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We do not make use of cookies to collect any private or personally identifiable information.
The technical platform of this website, does use cookies solely to aid the proper technical functioning of the website. The cookies used in this website do not collect or disclose any personal information about you as a visitor.
In compliance with EU legislation, the following table lists the use of cookies on this web site:
Cookie Name | Purpose | More information |
useTextOnly | This is used to store whether you are in textOnly mode or not. Persistent for three months. | N/A |
setString | This is used to store user preferences for viewing sites in textOnly mode e.g. font-size and colour. Persistent for one month. | N/A |
SitekitLogin | This is used to store the username and password for ‘remember my login’ feature when active. Persistent for one month. | N/A |
SKSession | This enables us to track the pages that a user visits while they navigate around the site. | N/A |
AcceptCookies | This is used to store whether you have agreed to receive cookies. Persistent for one year. | N/A |
Google Analytics _utma | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. | Click here for an overview of privacy at Google |
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