Cookies are small text files/data that are saved on your computer, smartphone or other device when you access the Internet.
Why are cookies essential to our websites?
Cookies save information about you to customise the content of the website to make a visitors’ experience more tailored. Without cookies enabled we can’t guarantee that the website and your experience of it are as we intended it to be.
Types of cookies
The length of time a cookie stays on your device depends on its type:
Session cookies:
These are mainly used by online shops and allow you to keep items in your basket when shopping online. These cookies expire when the browser is closed.
Persistent cookies:
These remain in operation, even when you have closed the browser. They remember your login details and password so you don’t have to type them in every time you use the site. The law concerning permanent cookies stipulates that they need to be deleted after a period of six months
Third-party cookies:
These are installed by third parties with the aim of collecting certain information to carry out various research into behaviour, demographics etc.
We use the following cookies:
- Google analytics
USE: To give us anonymous information on how many people are visiting our website and how long they stay on a particular page. This is called web analytics – We use Google to track how visitors reach our site and the path they take through it. Google Analytics use cookies to give us information that will help us improve our service to you. Find out more about how these cookies are used on the Google privacy site- _ga
- Third Party (2 years)
- _gid
- Third Party (2 day)
- _gat_gtag_UA_119744184_1
- Third Party (1 day)
- _ga
- Joomla
USE: This idetifies you as an anominus guest user. This will be a random series of numbers and letters e.g:- 419e2583e5c7a69ef476c9024288b899
