Cookie Policy

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file which is saved onto your hard drive through your web browser when you visit our website or open certain emails. It allows our own system to recognise you when you return to our website, and improves our service to you. This information can be used to enhance the content of our website and make your use of it easier. For more information about cookies please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

Functional Cookies

Cookie Name	Duration (Days)	Description
na_rn	30 Days	The na_rn cookie is used to recognize the visitor upon re-entry. It allows to record details on user behaviour and facilitate the social sharing function provided by Addthis.com.
na_sc_e	30 Days	The na_sc_e cookie is used to recognize the visitor upon re-entry. It allows to record details on user behaviour and facilitate the social sharing function provided by Addthis.com.
wordpress_19bda6ba4f1bd6f93d56fa651846ae29	0	WordPress for admin users
wordpress_logged_in_19bda6ba4f1bd6f93d56fa651846ae29	0	This allows WordPress to track admin users when they are logged into the console. This is not used for tracking visitors to the website
wordpresspass_19bda6ba4f1bd6f93d56fa651846ae29	0	The wordpresspass_19bda6ba4f1bd6f93d56fa651846ae29 is for tracking users re-setting passwords.
wordpressuser_19bda6ba4f1bd6f93d56fa651846ae29	0	The wordpressuser_19bda6ba4f1bd6f93d56fa651846ae29 cookie is used by WordPress to track logged in users
wp-settings-0	0	wp-settings-0 cookie is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.

Performance Cookies

Cookie Name	Duration (Days)	Description
_ga	730 Days	This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners.
_ga	730 Days	This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners.
_ga_H7HHSD4DDW	730 Days	Google Analytics
_ga_H7HHSD4DDW	730 Days	The _ga_H7HHSD4DDW cookie is used by Google Analytics for tracking users in Google Analytics.
_gaexp	73 Days	Google Analytics
_gat_UA-	0	This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.
_gclxxxx	90 Days	Google conversion tracking cookie
_gclxxxx	0 Days	Conversion tracking cookie
_gclxxxx	90 Days	Google conversion tracking cookie
_gid	1 Day	This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google.  It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited.
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress	0	Hotjar
na_sr	30 Days	Publisher tools
na_srp	0	Publisher tools
sc.ASP.NET_SESSIONID	0	The cookie name is associated with the SessionCam web analytics application from ServiceTick.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Cookie Name	Duration (Days)	Description
__cfduid	30 Days	This host is used by OneTrust for hosting the Cookie Consent tool script. It is used to manage cookies on websites.
eupubconsent	365 Days	The cookie is used by the IAB Europe Transparency & Consent Framework to store the user’s consent to the data collection Purposes. The cookie holds an encrypted consent string that vendors participating in the framework can read and determine the user’s consent.
OptanonAlertBoxClosed	365 Days	This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust.  It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down.  It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user.  The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information.
OptanonConsent	365 Days	This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. It enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor.
wordpress_sec_	0	WP Admin logged in cookie which is created dynamically.
wordpress_test_cookie	0	Used on sites built with WordPress.  Tests whether or not the browser has cookies enabled
wp-postpass_19bda6ba4f1bd6f93d56fa651846ae29	0	WordPress post cookie
wp-settings-time-0	0	WordPress admin

