Cookie Policy
What is a cookie?
Cookies are small text files used to store and receive information on web browsers when you visit a website. Other technologies used to store and receive information on your browser are also referred to as “cookies” for the purpose of this policy.
Cookies are needed for a number of functions which make websites work, or work more efficiently, and they can provide information to website owners about how you use their website. Cookies can also be used to show you adverts that are relevant to you, based on your browsing habits, to personalise your user experience.
How do we use cookies?
We use cookies to monitor how people use our website, including estimating audience size and patterns of use, to manage network resources and traffic and to ensure security on our website.
We use both persistent cookies (which expire on a specified date) and session cookies (which expire when you close your browser). The cookies used on this site have been categorised based on definitions given in the ICC UK Cookie Guide. We use the following cookies:
-
Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation and security of our website.
-
Performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count our website’s visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. Some of our performance cookies may be managed by third parties.
You decide which cookies we use
We will ask you when you first visit our website which types of cookies you are happy for us to use and you can change your preferences at any time. However, please bear in mind that if you don’t allow us to use certain cookies it may prevent you from accessing parts of our website or result in a loss of functionality which degrades your experience of the website.
You may also manage or disable cookies in your browser. You can find out more about how to do this at the following links:
What cookies do we use?
| Cookie | Description |
|---|---|
| Necessary | |
| HSID | This cookie is used to authenticate users, to ensure that only the actual owner of an account can access that account. |
| __cf_bm | This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. |
| CookieLawInfoConsent | Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the “Advertisement” category . |
| AWSALBCORS | This cookie is managed by Amazon Web Services and is used for load balancing. |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | Issued by Microsoft’s ASP.NET Application, this cookie stores session data during a user’s website visit. |
| AWSALB | AWSALB is an application load balancer cookie set by Amazon Web Services to map the session to the target. |
| viewed_cookie_policy | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Necessary”. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category “Functional”. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Performance”. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Analytics”. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Other. |
| Functional | |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | The cookie ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY is used by YouTube to store the last search result entry that was clicked by the user. This information is used to improve the user experience by providing more relevant search results in the future. |
| yt-player-headers-readable | The yt-player-headers-readable cookie is used by YouTube to store user preferences related to video playback and interface, enhancing the user’s viewing experience. |
| yt-remote-session-app | The yt-remote-session-app cookie is used by YouTube to store user preferences and information about the interface of the embedded YouTube video player. |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | The yt-remote-cast-installed cookie is used to store the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-session-name | The yt-remote-session-name cookie is used by YouTube to store the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-cast-available | The yt-remote-cast-available cookie is used to store the user’s preferences regarding whether casting is available on their YouTube video player. |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | The yt-remote-fast-check-period cookie is used by YouTube to store the user’s video player preferences for embedded YouTube videos. |
| AWSALBCORS | This cookie is managed by Amazon Web Services and is used for load balancing. |
| AWSALB | AWSALB is an application load balancer cookie set by Amazon Web Services to map the session to the target. |
| Performance | |
| SRM_B | Used by Microsoft Advertising as a unique ID for visitors. |
| AWSALB | AWSALB is an application load balancer cookie set by Amazon Web Services to map the session to the target. |
| Analytics | |
| MR | This cookie, set by Bing, is used to collect user information for analytics purposes. |
| SM | Microsoft Clarity cookie set this cookie for synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains. |
| _clsk | Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie to store and consolidate a user’s pageviews into a single session recording. |
| vuid | Vimeo installs this cookie to collect tracking information by setting a unique ID to embed videos on the website. |
| _gat_UA-* | Google Analytics sets this cookie for user behaviour tracking. |
| CLID | Microsoft Clarity set this cookie to store information about how visitors interact with the website. The cookie helps to provide an analysis report. The data collection includes the number of visitors, where they visit the website, and the pages visited. |
| _clck | Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie to retain the browser’s Clarity User ID and settings exclusive to that website. This guarantees that actions taken during subsequent visits to the same website will be linked to the same user ID. |
| _ga | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. |
| _gid | Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. |
| _gat_UA-21013605-1 | A variation of the _gat cookie set by Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager to allow website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. The pattern element in the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. |
| CONSENT | YouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data. |
| Advertisement | |
| PREF | PREF cookie is set by Youtube to store user preferences like language, format of search results and other customizations for YouTube Videos embedded in different sites. |
| MUID | Bing sets this cookie to recognise unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. This cookie is used for advertising, site analytics, and other operations. |
| ANONCHK | The ANONCHK cookie, set by Bing, is used to store a user’s session ID and verify ads’ clicks on the Bing search engine. The cookie helps in reporting and personalization as well. |
| SSID | Google sets this cookie to download certain Google Tools and save certain preferences, for example the number of search results per page or activation of the SafeSearch Filter. Adjusts the ads that appear in Google Search. |
| SAPISID | Google enables this cookie to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube. |
| YSC | YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. |
| yt-remote-device-id | YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. |
| Others | |
| _cfuvid | Description is currently not available. |
| __Host-_krakatoa_session | Description is currently not available. |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | Description is currently not available. |
| LOGIN_INFO | Description is currently not available. |
| SID | Description is currently not available. |
| APISID | Description is currently not available. |
| __Secure-1PSID | Description is currently not available. |
| __Secure-1PAPISID | Description is currently not available. |
| AWSALBTGCORS | This cookie is associated with Amazon Web Services Elastic Load Balancing functionality. |
| AWSALBTG | This cookie is associated with Amazon Web Services Elastic Load Balancing functionality. |
Further information about cookies
There’s a lot of good information about cookies available online. For more information about cookies generally visit allaboutcookies.org.
Get in touch
Any changes we may make to our cookie policy in the future will be posted on the website and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. Please check back frequently to see any updates and changes to our cookie policy.
If you have any questions about your privacy on our website or how we use cookies, please contact us.
