Website Cookies Statement
Updated: March 2019
Cookies are text files sent to your computer and used by your web browser to store information. The cookies we use allow your browser to remember whether you’ve visited our site before and what your preferences are.
As with most websites we use cookies to improve your user experience by enabling our website to ‘remember you’, either for the duration of your visit (using a ‘session cookie’) or for repeat visits (using a ‘persistent cookie’). There are also use two different types of cookies – first party (which we own) and third party (where we allow a third party, such as Google, to set cookies on your computer or mobile device).
Cookies store data which is used to speed up your access to information on our site, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, storing your preferences, and generally improving your experience of a website. Cookies make the interaction between you and the website faster and easier. If a website doesn’t use cookies, it will potentially treat you as a new visitor every time you move to a new page on the site.
How to block or withdraw consent
Although the cookies we use on this website are very basic, not everyone wishes to have text files downloaded onto their computer or mobile device. If you prefer, it is possible to block some or all cookies, or even to delete cookies that have already been set; but you need to be aware that you might lose some functionality on this website.
You can manage how cookies engage with your computer or mobile device via your browser settings, so you are alerted when cookies are sent or you can refuse cookies altogether. You can also delete cookies which have already been set.
Cookies on our website
On this website we use only a few cookies. They are:
Cookie Name | Expiration Time | Description |
_ga | 2 years | Used to distinguish users. |
_gid | 24 hours | Used to distinguish users. |
_gat | 1 minute | Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named dc_gtm<property-id>. |