Cookies and tracking
A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your device when you access our website.
Our website uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience. These cookies help us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allow us to improve our site.
You can delete/control cookies via your browser settings by following these instructions, however if you choose to block cookies then your browsing experience may be affected. This includes:
- Live Chat functionality (if available)
- Track the pages you visit via Google Analytics / Tag Manager
- Allow you to share pages with social networks
- Allow you to share pages via Add This (if available).
The website will not share any personal information with third parties.
Data protection
How cookies are used
| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Allow cookies | CookieConsent | This will remember that you are happy to allow cookies on our website. This cookie is set to expire after 12 months |
| Google analytics | _ga | Used to distinguish users and expires in 2 years. |
| Google analytics | _gid | Used to distinguish users and expires in 24 hours. |
| Google analytics | _gat | Used to throttle request rate and expires in 1 minute |
| Google analytics | -utma | This allows Google Analytics to determine unique visitors to our site. The cookie expires 2 years from initial creation or from update of cookie |
| Google analytics | -utmb | This cookie is used to establish and continue a user session on our site. The cookie will expire 30 minutes form initial creation of from update of cookie |
| Google analytics | -utmc | This is used in conjunction with the -utmb cookie to determine whether or not to establish a new session for the user. This cookie will expire once you have closed your session with our website (one you have closed your browser) |
| Google analytics | -utmbz | This cookie is used by Google to store where a visitor came from (search engine, search keyword, link). This cookie will expire 6 months form its initial creation or from update of cookie. |