New technologies are emerging on the Internet that help us to deliver customised visitor experiences. In particular, there is a technology called “cookies” which may be used by us to provide you with, for example, customised information from our site.

1. What is a cookie

A cookie is a small piece of data that a website asks your browser to store on your computer or mobile device. The cookie allows the website to “remember” your actions or preferences over time.

Most browsers support cookies, but users can set their browsers to decline them and can delete them whenever they like.

There are different types of cookies:

A cookie can be classified by its lifespan and the domain to which it belongs. By lifespan, a cookie is either a:

  • session cookie which is erased when the user closes the browser or
  • persistent cookie which remains on the users computer/device for a pre-defined period of time.

As for the domain to which it belongs, there are either:

  • first-party cookies which are set by the web server of the visited page and share the same domain
  • third-party cookies stored by a different domain to the visited pages domain. This can happen when the webpage references a file, such as JavaScript, located outside its domain.

2. Cookies on this website

Cookies on this website may be used as follows:

  • To identify your unique session on the website.
  • To ensure that you are recognised when you move from page to page within the site.
  • To ensure that any information you have entered is remembered.
  • To indicate a logged in user.
  • To customise a users view of the admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
  • To check whether a users web browser is set to allow or reject cookies.
  • To identify that a user has accepted our Cookie Use Policy.
  • To track activities for website security and spam protection.
  • This website does not use targeting cookies or advertising cookies.

3. Controlling cookies

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being set, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings.

Please note that by deleting our cookies or disabling future cookies you may not be able to access certain areas or features of our site.

 

Name Description

 

Category Expiry
has_js The has_js cookie is used to determine whether the user's browser has enabled javascript or not. Strictly necessary End of browser session
_ga, _gat, _gat_newTracker Tracking ID for the analytics 2 years Non-essential
AMP_TOKEN Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Optional 30 seconds to 1 year
_gac_ Contains campaign related information for the user. If you have linked your Google Analytics and Google Ads accounts, Google Ads website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out. Optional 90 days
AWSELB AWS Classic Load Balancer creates load balancing cookie: used to map the session to the instance. Strictly necessary 1 Day
AWSALB Classic AWS load balancer first receives a request from a client, it routes the request to a target, generates a cookie named AWSALB that encodes information about the selected target, encrypts the cookie, and includes the cookie in the response to the client. Strictly necessary 1 Day
__CookieConsent* __CookieConsent cookie is a plugin used to comply with EU guideline. __CookieConsent* would replace with version of plugin for example __CookieConsentV110 Strictly necessary 90days