Cookie policy
What are cookies? | Types of cookies | Cookies on this site | Why we love cookies | Cookie options
Types of cookies
The main function of cookies is to help make the user’s browsing experience as smooth as possible. Different types of cookies do this in different ways.
Session cookies
These allow sites to remember some of the user’s actions during a single browser session and they expire when you close your browser window. For example, they're used to remember what you've put in a shopping basket.
Persistent cookies
These are stored on a user’s device between browser sessions to remember their preferences or actions across the site. For example, any settings they change during a browsing session will be remembered when they return to the same site later.
First party cookies
These cookies are set by the same website that you're visiting, and can only be viewed by that site.
Third party cookies
These are set by a domain other than the one being visited. A website might use an embedded video from YouTube, for example, which might set its own cookies.
Cookies on this site
Our website uses first party Google Analytics cookies to collect anonymous information about how visitors use the site in order to help us improve it. They're first party because only this domain sets them and no other website has access to the data.
Cookie |
Name |
Purpose |
More information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session cookie | PHPSESSID | To provide users with basic website functionality during their visit. | |
| Google Analytics | _utma _utmb _utmc _utmz |
We use these cookies to collect information, in an entirely anonymous format, about how visitors use the site. | Click here for an overview of privacy at Google. |
Why we love cookies
We think cookies make the Internet a better place. They're safe, anonymous, and give people an easier, faster experience on websites. Cookies let sites remember if you wanted to save certain details, show developers the pages no-one ever visits, and recall what you've put in your shopping basket.
Cookie options
If you continue browsing this site, we'll assume you're happy with our use of cookies. But if you'd rather opt out, we've found some helpful instructions here.
