Privacy policy

We are committed to safeguarding your privacy online.

Cookies

Like many websites, we sometimes place small data files – known as cookies – on to your computer.

We use cookies to help our users navigate through the site in a smooth, safe and secure manner whilst measuring how our visitors are using our website, so we can ensure the site is working at its best.

Our cookies are not used to identify you personally and you can manage or delete them as you wish.

To learn more about cookies and how to manage them, visit AboutCookies.org. Or please read on to find out more about how and where we use cookies.

Google Analytics cookies

We use Google Analytics cookies on our site to measure how the website is used.

Google Analytics stores information about visitor behaviour in an anonymous form. We do not collect or store your personal information, nor do we allow Google to use or share our analytics data.

Google Analytics collects information about what pages you visit, how you got to the site, how long you are here and what you click on.

The below table gives further details on the cookies we use.

Name Typical content Expires
_utma randomly generated number 2 years
_utmb randomly generated number 30 minutes
_utmc randomly generated number when you close the browser
_utmx randomly generated number 2 years
_utmxx randomly generated number 2 years
_utmz randomly generated number and information on how the site was reached (e.g. direct or via a link, organic search or paid search) 6 months
csrftoken Randomly generated numbers and letters, used to help prevent Cross-site Request Forgery attacks 1 year
sessionid Randomly generated numbers and letters, used to help us remember what you've typed in When you close your browser

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

If ever we want to collect personally identifiable information through this website (an online survey, for example), we will always inform the user of its intended use. We will never use this information for any other purpose than that stated, nor will we hand this information out to any third-party.

We collect this information in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website.