About cookies
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
Cookies may be either 'persistent' cookies or 'session' cookies:
- a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date;
- a session cookie will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed
Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
Why we use cookies
Cookies help us improve the products and services that we offer you.
Cookies help us improve the products and services that we offer you. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
We use cookies to:
- identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website (authentication cookies)
- help us to determine if you are logged into our website and to facilitate single sign on
- store information about your preferences and to personalize the website for you
- help us to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect our website and services generally
- help us to display advertisements that will be relevant to you
- help us to analyze the use and performance of our website and services; and
- store your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally.
Cookies help us improve the products and services that we offer you.
Our service providers use cookies
We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our web properties. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website.
Google's privacy policy
| Cookie Name | Expiration Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cookie Name:_ga | Expiration Time:2 years | Description:Used to distinguish users. |
| Cookie Name:_gid | Expiration Time:24 hours | Description:Used to distinguish users. |
| Cookie Name:_gat | Expiration Time:1 minute | Description:Used to throttle request rate. |
| Cookie Name:AMP_TOKEN | Expiration Time:30 seconds to 1 year | Description:Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. |
| Cookie Name:_gac_<property-id> | Expiration Time:90 days | Description:Contains campaign related information for the user. If you have linked your Google Analytics and AdWords accounts, AdWords website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out. |
We may publish Google AdSense advertisements on our websites. To determine your interests, Google will track your behavior on our websites and on other websites across the web using cookies. This behavior tracking allows Google to tailor the advertisements that you see on other websites to reflect your interests. We do not publish interest-based advertisements on our websites.
You can view, delete or add interest categories associated with your browser by visiting: My ad centre. You can also opt out of the AdSense partner network cookie using those settings or using the Network Advertising Initiative's multi-cookie opt-out mechanism at: Network Advertising Initiative's Multi-cookie opt-out. To ensure that an opt-out is maintained in respect of a particular browser, you may wish to consider using the Google browser plug-ins.
Marketo
We use Marketo to provide email and marketing services This service uses cookies for tracking the usage of our websites and form submissions. You can view the privacy policy. The relevant cookies
Woopra
We use Woopra to analyze the use of our web properties. Woopra gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Woopra's privacy policy
Hotjar
We use Hotjar to analyze the use of our web properties. Hotjar gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Hotjar's cookie information.
We use LinkedIn to provide digital advertising services. LinkedIn cookies are used to help display more relevant ads to users of the LinkedIn platform. LinkedIn privacy policy
Our service providers also use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website. Google, Marketo, Hotjar and Woopra provide services to us and store cookies on your computer when you use our website.
Details of cookies:
We use authentication cookies to identify a website user and facilitate single sign on between our web properties.
We use authentication cookies to identify a website user and facilitate single sign on between our web properties.
Managing cookies
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
- Clear, allow & manage cookies in Chrome
- Enhanced Tracking Protection in Firefox for desktop
- Web preferences
- Delete and manage cookies
- Microsoft Edge, browsing data, and privacy
Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our websites, products and services.
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies .
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