Cookie Policy
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies 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.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
We only use cookies to allow the site to work better for you, improving your user experience.
Here is a list of the main cookies that we use, including cookies set by any third parties:
| Name | Cookie Type | Typical Content | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| SID, SAPISID, APISID, SSID, HSID, NID, PREF | Google Maps | Various unique identifiers, except for PREF which stores your options such as preferred zoom level. | Most of the cookies expire 10 years after your last visit to a page containing a Google Map. |
| _utmz, _ga, _utma | Google Analytics | A random unique number or string of letters and numbers to identify your browser, the times and dates that you interacted with the site recently and the marketing materials or referring pages that led you to the site | The longest lasting cookie expires 2 years after your last visit to the website. Others are deleted 6 months, 30 minutes and the moment you close your browser. |
| wp-settings, wp-settings-time, wp_logged_in | Site Software | These cookies have no impact on your user experience, and store no personal information. They contain some information about your general geographic location. These cookies are automatically added by the software that runs this website, but we do not use them in any way. | Removed when session ends |
| wc_session_cookie | Site Software | This is a functional cookie which give you access to various parts of our site or record your cookie preferences. | Removed when session ends |
| PHPSESSID | Cookie generated by applications based on the PHP language. This is a general purpose identifier used to maintain user session variables. It is normally a random generated number, how it is used can be specific to the site, but a good example is maintaining a logged-in status for a user between pages. | Removed when session ends |