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We use cookies that are necessary for the site to work and some “analytical” cookies. Analytics cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the site 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. You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below. All of the cookies listed below work on an anonymous basis and carry no information about an individual’s identity.
| Cookie | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Strictly necessary cookies | These cookies are necessary for the website to function correctly and to provide users with functions they specifically request (e.g. logging into a section of the website, or filling in a form). These cookies can be disabled by changing your browser settings but some parts of the site will not then work. |
| Analytics Cookies | Used to track visits to our own websites to aggregate a range of metrics and measurements. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor’s name. All information that these cookies collect is aggregated and, therefore, anonymous. They are only used to improve how the website works We use Google Analytics _ga and _gid (which are used to distinguish user IDs) and _gat (used to route traffic to the right server). These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. The data that is generated by the cookie (including your IP Address) is forwarded to Google. Google use this information to compile reports on our behalf and to help us improve the website. This information informs us about the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they have visited. The _ga and _gid cookies expire 2 years from the date they were last refreshed. The _gat cookie expires after 1 minute. For more information about how Google uses data see https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ |
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