Cookies

How we use cookies

Cookies are harmless text files which may be stored on your computer whilst using the site. We use cookies to improve your browsing experience and enable certain features or functionality.

We also measure statistics about visitors to the site and their usage e.g. where they came from, what pages they visit and what browser they are using. Knowing how our site is being used means we can improve our user’s experience in the future. We do not use cookies for advertising purposes or pass user data to any other organisation.

All cookies used on this site are listed below. If you do not wish these cookies to be tracked you can disable them in your browser, but this may negatively effect your experience on the site.

First party cookies

These are cookies that may be controlled and set by us on this domain, used to provide site functionality and optimisation.

Name

Purpose

resolution

Set and used by Adaptive Images to serve appropriately sized images to your device

wordpress_test_cookie

Set and used by WordPress to test for cookie capability

comment_author, comment_author_email

Set and used by WordPress to remember a commenting user’s data

wp-settings, wp-settings-time

Set and used by WordPress to remember a logged-in user’s preferences

Third party cookies

These are cookies that may be controlled and set by external services / tools, used to enhance our site and provide usage information.

Name

Purpose

__utma, __utmb, __utmc, __utmv, __utmz

Set and used by Google Analytics to track user activity

NREUM, NRAGENT, JSESSIONID

Set and used by New Relic to track user activity

khcookie, NID, SNID and PREF

Set and used by Google Maps to provide interactive location maps

APISID, HSID, NID, PREF, SSID, SID, SAPISID

Set and used by Google Site Search to provide search functionality

SERVERID, UID, UIDR, __qca

Set and used by Slideshare to provide embedded slideshows

Form data

We may collect the following information via any of the site’s input forms:

  • Your name and job title
  • Contact information including email address and telephone
  • Your address and postcode
  • Subscriptions to our email newsletter

Any email address data collected is never passed on to any third parties. If you do not wish to receive email newsletters from ourselves, please leave the “subscribe” option unticked when submitting any contact forms.