Being open about how we use cookies (and explaining what they are)
These are very small files that are placed on your computer by websites you visit. They’re common and used to make websites work more efficiently, provide a customised experience, as well as send information back to the owners of the site (in this case, us). If you want to know more detail, here’s some further reading.
A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the information you choose to share with us.
This table explains exactly which cookies we use on this website and why we use them.
_ga
2 years
Google Analytics
Used to distinguish users
_gid
24 hours
Google Analytics
Used to distinguish users
_gat
1 minute
Google Analytics
Used to throttle request rate (this is used to limit the amount of requests submitted in a given time)
__utma
2 years
Google Analytics
Lets Google Analytics know when you return to a website so we can see how many users come back to our site
__utmb
30 minutes
Google Analytics
Used during a single visit to a website so we can see which pages individual users looked at in that visit. It's completely anonymous
__utmc
End of Browser session
Google Analytics
Used in conjunction with the utma cookie in some older versions of the Google Analytics tracking code
__utmt
10 minutes
Google Analytics
Used to throttle request rate (this is used to limit the amount of requests submitted in a given time)
__utmz
6 months
Google Analytics
Used to identify which site you came from so, for example, we can measure the usefulness of the links we place on certain other sites
XSRF-TOKEN
1 hour
VIVID
Security requirement to authenticate form submission to a human site visitor
laravel_session
12 hours
VIVID
Site requirement to identify site visitor throughout their visit and checkout process
_fbp
3 months
cookiebot.com
Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers
_fr
3 months
facebook.com
Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers
We sometimes use (and embed) videos and feeds from other third-party websites. Pages with these on may place cookies from their websites. Also, when you use one of the share buttons on our website, a cookie may be set by the service you have chosen to share content through (like Twitter, for example). You should check their website for more information about these cookies.
If you want to restrict, block or delete cookies from our website – or any other website – you can use your browser settings to do this. (A ‘browser’ is what you use to browse the internet, such as Internet Explorer or Chrome). Each browser is different, so check the 'Help' menu to learn how to change your cookie preferences.
Please bear in mind that if you do this, we might not be able to personalise certain features of this website (such as provide you with the contact details relevant to where you live, should you want to get in touch with us).
