Cookies Policy

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files sent by a website’s server and stored on your computer’s web browser or mobile device. Use of cookies is common practice, many websites use them and most internet browsers automatically accept cookies.

What are cookies used for?

Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, storing your preferences, and generally improving your experience of a website. An example is when a browser stores your passwords and user ID’s.

Google Analytics tracking uses cookies in order to provide meaningful reports about a website’s visitors. However, Google Analytics cookies do not collect personal data about any visitors.

Can I control my cookies?

You can use your web browser to:

– delete all cookies
– block all cookies
– allow all cookies
– block third-party cookies
– clear all cookies when you close the browser
– open a ‘private browsing’ session
– install add-ons and plug-ins to extend broswer functionality

You need to be aware that if you choose to block cookies from your browser it may cause you to lose some of the functions of the websites you visit.

Find information about controlling cookies on:

Internet Explorer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835
Chrome https://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en-GB/more/privacy.html
Firefox http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Clear%20Recent%20History
Safari http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5049
Opera http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/

To find out more about cookies visit the www.aboutcookies.org and www.aboutcookies.org.

To find out more about the new cookies legislation visit the Information Commissioners Office.

Our use of cookies

Cookie name Cookie provider Expires after Description of cookie
_ga Google Analytics 2 years Used to distinguish users.
_gid Google Analytics 24 hours Used to distinguish users.
_gat Google Analytics 1 minute Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_.
cookie_notice_accepted Trecondi 1 month Used to identify when cookies have been accepted.

Links to external Privacy Policies

More information on the cookies set by Google Analytics.

We are providing this information to you as part of our policy to comply with recent changes to the law relating to the use of cookies and other information storage technology operating on websites.