A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your computer, tablet device or mobile phone when you visit our website via your internet browser. They enable us to make our website work more efficiently as well as provide information about how the site is used.
Cookies help us:
Types of cookie
This site uses two different types of cookies:
Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies some services cannot be provided. These cookies don't gather any information about you that could, for example, be used for marketing purposes, or for tracking your browsing activity on other websites.
Performance cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.
By using our website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.
Deleting cookies
You can choose to block or delete cookies through your browser settings. However, if you decide to block or delete our cookies, you will not be able to benefit from the full range of our Services and this may affect the performance of our website on your system. You can find out more about managing and switching off cookies at the independent website allaboutcookies.org.
The table below explains the types of cookie we use and their purpose:
Service | Cookie name | Description | Expiry |
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- | SessionProxyFilter_SessionId | Used to store the user's session ID so that application state can be retrieved and maintained between pages. | Session (expires when the browser is closed) |
- | feSessionToken | Used to store the user's access token so that application state can be retrieved and maintained between pages. | Session (expires when the browser is closed) |
- | cookie-banner-displayed | Used to determine if the cookie banner has been already displayed. | 90 days since the last visit. |
Google Analytics | _ga | The purpose of this set of cookies is to continue to improve the service we provide to users. The cookies are only used to identify general visitor behaviour (via Google Analytics) and do not establish personal information. | From 30 minutes to 2 years. |