What are cookies?
This website deposits certain bits of information called ‘cookies’ in a visitor’s computer. A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier, which is sent to your browser from a website’s computer and stored on your computer’s hard drive. We use cookies to tell us how and when pages in a website are visited and by how many people.
Cookie technology does not collect personal identifiable information; the information collected is in an aggregate, non-identifiable form. The use of cookies is an industry standard, and many major websites use them to provide useful features for their customers.
Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites. You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set.
What cookies are being stored from this website?
This website stores the following cookies: Cookie Policy Test, Google Analytics.
Cookie Policy Test
To comply with the ICO Cookie Legislation, this website has implemented a notification bar notifying the user of the use of cookies. To improve user experience, cookies are used to determine if the notification bar should be displayed.
Google Analytics
This allows the website to track anonymous data of what, when and how pages are accessed which is used to make enhancements to the website to improve user experience.
__utma – 2 years from set/update.
This cookie is typically written to the browser upon the first visit to your site from that web browser. If the cookie has been deleted by the browser operator, and the browser subsequently visits your site, a new __utma cookie is written with a different unique ID. This cookie is used to determine unique visitors to your site and it is updated with each page view. Additionally, this cookie is provided with a unique ID that Google Analytics uses to ensure both the validity and accessibility of the cookie as an extra security measure.
__utmb – 30 minutes from set/update.
This cookie is used to establish and continue a user session with your site. When a user views a page on your site, the Google Analytics code attempts to update this cookie. If it does not find the cookie, a new one is written and a new session is established. Each time a user visits a different page on your site, this cookie is updated to expire in 30 minutes, thus continuing a single session for as long as user activity continues within 30-minute intervals. This cookie expires when a user pauses on a page on your site for longer than 30 minutes. You can modify the default length of a user session with the _setSessionCookieTimeout() method.
__utmc – Not set.
This cookie is no longer used by the ga.js tracking code to determine session status.
Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether or not to establish a new session for the user. For backwards compatibility purposes with sites still using the urchin.js tracking code, this cookie will continue to be written and will expire when the user exits the browser. However, if you are debugging your site tracking and you use the ga.js tracking code, you should not interpret the existence of this cookie in relation to a new or expired session.
__utmz – 6 months from set/update.
This cookie stores the type of referral used by the visitor to reach your site, whether via a direct method, a referring link, a website search, or a campaign such as an ad or an email link. It is used to calculate search engine traffic, ad campaigns and page navigation within your own site. The cookie is updated with each page view to your site.
__utmv – 2 years from set/update.
The __utmv cookie passes the information provided via the _setVar() method, which you use to create a custom user segment. This string is then passed to the Analytics servers in the GIF request URL via the utmcc parameter. This cookie is only written if the _setVar() method has been added for the tracking code on your website page.
For more information on Cookies stored by Google Analytics, please visit: https://developers.google.com/analytics/resources/concepts/gaConceptsCookies
How do I stop Cookies from this website being stored on my computer?
If you would like to stop cookies just from this website, please click here. Please be aware that a cookie will be stored in order to prevent other cookies being stored from this website when accessing the website in the future.
How do I stop Cookies from all websites being stored on my computer?
The best way of blocking cookies is to make changes to your privacy settings in your browser. Below are direct links with help and advice on how to stop cookies for each of the main browsers.
- Internet Explorer 7 & 8
https://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/block-or-allow-cookies
- Interner Explorer 9
https://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows7/How-to-manage-cookies-in-Internet-Explorer-9
- Firefox
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Blocking%20cookies
- Safari 3.0
https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=safari/3.0/en/9277.html
- Safari 5.0
https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Safari/5.0/en/9277.html
- Google Chrome
https://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=95647&p=cpn_cookies