What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit our website which enhance your experience and monitor our website traffic. These are stored on your device so that our website may read them and recall your chosen preferences for our website. Third-party providers may also set cookies on your device for other reasons, such as to retain your preferences for media displayed by them, or for marketing reasons.
All cookies have a particular duration associated with them, after which they expire and your consent decisions must be refreshed. More detailed information can be found below in the Cookie Details section of this page.
This page outlines our use of cookies, and the cookies of third-parties so that you may make an informed decision on your consent status on the use of cookies on your device.
Legal Statement
According to prevailing law, we may place cookies which are strictly necessary for the functioning of the website on your device without consent. Other cookies require your consent before they may be placed on your device.
Types of Cookies
Cookies on our website can be broken down in to four categories:
| Category | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Necessary: | These cookies are necessary for the correct functioning of the website. Without necessary cookies some parts of the website may not work and we may not be able to provide services requested. |
| Statistics: | These cookies allow for the traffic on the website to be monitored for analytical reasons. Information collected and reported through them is anonymous. |
| Preferences: | These cookies record your preferences with regard to certain functions on the website, assuring the website or media on the website function optimally for you. |
| Marketing: | These cookies track visitors’ actions on the website. This information can be used to ensure relevant and interesting advertisements are provided to the user. |
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies in order to provide an easy to use and well-functioning website to serve your needs that recalls how you prefer website functions to operate. They also allow us to monitor how visitors are using and interacting with our website so that we may continue to enhance your experience.
They also allow for information to be gathered that allows for more relevant advertisements to be provided to you on other websites, based on interests and activity recorded on ours.
How to Manage Cookies
The Cookies banner pop-up which appears when you first visit our website allows you to choose and save which Cookies you are consenting to. This preference is then saved for 7 days, after which you will be asked to confirm your preferences again when you next visit our website. Simply click the ‘Details’ button and tick the boxes of the cookies you wish to consent to and the ‘Accept’ button to save your settings. Alternatively ‘Accept’ may be chosen to consent to all Cookies while the details are not shown. The ‘Necessary Cookies’ box is pre-ticked and cannot be un-ticked as they are a requirement for the correct functioning of the website.
Should you ever wish to change your Cookie settings you can do so here on our Cookies Policy page by pressing the ‘Preferences’ button below, or by manually deleting them using a method appropriate to the browser you use (please consult your particular browser’s information or help service for details on how to do this).
Full list of cookies used
| Cookie name | Duration | Purpose | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| CookieConsent | 1 year | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain | Necessary |
| _sharethis_cookie_test_ | Session | This cookie determines whether the browser accepts cookies. | Necessary |
| PHPSESSID | 1 day | Preserves user session state across page requests. | Necessary |
| yt-player-bandaid-host | Persistent | Used to determine the optimal video quality based on the visitor's device and network settings. | Preferences |
| _ga | 2 years | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | Statistics |
| _gid | 1 day | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | Statistics |
| _gat | 1 day | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | Statistics |
| yt-player-headers-readable | Persistent | Used to determine the optimal video quality based on the visitor's device and network settings. | Preferences |
| st_samesite | Session | Used by ShareThis to track visitor’s website navigation and preferences - This is used for internal statistics and marketing. | Marketing |
| test_cookie | 1 day | Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies. | Marketing |
| IDE | 1 year | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. | Marketing |
| tr | Session | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | Marketing |
| fr | 3 months | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | Marketing |
| _fbp | 3 months | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | Marketing |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 179 days | Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. | Marketing |
| YSC | Session | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Marketing |
| yt-remote-device-id | Persistent | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Marketing |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | Persistent | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Marketing |
| yt-remote-session-app | Session | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Marketing |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | Session | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Marketing |
| yt-remote-session-name | Session | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Marketing |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | Session | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Marketing |
| CookieConsent | 1 year | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain | Necessary |
| CookieConsent | 1 year | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain | Necessary |
| ASPSESSIONID# | Session | Preserves users states across page requests. | Necessary |