Targeting Cookies

Cookie Name	Duration (Days)	Description
__cfduid	30 Days	This domain is owned by Tynt. The main business activity is: Content sharing and linking services
__gads	390 Days	This cookie is associated with the DoubleClick for Publishers service from Google. Its purpose is to do with the showing of adverts on the site, for which the owner may earn some revenue.
_fbp	90 Days	Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers
A3	365 Days	This domain is owned by Yahoo. The main business activity is: Search / Advertising
ab	365 Days	Owned by Aggregate Knowledge, which has been acquired by Neustar Inc. Aggregate Knowledge provides a data management platform which enables real time targeting and consumer profiling functionality.
ATN	730 Days	This domain is owned by Atlas Solutions which is in turn owned by Facebook. Atlas is an online advertising business, targeting users through tracking their web activity. From September 2014 the company re-launched under the ownership of Facebook, promising the ability to reach known users and target adverts based on profiles generated using Facebook’s user data.
audience	365 Days	Owned by spotxchange. The main business activity is: Video Advertising
B	365 Days	This domain is owned by Yahoo. The main business activity is: Search / Advertising
CMID	365 Days	Owned by Casale Media. The main business activity is: Advertising
CMPRO	90 Days	This domain is owned by Casale Media. The main business activity is: Advertising
CMPS	90 Days	This domain is owned by Casale Media. The main business activity is: Advertising
CMRUM3	365 Days	Owned by Casale Media. The main business activity is: Advertising
CMST	1 Day	This domain is owned by Casale Media. The main business activity is: Advertising
csync	396 Days	This domain is owned by Smart Ad Server. The main business activity is: Advertising
d	90 Days	Owned by Quantcast. The main business activity is: Market and Audience Segmentation, Targeted advertising services
DSID	0 Days	This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange
GoogleAdServingTest	0 Days	This cookie is used to determine what ads have been shown to the website visitor.
GoogleAdServingTest	0 Days	Used to register what ads have been displayed to the user.
GPS	0 Days	YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.
i	365 Days	This domain is owned by OpenX. The main business activity is: Advertising
id	395 Days	This domain is owned by Media Innovation Group, as US based digital marketing business. The main business focus is providing targeted online marketing services.
IDE	390 Days	Owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange
IDSYNC	366 Days	This domain is owned by Yahoo Inc. whose main business model is online advertising.  Although this domain is associated with Yahoo’s web analytics service, because these are third party cookies they can allow Yahoo, in combination with other cookies set, to collect data for targeted advertising purposes.
KADUSERCOOKIE	90 Days	This domain is owned by Pubmatic. It operates an advertising exchange platform where online publishers can sell targeted advertising space to media buyers using real time bidding.
KTPCACOOKIE	1 Day	Owned by Pubmatic. It operates an advertising exchange platform where online publishers can sell targeted advertising space to media buyers using real time bidding.
mc	396 Days	This domain is owned by Quantcast. The main business activity is: Market and Audience Segmentation, Targeted advertising services
na_id	396 Days	This domain is owned by AddThis. AddThis provides web widgets that site owners embed into their pages or other content to enable visitors to create and share links to the content across social networks. They also make use of the data collected to provide advertisers and marketers with profile information for targeted behavioral advertising.
na_tc	396 Days	Owned by AddThis. AddThis provides web widgets that site owners embed into their pages or other content to enable visitors to create and share links to the content across social networks. They also make use of the data collected to provide advertisers and marketers with profile information for targeted behavioral advertising.
ouid	396 Days	This domain is owned by AddThis. AddThis provides web widgets that site owners embed into their pages or other content to enable visitors to create and share links to the content across social networks. They also make use of the data collected to provide advertisers and marketers with profile information for targeted behavioral advertising.
ov	395 Days	This domain is owned by Media Innovation Group, as US based digital marketing business. The main business focus is providing targeted online marketing services.
pd	15 Days	Owned by OpenX. The main business activity is: Advertising
pid	396 Days	This domain is owned by Smart Ad Server. The main business activity is: Advertising
test_cookie	0 Days	This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange
TestIfCookieP	396 Days	Owned by Smart Ad Server. The main business activity is: Advertising
u	365 Days	This domain is owned by Aggregate Knowledge, which has been acquired by Neustar Inc. Aggregate Knowledge provides a data management platform which enables real time targeting and consumer profiling functionality.
uid	396 Days	This domain is owned by AddThis. AddThis provides web widgets that site owners embed into their pages or other content to enable visitors to create and share links to the content across social networks. They also make use of the data collected to provide advertisers and marketers with profile information for targeted behavioral advertising.
uuid	90 Days	Innovid is a video advertising and marketing network service.
uuid2	90 Days	This domain is owned by AppNexus Inc. The company provides a range of online advertising technology and services.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	180 Days	This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos
YSC	0 Days	YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.