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A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.
We use the following cookies:
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
Cookie | Name | Purpose | More information |
Statistics |
__utm.gif |
Google Analytics Tracking Code that logs details about the visitor’s browser and computer.
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http://www.aboutcookies.org.uk/cookie-types
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Statistics |
__utma |
Collects data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. Used by Google Analytics. |
http://www.aboutcookies.org.uk/cookie-types
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Statistics |
__utmb |
Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user accessed the website. Used by Google Analytic s to calculate the duration of a website visit. |
http://www.aboutcookies.org.uk/cookie-types
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Statistics |
__utmc |
Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user leaves the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration of a website visit. |
http://www.aboutcookies.org.uk/cookie-types
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Statistics |
__utmz |
Collects data on where the user came from, what search engine was used, what link was clicked and what search term was used. Used by Google Analytics. |
http://www.aboutcookies.org.uk/cookie-types
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Statistics |
p.gif |
Unclassified |
http://www.aboutcookies.org.uk/cookie-types
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Marketing |
fr (Facebook) |
Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.
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http://www.aboutcookies.org.uk/cookie-types
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Marketing
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r/collect |
Unclassified |
http://www.aboutcookies.org.uk/cookie-types
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Marketing
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tr (Facebook) |
Unclassified |
http://www.aboutcookies.org.uk/cookie-types
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Marketing |
PREF (YouTube)
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Registers a unique ID that is used by Google to keep statistics of how the visitor uses YouTube videos across different websites.
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http://www.aboutcookies.org.uk/cookie-types
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Marketing
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VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE (YouTube)
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Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.
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http://www.aboutcookies.org.uk/cookie-types
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Marketing
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YSC (YouTube) |
Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
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http://www.aboutcookies.org.uk/cookie-types
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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.
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