Cookies are small text files that are used to store or retrieve information so that certain functions can perform. Cookies are used by many websites to do a number of things e.g. Remember your visits to a website; your preferences on that website; recording what items you have selected for purchase, and counting the number of people visiting a website.
If you would like to find out more in depth information about cookies, please click here.
There are two main categories of cookie.
1. Session Cookies - These temporary cookies are not stored on your computer or mobile device. They are erased once your browser is closed our your session is inactive for 20 mins or more.
2.Persistant Cookies - Persistent or Duration cookies are placed on your computer or mobile device for a pre-determined duration once you visit a website.
Below is a list of cookies we use on our site
|
Cookie Name |
Expiration |
Cookie Descriptor |
|
_gid |
24 hours |
Used to distinguish users |
|
_gat |
10 minutes |
Used to throttle request rate |
|
_ga |
2 years |
Identifies unique users |
|
_utma
|
12 months |
Analytics. Used to distinguish users and sessions. |
|
_utmb |
30mins |
Analytics. Used to determine new sessions/visits. |
|
_utmc |
Close of session |
Analytics. To determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. |
|
_utmv |
6 months |
Analytics. Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. |
|
_utmz |
6 months |
Analytics. Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. |
|
PHPSESSID |
Close of session |
Login functionality |
Managing/ Removing your Cookies
To control the cookies from/on your computer or mobile device, please see the attached links for the most common web browsers in use. Note: Third Party Cookies may be set when using hyperlinks to another website. Note: The 5 links below take you to external websites.
Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Safari
Microsoft Edge
To provide our website visitors with the option of preventing their data from being used by Google Analytics, please click the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on for the Google Analytics JavaScript here.
To view Google analytics data privacy and security analytics information click here.
