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Cookies
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. This information is used to track visitor use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. You can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit or .
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Strictly Necessary Cookies
Cookie Name |
Description |
Duration |
exp_csrf_token |
This cookie is used by Cloudflare to identify trusted web traffic. |
Session Cookie |
PHPSESSID |
PHP session cookie associated with embedded content from this domain. |
Session Cookie |
Performance Cookies
Cookie Name |
Description |
Duration |
_gat |
This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request rate - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes._ga |
Session Cookie |
_gid |
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._gid |
Session Cookie |
_ga |
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 |
729 Days |
Functional Cookies
Cookie Name |
Description |
Duration |
__atuvc |
This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. It stores an updated page share count. |
394 Days |
__atuvs |
This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. This is believed to be a new cookie from AddThis which is not yet documented, but has been categorised on the assumption it serves a similar purpose to other cookies set by the service. |
Session Cookie |
Targeting Cookies
Cookie Name |
Description |
Duration |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos |
180 Days |
xtc |
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. |
396 Days |
test_cookie |
This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange |
Session Cookie |
YSC |
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. |
Session Cookie |
__atrfs |
This domain is owned by Addthis. The main business activity is: 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, behavioural advertising. |
Session Cookie |
CONSENT |
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. |
5995 Day |
uvc |
Tracks how often a user interacts with AddThis |
396 Days |
lang |
This domain is owned by Twitter. The main business activity is: Social Networking Services. Where twitter acts as a third party host, it collects data through a range of plug-ins and integrations, that is primarily used for tracking and targeting. Twitter does not currently provide information on the use of specific cookies. |
Session Cookie |
Other Cookies
Cookie Name |
Description |
Duration |
__cf_bm |
This is a CloudFoundry cookie |
Session Cookie |
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