Information about our use of cookies
Our website may use cookies to store information about your site usage. A cookie is a small text file that is sent to your browser from a web server and then stored on the device that you are using to browse the website. Cookies enable us to recognise your computer and record information from your visits to the site, such as your preferred settings. This saves you having to re-enter the same data each time you use the site and allows us to provide you with a more customised experience.
We use the following types of cookies:
Necessary or Essential
These enable the core functionality of our website, including page navigation and access to secure areas.
Analytics
We use cookies and analytical software to collect anonymous data for internal research purposes, including without limitation:
- To monitor site usage.
- To keep an audit trail.
- To understand visitors’ browsing habits.
- To analyse trends and demographic statistics.
- To compile statistical reports.
Targeting
We use targeting cookies which are placed by third parties (including, for example, social and advertising networks) which record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. This enables those third parties to make the advertising displayed to you on their websites more relevant to your interests. Please note that we do not have any control over these third party cookies. We receive aggregated data from these providers but do not receive or store any personal data obtained by them.
For further details on the cookies we use and why, please see the table below.
|
Cookies |
Name |
Purpose |
Duration |
Third party vendor |
|
Essential |
dtCookie |
This cookie stores backups of all cookies. |
Expires after session |
Third party Dynatrace |
|
Essential |
__stripe_mid |
This service will provide fraud prevention. |
Expires after 1 year. |
Third party - Stripe |
|
Essential |
_gat_UA-* |
This cookie allows us to plug in external software tools that enable our website to function. |
Expires after session. |
Third party – Google Analytics |
|
Cookie preference |
CookieControl |
This cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on our website. Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie. |
Expires after session. |
First party |
|
Analytics |
(1)_hjFirstSeen (2)_gat_gtag_UA_* |
This cookie is set to identify a new user’s first session. Used for analytics purposes. |
Expires after 1 minute. |
Third party – Google Analytics and Hotjar |
|
Analytics |
(1)hjIncludedInPageviewSample (2)_hjid |
These cookies support our analytical tools. |
Expires after 30 minutes. |
Third party - Hotjar |
|
Analytics |
(1)_ga (2)_gid |
These cookies help us to improve our website by collecting and reporting information on its usage. |
Expires after 1 year. |
Third party – Google Analytics |
|
Targeting |
_Ucid |
This cookie enables us to display advertisements based on topics that may interest you when you are browsing another website with the website operator's permission. None of this information can be used to identify you. It is all aggregated and anonymised. |
Expires after 1 day. |
Third party - Gigya |
You have the option to either accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies or manage your cookies when you visit our site, by selecting the appropriate option on the banner at the bottom of the screen. You can also change your preferences at any time via our cookies hub. The use of necessary cookies can only be rejected by changing your browser settings and choosing to reject necessary cookies may affect the core functionality of our site. If you choose not to receive other cookies you will not be able to receive any personalised features and may not be able to benefit from all our services.