Cookies are small text files that are stored in your browser when you visit some websites.
Cookies are used for numerous purposes. This website utilises three categories of cookie as defined by the International Chamber of Commerce guide for cookie categories:
- 'Strictly Necessary Cookies' are required for the website to function at a basic level.
- 'Performance Cookies' are used to collect anonymous user behaviour data which are used to further improve the site.
- 'Functionality Cookies' are used within the website's logic to enable certain website features and to enhance the user experience anonymously.
- 'Targeting Cookies' are used to provide social networking and social bookmarking functionality.
- By default all cookies are active on this website to provide the best user experience.
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 |
| 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 |
| NID | Google Preferences | 6 months | .google.com |
| IDE | Social Bookmarking | 2 Years | .doubleclick.net |