The FA | End of session | This cookie is temporary and is needed for the site to work. It ensures that you are recognised when you move from page to page within one site and that any information you have entered is remembered. | View more information |
| .ASPXAUTH | The FA | End of session | This temporary cookie allows us to know when you have signed in to our site. | |
| X-Mapping-* | The FA | End of session | These temporary cookies are added by the Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager (ZXTM). They ensure that you are recognised when you move from page to page within one site and that you are not sent to a different server within our web farm. |
Blocking Cookies
You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the placing on your computer of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including functional cookies) you may not be able to use all or parts of this website. Instructions on how to change your browser settings are available at the following links:
Further Information
If you are still unsure about cookies, or you just want help to manage them, then please visit www.allaboutcookies.org