COOKIE POLICY

Use of Cookies 

    A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your computer (or other electronic devices) when you access our website. We use cookies on this website to:

    • recognise you whenever you visit this website (this speeds up your access to the website as you do not have to log in each time);
    • obtain information about your preferences, online movements and use of the internet;
    • carry out research and statistical analysis to help improve my content, products and services and to help me better understand my visitor requirements and interests;
    • target our marketing and advertising campaigns more effectively by providing interest-based advertisements that are personalised to your interests; and
    • make your online experience more efficient and enjoyable.

    The information we obtain from our use of cookies will not usually contain your personal data. Although we may obtain information about your computer or other electronic devices such as your IP address, your browser and/or other internet log information, this will not usually identify you personally. In certain circumstances, we may collect personal information about you—but only where you voluntarily provide it (eg by completing an online form).

    In most cases, we will need your consent in order to use cookies on this website. The exception is where the cookie is essential in order for us to provide you with a service you have requested (eg to provide you with information).

    If you visit our website when your browser is set to accept cookies, we will interpret this as an indication that you consent to our use of cookies and other similar technologies as described in this website cookie policy. If you change your mind in the future about letting us use cookies, you can modify the settings of your browser to reject cookies or disable cookies completely.

Description of cookies

The table below provides more information about some of the cookies we use and why:

Cookie Name Purpose
Cookie preference civicCookieControl This cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on our website. Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie.
Google Analytics _utma
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_utmz		 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.
Security breach notification form cookie          ASP.NET_SessionId   This cookie is essential for the breach notification form – the form that public electronic communications service providers use to notify the ICO of a security breach – to operate. It is set only for those people using the form. This cookie is deleted when you close your browser.
Visit the Microsoft website 
YouTube cookies   We embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode.
Read more at YouTube’s embedding videos information page.

    How to turn off cookies

      If you do not want to accept cookies, you can change your browser settings so that cookies are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of this website. To opt-out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to the Information Commissioner’s webpage on cookies: https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/.