Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy.

Information About Cookies

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that our website places on your computer. These cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of our website, which helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse this website and also allows us to improve our site. Some of the cookies we use are "analytics" cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

Analytics Cookies

These cookies allow us to recognise and count our visitors and to see how visitors move around the website. This helps us to improve the way the website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. These cookies help us measure and improve site performance using a service provided by Google Analytics and Omniture.

Cookie	Issuer	Expiry	Purpose
__utma	Google Analytics	2 years	This is a tracking cookie used by Google Analytics to track return visits to a site.	View more information
__utmb	Google Analytics	30 mins	Google Analytics uses this cookie to establish a session.	View more information
__utmc	Google Analytics	End of session	Google Analytics uses this cookie to establish a session.	View more information
__utmv	Google Analytics		Google Analytics uses this cookie to classify visitors for reporting purposes	View more information
__utmz	Google Analytics	6 mths	This cookie tracks where users to our sites come from and which search engines they used. It is also used to determine visitor navigation within the site.	View more information
PREF	Google	2 yrs	This cookie stores user preferences in relation to the google search functionality on our site.	View more information
s_cc	Omniture Site Catalyst	End of session	This cookie is used by our Site Catalyst tracking software to determine if cookies are enabled in your web browser.	View more information
s_sq	Omniture Site Catalyst	End of session	This cookie is used by our Site Catalyst tracking software to determine which links have been clicked.	View more information
s_sess	Omniture Site Catalyst	End of session	This cookie is used by our Site Catalyst tracking software.	View more information
s_vi	Omniture Site Catalyst	End of session	This cookie is used by our Site Catalyst tracking software.	View more information

Third Party Cookies

These cookies include social media tools to enhance interaction (such as Facebook and Twitter). If you are signed up to these sites their cookies may be set through our website.

Cookie	Issuer	Expiry	Purpose
guest_id	Twitter	2 yrs	This cookie is issued by Twitter. This is written is conjunction with the Twitter feeds on our sites.	View more information
K	Twitter		This cookie is issued by Twitter. This is written is conjunction with the Twitter feeds on our sites.	View more information
_tmid	Tube Mogul	10 yrs	This cookie is written by Brightcove who host the video content on our sites. It used to track video usage. This is an anonymous tracking cookie and doesn’t store any personal information.	View more information
Xtc	Add This	2 yrs	This cookie is created and read by a social sharing plug-in called AddThis. This is used to provide analytics data and a more personalised sharing experience.	View more information
uid	Add This	2 yrs	This cookie is created and read by a social sharing plug-in called AddThis. This is used to provide analytics data and a more personalised sharing experience.	View more information
uvc	Add This	2 yrs	This cookie is created and read by a social sharing plug-in called AddThis. This is used to provide analytics data and a more personalised sharing experience.	View more information
uit	Add This	1 day	This cookie is created and read by a social sharing plug-in called AddThis. This is used to provide analytics data and a more personalised sharing experience.	View more information
Psc	Add This	2 yrs	This cookie is created and read by a social sharing plug-in called AddThis. This is used to provide analytics data and a more personalised sharing experience.	View more information
__atuvc	Add This	2 yrs	This cookie is created and read by a social sharing plug-in called AddThis. The cookie makes sure the user sees the updated count if they share a page.	View more information

Functional Cookies

These cookies are essential to basic site functionality. They are anonymous and are automatically deleted when you close your browser.

Cookie	Issuer	Expiry	Purpose
ASP.NET_SessionId	The FA	End of session	This cookie is temporary and is needed for the site to work. It ensures that you are recognised when you move from page to page within one site and that any information you have entered is remembered.	View more information
.ASPXAUTH	The FA	End of session	This temporary cookie allows us to know when you have signed in to our site.
X-Mapping-*	The FA	End of session	These temporary cookies are added by the Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager (ZXTM). They ensure that you are recognised when you move from page to page within one site and that you are not sent to a different server within our web farm.

Blocking Cookies

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the placing on your computer of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser
settings to block all cookies (including functional cookies) you may not be able to use all or parts of this website. Instructions on how to change your browser settings are available
at the following links:

Further Information

If you are still unsure about cookies, or you just want help to manage them, then please visit www.allaboutcookies.org