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Cookies set directly by this site (1st party) and used to manage the user experience between pages and visits.
| cookie name | expires | information |
|---|---|---|
| eucookienoticed | 730 days | Simply contains the value ‘true’. It is set when you access any page of this site and indicates that the cookie notice has been presented. It prevents the notice from being presented multiple times. |
| comment_author_* | 347 days | Where * is a 32 character alphanumeric string. This cookie is set when you submit a comment. It’s value is the name you provide in the comment form. It is used to pre-fill the form next time you submit a comment. |
| comment_author_email_* | 347 days | Where * is the same 32 character alphanumeric string as above. This cookie is set when you submit a comment. It’s value is the email address you provided in the comment form. It is used to pre-fill the form next time you submit a comment. |
| comment_author_url_* | 347 days | Where * is the same 32 character alphanumeric string as above. This cookie is set when you submit a comment. It’s value is the website address you provided in the comment form. It is used to pre-fill the form next time you submit a comment. |
A number of cookies will be set as you use this site:
Google Analytics
| cookie name | expires | information |
|---|---|---|
| __utma | 730 days | Used to determine unique visitors to the site |
| __utmb | 30 minutes | Used to establish and continue a user session within the site |
| __utmc | session end | Used to establish and continue a user session within the site |
| __utmz | 182 days | Stores the type of referral used to reach the site, whether via a direct method, a referring link, a website search, or a campaign such as an ad or an email link. It is used to calculate search engine traffic, ad campaigns and page navigation within the site. The cookie is updated with each page viewed. |
Google provide the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for a range of browsers allowing you to control what information should not be sent to Google Analytics.
Double-click (Google Ad-Sense)
We serve a small number of adverts on this site. They are each served by double-click who use cookies to help tailor the advert to you.
| cookie name | expires | information |
|---|---|---|
| test_cookie | 15 minutes | Used if no ID cookie is found |
| id | 2 years | Anonymous identifier |
| _drt_ | 12 Hours | Used to establish and continue a user session with the double-click |
Google’s Advertising privacy FAQ provides more information with regard to the data they capture via these adverts.
Google provide the Advertising Cookie Opt-out Plugin for a number of browsers or you can visit the Ads Preferences Manager to edit the preferences that are associated with these cookies.