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Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
We use Google Analytics software to collect information about how you use our website. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements.
Google Analytics stores information about:
We don’t collect or store your personal information (for example your name or address) so this information can’t be used to identify who you are.
We don’t allow Google to use or share our analytics data.
Google Analytics sets the following cookies:
Universal Analytics
Name | Purpose | Expires |
_ga | This helps us count how many people visit our website by tracking if you’ve visited before | 2 years |
_gid | This helps us count how many people visit our website by tracking if you’ve visited before | 24 hours |
_gat | Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made | 10 minutes |
Google Analytics
Name | Purpose | Expires |
_utma | Like _ga, this lets us know if you’ve visited before, so we can count how many of our visitors are new to our website or to a certain page | 2 years |
_utmb | This works with _utmc to calculate the average length of time you spend on our website | 30 minutes |
_utmc | This works with _utmb to calculate when you close your browser When you close your browser | 30 minutes |
_utmz | This tells us how you reached our website (for example from another website or a search engine) | 6 months |
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org , or www.aboutcookies.org.