A cookie is a small file placed on your computer’s hard drive. It enables our website to identify your computer as you view different pages on our website.
Cookies allow websites and applications to store your preferences in order to present content, options or functions that are specific to you. They also enable us to see information like how many people use the website and what pages they tend to visit.
How we use cookies
We may use cookies to:
Analyse our web traffic using an analytics package. Aggregated usage data helps us improve the website structure, design, content and functions.
Identify whether you are signed in to our website. A cookie allows us to check whether you are signed in to the site.
Test content on our website. For example, 50% of our users might see one piece of content, the other 50% a different piece of content.
Store information about your preferences. The website can then present you with information you will find more relevant and interesting.
To recognise when you return to our website. We may show your relevant content, or provide functionality you used previously.
Cookies do not provide us with access to your computer or any information about you, other than that which you choose to share with us.
The Cookies we use
Name
Expiration
Description
_ga
2 years
Analytics – Used to distinguish users.
_gid
24 hours
Analytics – Used to distinguish users.
_gat
1 minute
Analytics – Used to throttle request rate.
__cfduid
1 year
CDN* – Used to whitelist visitors from security restrictions
* Content Delivery Network. A CDN is used to improve our websites performance and protect against malicious attacks.
Controlling cookies
You can use your web browser’s cookie settings to determine how our website uses cookies. If you do not want our website to store cookies on your computer or device, you should set your web browser to refuse cookies.
However, please note that doing this may affect how our website functions. Some pages and services may become unavailable to you.
Unless you have changed your browser to refuse cookies, our website will issue cookies when you visit it. Some third party services we use can be opted out of separately if you do not wish to disable all cookies. Details on how to do this can be found in the Analytics and Advertising sections of this document.
To learn more about cookies and how they are used, visit All About Cookies.
