When someone visits our website we collect information via the use of website cookies.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files which are placed on your computer by websites which you visit. They help to ensure that websites work properly and provide important visitor data to site owners.
A summary of our cookie usage is detailed within the table below:
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Cookie |
Name |
Purpose |
Further Information |
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ASP .NET Session Cookie |
ASP.NET_SessionId |
This cookie is essential to the functionality of our website and is used to enable site search.
This cookie expires at the end of a session e.g. when the web browser is closed and no personal data is stored.
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Microsoft |
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Google Analytics |
_utma
_utmb
_utmc
_utmz |
Google analytics cookies are used in order to collect information about how visitors use our website.
All data collected via this cookie is anonymous and non user specific.
Information includes the number of visitors to the site, where the visitors have come from and which pages they have viewed.
This information is important as it helps us to improve the performance of our website and monitor our visitor levels.
The _utma and _utmb cookies expire after a maximum period of 2 years, unless cookies are cleared before this date.
The _utmc cookie is no longer set and the _utmz cookie expires after 6 months, or less if cookies are cleared prior to this date.
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Google Analytics
Google Tools
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Social Networks |
AddThis |
We use the AddThis plugin to enable visitors to share our content across their social networks.
AddThis collect data on visitors who use the plugin to share content. They do not install any tracking software on a user’s computer and this data is not assigned to you directly, instead a randomly generated ID is used.
AddThis may use your data for advertising purposes. If you would prefer for your data not to be used, they provide an opt out on their website, http://www.addthis.com/privacy/opt-out
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Add This |
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Bing Maps |
ecn.dev.virtualearth.net/ |
We use this cookie to enable us to display our office location within a map on our contact page.
This cookie will expire when the session ends e.g. the web browser closes and no personal data will be obtained.
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Microsoft Maps |