As is common practice with almost all professional websites, all of our web page sites use cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience on our website and digital platforms. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of our sites functionality. For more information on cookies see www.allaboutcookies.org
How We Use Cookies
We us cookies for a variety of reasons which are details below. Unfortunately, in most cases there are currently no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to our website. It is recommended that you leave on all your cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Disabling Cookies
You will be given the opportunity to opt in / opt out certain cookies (including those that collect personal data about you) we use but as mentioned above opting out could disable the functionality and features they add to our websites. Once you have agreed to opt in we will always provide you with the opportunity to opt out at any time.
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality and features they add to our website that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of our websites. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
Vendor |
Cookie |
Category |
Source |
Expiry |
Purpose |
Generic site cookies |
cookie_consent |
Essential |
First-Party |
1 year |
Your cookie consent preferences, stored when you save them on the websites first load. |
cookie_essentials |
Essential |
First-Party |
1 year |
cookie_personalisation |
Essential |
First-Party |
1 year |
cookie_marketing |
Essential |
First-Party |
1 year |
cookie_statistics |
Essential |
First-Party |
1 year |
poll-{id} |
Essential |
First-Party |
1 year |
This cookie is set when you cast your vote on a poll. |
Google Analytics |
_ga |
Statistics / Measurement |
First-Party |
2 years |
This counts how many people visit the website by tracking if you’ve visited before. |
_gid |
Statistics / Measurement |
First-Party |
24 hours |
This counts how many people visit the website by tracking if you’ve visited before. |
cookie_statistics |
Statistics / Measurement |
First-Party |
2 years |
Identification code of website for tracking visits. |
Double Click (added by GA) |
DSID |
Marketing / Advertising |
Third-Party |
1.5 years |
Used by Google and provided by doubleclick.net for either showing (or not showing) you adverts. Learn more. |
fbp |
Marketing / Advertising |
Third-Party |
|
cto_lwid |
Marketing / Advertising |
Third-Party |
1 year |
id |
Marketing / Advertising |
Third-Party |
1 year |
Facebook |
_fbp |
Marketing / Advertising |
Third-Party |
|
Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. |
act |
Marketing / Advertising |
Third-Party |
|
datr |
Marketing / Advertising |
Third-Party |
|
fr |
Marketing / Advertising |
Third-Party |
|
sb |
Marketing / Advertising |
Third-Party |
|
wd |
Marketing / Advertising |
Third-Party |
|
xs |
Marketing / Advertising |
Third-Party |
|
Constant Commerce |
cc_a_h |
Personalisation |
Third-Party |
|
This cookie is used to count the number of unique visitors who visit landing spaces, and as an anonymous online identifier for behavioural analytics to allow us to improve Brand Commerce. |
cc_a_s |
Marketing / Advertising |
Third-Party |
|
This cookie is used to establish and continue a user session within the website that loads Brand Commerce. This cookie is determined by the browser, and usually expires when a user ceases activity for longer than 30 minutes. |
cc_p_ls |
Marketing / Advertising |
Third-Party |
|
This cookie is a token used to remember store preferences when a user explicitly engages with Brand Commerce. |
cc_p_ls_opt |
Marketing / Advertising |
Third-Party |
|
A flag to indicate than an opt-in has been collected for the given user. |
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