What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files which are downloaded to your computer, tablet or mobile phone when you visit a website or an app. Each time you visit, the website will be able to recognise you and offer a secure online experience by retrieving cookies from your web browser.
Cookies are used by almost every website to make your online experience smooth and secure. For example, they might remember your preferences, record the items you put in your shopping basket or count the number of people who look at a page on a website.
You can also refer to our Privacy policy.
Managing cookies
Cookies can be restricted, blocked or deleted by changing your browser settings. A step-by-step guide to disabling cookies on your device is available on About cookies.
Please note that, for security reasons, many websites won’t work properly if cookies are disabled. For more information about cookies and their use online you can read the Information Commissioner’s guide to cookies.
You can accept all the cookies that we use by clicking on the Allow all button displayed on our cookie banner.
If you’d rather decide what cookies are set, you can click on the Allow selection or Deny buttons on our cookie banner.
You can amend your settings or withdraw your consent for cookies at any time by clicking on the small black floating Cookies Settings button on the bottom right of our webpages.
Categories of cookies and what we use them for
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. 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.
Strictly necessary
Strictly necessary cookies are essential to make our website work for you and cannot be disabled. They are set in order to provide you with the services you request, for example remembering login details for secure areas, setting privacy preferences or filling in forms to contact us. Strictly necessary cookies do not store information that identifies you personally.
Preferences
Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.
Marketing
Targeting cookies do not collect and store personal information that could directly identify you, such as your name or email address. Instead, they use information such as your browser type or IP address to identify you. You can still use the site without targeting cookies. For more information please visit Google’s Privacy & Terms site.
Third party
Third parties (for example, advertising networks or providers of external services such as web traffic and analysis services) may use cookies over which we have no control. They are most likely to be analytical / performance or targeting cookies. For more information please visit Google’s Privacy & Terms site.
| Cookies | Cookie purpose | Cookie category |
|---|---|---|
CookieConsent |
Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. |
Strictly necessary |
csrftoken |
Helps prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. |
Strictly necessary |
hjViewportId |
Saves the user's screen size in order to adjust the size of images on the website. |
Statistics |
hjActiveViewportIds |
This cookie contains an ID string on the current session. This contains non-personal information on what subpages the visitor enters – this information is used to optimise the visitor's experience. |
Statistics |
_hjSessionUser_# |
Collects statistics on the visitor's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read. |
Statistics |
_hjSession_# |
Collects statistics on the visitor's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read. |
Statistics |
td |
Registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. |
Statistics |
lastExternalReferrer |
Detects how the user reached the website by registering their last URL-address. |
Marketing |
lastExternalReferrerTime |
Detects how the user reached the website by registering their last URL-address. |
Marketing |
collect |
Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
Marketing |
_fbp |
Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. |
Marketing |
_ga |
Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
Marketing |
_gid |
Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
Marketing |
_gat |
Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
Marketing |
_ga_# |
Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
Marketing |
__youtube.com CONSENT |
We embed videos from our official YouTube channel. The cookies do not directly identify individual users and YouTube will not store information to personalise your experience unless you are logged in to a Google account. Read more at YouTube’s embedding videos information page. |
Third party / Marketing |
YSC |
Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
Third party / Marketing |
PREF (youtube.com) |
Used to store user preferences. |
Third party / Marketing |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE (youtube.com) |
Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. |
Third party / Marketing |