Information about our use of cookies
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. We will ask you for your consent to our use of cookies when you first access our website. If you do not consent then this will mean you are treated as though you have blocked the use of cookies (see below).
You may withdraw your consent at any time by declining to accept the cookie policy when you visit our website by clicking here.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.
We may use the following types of cookies:
Strictly Necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable optimisation of the site, or cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of the website.
Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
| Cookie name and title | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. | Analytics | 1 year,1 month 4 days |
| _gid | Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. | Analytics [MS2] | 1 day |
| _gat_gtag_UA_* | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store a unique user ID. | Analytics | 1 minute |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. | Analytics | 1 year, 1 month 4 days |
| cookieyes-consent | CookieYes sets this cookie to remember users’ consent preferences so that their preferences are respected on their subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information of the site visitors. | Necessary | 1 year |
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site and our site may not function properly.
Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after the period(s) set out above. Once expired, the browser will not send that particular cookie to the server with the page request, however this will depend on the specific browser and the user’s personal settings.
If you have any questions, please contact the Data Privacy Manager via telephone: 01992 788588 or via email: k.*@****************in.com.