Cookies

What are "cookies"?

Cookies are tiny text files which are stored on your computer's hard drive through your web browser or your mobile device when you visit certain web pages on our website. Cookies won't harm your computer or mobile device, however we understand that some people may find them intrusive.

How and why do we use cookies on this website?

Cookies often include an anonymous unique identifier and track and store your user preferences, as well as technical information about your use of the website. Cookies help us to improve our website and deliver a better service to you.

Specifically, we use analytical tools (Google Analytics) to better understand how our website is being used. These tools collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information in an anonymous form. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) is transmitted to third party service providers such as Google. This information is then used to evaluate visitors' use of the website and to compile statistical reports on our website activity.

Some of the cookies we use are session cookies (i.e. temporary cookies that remain in your browser until you leave the website) and others are persistent (i.e. which remain in your browser for much longer than session cookies (although how long they last will depend on the lifetime of the specific cookie)).

The table below explains the cookies we use and why:

Provider	Cookie	Expiry	Category	Description
AddThis.com (owned by Oracle) AddThis privacy policy	__atuvc	13 months	Statistics	Updates counter on a website's social sharing function. User visitor count. AddThis collects information from visitors that does not directly identify an individual and is designed to identify the devices used by visitors. Opt out
AddThis.com AddThis privacy policy	__atuvc	30 months	Statistics	Makes sure the user sees the updated count if they share a page with AddThis social sharing. Holds the ID of a visit (a group of related views), and a counter for the number of views in the visit so far. Opt out
AddThis.com AddThis privacy policy	uvc	13 months	Targeting	Detects how often the social sharing service, AddThis, encounters the same user. Opt out
AddThis.com AddThis privacy policy	loc	13 months	Targeting	Geolocation, used to help providers determine how users who share information with each other are geographically located (state level). Opt out
AddThis.com AddThis privacy policy	mus	25 days	Targeting	Profile store status. Opt out
AddThis.com AddThis privacy policy	ouid	25 days	Targeting	Opt out
AddThis.com AddThis privacy policy	uid	13 months	Targeting	Unique user ID that recognizes the user on returning visits. Opt out
AddThis.com (go.affec.tv) Affectv privacy policy	ck	5 Years	Targeting	This is a cookie created by the AddThis social media sharing plugin. Affectv is a social analytics company that helps brands and companies to understand the users that visit their webpages. Opt out
AddThis.com (go.affec.tv) Affectv privacy policy	oo	5 Years	Targeting	This is a cookie created by the AddThis social media sharing plugin. Affectv is a social analytics company that helps brands and companies to understand the users that visit their webpages. Opt out
AddThis.com (go.affec.tv) Affectv privacy policy	pt	5 Years	Targeting	This is a cookie created by the AddThis social media sharing plugin. Affectv is a social analytics company that helps brands and companies to understand the users that visit their webpages. Opt out
AppNexus (adnxs.com) AppNexus privacy policy	sess	Session cookie	Targeting	Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies. Opt out
AppNexus AppNexus privacy policy	uuid2	90 days	Targeting	Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads. Opt out
Google Analytics Google Analytics privacy policy	_gat	Session cookie	Statistics	Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. Opt out
Google Analytics Google Analytics privacy policy	_ga	2 Years	Statistics	Used by Google to distinguish unique users. Opt out
Google Analytics Google Analytics privacy policy	_gid	Session cookie	Statistics	Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. Opt out

Description
Provider	AddThis.com (owned by Oracle) AddThis privacy policy
Cookie	__atuvc
Expiry	13 months
Category	Statistics
Updates counter on a website's social sharing function. User visitor count. AddThis collects information from visitors that does not directly identify an individual and is designed to identify the devices used by visitors. Opt out

Description
Provider	AddThis.com AddThis privacy policy
Cookie	__atuvc
Expiry	30 months
Category	Statistics
Makes sure the user sees the updated count if they share a page with AddThis social sharing. Holds the ID of a visit (a group of related views), and a counter for the number of views in the visit so far. Opt out

Description
Provider	AddThis.com AddThis privacy policy
Cookie	uvc
Expiry	13 months
Category	Targeting
Detects how often the social sharing service, AddThis, encounters the same user. Opt out

Description
Provider	AddThis.com AddThis privacy policy
Cookie	loc
Expiry	13 months
Category	Targeting
Geolocation, used to help providers determine how users who share information with each other are geographically located (state level). Opt out

Description
Provider	AddThis.com AddThis privacy policy
Cookie	mus
Expiry	25 days
Category	Targeting
Profile store status. Opt out

Description
Provider	AddThis.com AddThis privacy policy
Cookie	ouid
Expiry	25 days
Category	Targeting
Opt out

Description
Provider	AddThis.com AddThis privacy policy
Cookie	uid
Expiry	13 months
Category	Targeting
Unique user ID that recognizes the user on returning visits. Opt out

Description
Provider	AddThis.com (go.affec.tv) Affectv privacy policy
Cookie	ck
Expiry	5 Years
Category	Targeting
This is a cookie created by the AddThis social media sharing plugin. Affectv is a social analytics company that helps brands and companies to understand the users that visit their webpages. Opt out

Description
Provider	AddThis.com (go.affec.tv) Affectv privacy policy
Cookie	oo
Expiry	5 Years
Category	Targeting
This is a cookie created by the AddThis social media sharing plugin. Affectv is a social analytics company that helps brands and companies to understand the users that visit their webpages. Opt out

Description
Provider	AddThis.com (go.affec.tv) Affectv privacy policy
Cookie	pt
Expiry	5 Years
Category	Statistics
This is a cookie created by the AddThis social media sharing plugin. Affectv is a social analytics company that helps brands and companies to understand the users that visit their webpages. Opt out

Description
Provider	AppNexus (adnxs.com) AppNexus privacy policy
Cookie	sess
Expiry	Session cookie
Category	Statistics
Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies. Opt out

Description
Provider	AppNexus AppNexus privacy policy
Cookie	uuid2
Expiry	90 days
Category	Statistics
Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads. Opt out

Description
Provider	Google Analytics Google Analytics privacy policy
Cookie	_gat
Expiry	Session cookie
Category	Statistics
Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. Opt out

Description
Provider	Google Analytics Google Analytics privacy policy
Cookie	_ga
Expiry	2 Years
Category	Statistics
Used by Google to distinguish unique users. Opt out

Description
Provider	Google Analytics Google Analytics privacy policy
Cookie	_gid
Expiry	Session cookie
Category	Statistics
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. Opt out

How do I manage cookies?

Browsers are typically set to accept cookies automatically. You can choose to have your browser notify you when cookies are being written to your computer or accessed, or you can disable cookies entirely. To do this, please check your browser documentation or click the online 'help' files of your particular browser. However, please note that if you disable cookies in your browser some website features and services may not function properly.

If you would like to learn more about cookies generally and how to manage them, please visit allaboutcookies.org (opens in a new window).

Full details of how we collect, hold and process your personally identifiable information via the website are set out in our Privacy Policy.

Changes to this policy

We keep this policy under review and we will place any updates on this webpage. This policy was last updated on 25 May 2018.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about this policy or our use of cookies, please contact us