What is a Cookie
Cookies are created when a user's browser loads a particular website. The website sends information to the browser which then creates a text file. Every time the user goes back to the same website, cookies helps to improve user experience of the website by remembering your last pages visited and your search prefrences and settings.
Cookies also help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
What Cookies do we use?
The following table lists the cookies used on this website and sets out the name, function, duration and origin of each. The social networking cookies function through integration with 3rd party web sites, but are included here for completeness as this functionality is fairly integral within our web site.
| Name | Function | Duration | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Random e.g. 6cbc5627102ac00d 910eb6ea8658d4a8 |
Visitor session | Session Cookie | This Domain |
| _utma | Google Analytics | 2 yrs | This Domain |
| _utmb | Google Analytics | 30 mins | This Domain |
| _utmc | Google Analytics | Session | This Domain |
| _utmz | Google Analytics | 18 mths | This Domain |
| __unam | Performance Checking | 9 mths | starberry.com |
| Channel ID | Google Analytics | No Expiry | google-analytics.com |
| Channel ID | Google Analytics | No Expiry | google.com |
| NID | Google Analytics | No Expiry | google.com |
| GALX | Google Analytics | 1 hr | accounts.google.com |
| GAPS | Google Analytics | 2 yrs | accounts.google.com |
| ana_svc | Social Bookmarking | 1 yr | addthis.com |
| AT_last_ pub_53092626 |
Social Bookmarking | 12 hrs | addthis.com |
| bt2 | Social Bookmarking | 9 mths | addthis.com |
| di | Social Bookmarking | 2 yrs | addthis.com |
| dt | Social Bookmarking | 1 mths | addthis.com |
| loc | Social Bookmarking | 2 yrs | addthis.com |
| siteaud | Social Bookmarking | 10 yrs | addthis.com |
| __atuvc | Social Bookmarking | 2 yrs | addthis.com |
| __utma | Social Bookmarking | 2 yrs | addthis.com |
| __utmz | Social Bookmarking | 6 mths | addthis.com |
| ssh | Social Bookmarking | 2 yrs | addthis.com |
| sshs | Social Bookmarking | 2 yrs | addthis.com |
| ssc | Social Bookmarking | 2 yrs | addthis.com |
| uid | Social Bookmarking | 2 yrs | addthis.com |
| uit | Social Bookmarking | 1 mth | addthis.com |
| uvc | Social Bookmarking | 2 yrs | addthis.com |
| anj | Social Bookmarking | 3 mths | adnxs.com |
| sess | Social Bookmarking | 1 mth | adnxs.com |
| uuid2 | Social Bookmarking | 3 mths | adnxs.com |
| AA002 | Social Bookmarking | 2 yrs | atdmt.com |
| MUID | Social Bookmarking | 2 yrs | atdmt.com |
| id | Social Bookmarking | 2 yrs | doubleclick.net |
| datr | Social Bookmarking | 2 yrs | facebook.com |
| Name | Function | Duration | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| reg_ext_ref | Social Bookmarking | Session | facebook.com |
| reg_fb_gate | Social Bookmarking | Session | facebook.com |
| reg_fb_ref | Social Bookmarking | Session | facebook.com |
| Local storage | Social Bookmarking | No Expiry | facebook.com |
| ck | Social Bookmarking | 3 yrs | go.affec.tv |
| oo | Social Bookmarking | 3 yrs | go.affec.tv |
| pt | Social Bookmarking | 3 yrs | go.affec.tv |
| Channel ID | Social Bookmarking | No Expiry | gstatic.com |
| IMRID | Social Bookmarking | 2 yrs | imrworldwide.com |
| __qca | Social Bookmarking | 18 mths | linkedin.com |
| __utma | Social Bookmarking | 2 yrs | linkedin.com |
| __utmb | Social Bookmarking | 1.5 hrs | linkedin.com |
| __utmc | Social Bookmarking | Session | linkedin.com |
| __utmv | Social Bookmarking | 2 yrs | linkedin.com |
| __utmz | Social Bookmarking | 18 mths | linkedin.com |
| bcookie | Social Bookmarking | 2 yrs | linkedin.com |
| lang | Social Bookmarking | Session | linkedin.com |
| lidc | Social Bookmarking | 25 hrs | linkedin.com |
| JSESSIONID | Social Bookmarking | Session | linkedin.com |
| L1l | Social Bookmarking | Session | linkedin.com |
| X-LI-IDC | Social Bookmarking | Session | linkedin.com |
| bscookie | Social Bookmarking | 2 yrs | linkedin.com |
| leo_auth_token | Social Bookmarking | 30 mins | linkedin.com |
| visit | Social Bookmarking | 2 yrs | linkedin.com |
| Local Storage | Social Bookmarking | No Expiry | linkedin.com |
| uuid | Social Bookmarking | 1 yr | mathtag.com |
| acs | Social Bookmarking | 6 mths | media6degrees.com |
| clid | Social Bookmarking | 6 mths | media6degrees.com |
| ipinfo | Social Bookmarking | 6 mths | media6degrees.com |
| mc | Social Bookmarking | 18 mths | quantserve.com |
| UID | Social Bookmarking | 2 yrs | scorecardresearch.com |
| UIDR | Social Bookmarking | 2 yrs | scorecardresearch.com |
| _twitter_sess | Social Bookmarking | Session | twitter.com |
| external_referer | Social Bookmarking | 1 mth | twitter.com |
| guest_id | Social Bookmarking | 2 yrs | twitter.com |
| Channel ID | Social Bookmarking | No Expiry | youtube.com |
Restricting or deleting cookies
By default all cookies are active on this web site for the best user experience. Please note that by turning off cookies in your browser you will affect the core functionality of the website and the social sharing options will not be available.
However, if you wish to deactivate or delete selected cookies your web browser may provide options to do this via the Help menu option.
For a useful resource on the subject of cookies visit www.allaboutcookies.org, which provides good general advise on how you can manage cookies on your computer.
If you would like to opt out of Google analytics tracking for all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.