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How to change your cookie settings

All modern browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. To understand these settings, the following links may be helpful, or you can use the Help option in your browser for more details.

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• Cookie settings in Internet Explorer

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• Cookie settings in Chrome

• Cookie settings in Safari web and iOS.

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If you are primarily concerned about third party cookies generated by advertisers, you can turn these off by going to the Your Online Choices site.

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

If you choose to disable cookies, you may not be able to use all the features on our website.

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Google Analytics

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Like many websites, we use Google Analytics to collect information about visitor behaviour. We do this to help us improve our site. Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. This analytics data is not tied to personally identifiable information (e.g. your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.

Below is a description of the Google Analytics cookies we may use on this site and what they are used for:

NamePurposeExpires

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_utm.gif Logs details about visitor’s browser and computerEnd of session

_utma  Used to distinguish users and sessions2 years

_utmb  Used to determine new sessions/visits30 mins

_utmc  Used to determine the duration of a visitEnd of session

_utmv  Use to determine visitor behaviour during a sessionEnd of session

_utmz  Stores the traffic source that explains how the user reached the site6 months

_utmt  Used to throttle request rate.10 minutes

_ga   Used to distinguish users2 years

_gidUsed to distinguish users24 hours

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You can find more detailed information about the Google Analytics Cookies we use at developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage

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Other Third Party Cookies

We use third party plugins to integrate with other websites or services. For these to work they may set cookies through our site. We do not control these Cookies and you should refer to their websites for their respective privacy policies or for further information on how to opt out of them collecting any data regarding your interaction on our website. Alternatively you may deactivate or restrict the transmission of Cookies by changing the settings of your web browser.

These may include: Our social media websites such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.