Cookies and how we use them
What is a cookie?
Like most other websites, we use cookies to help provide you with the best possible browsing experience.
Cookies are small text files that are placed onto your computer or mobile device when you first visit a website or page. They are used for a number of reasons, such as remembering whether you have visited the site before, so that you can remain logged in. They contain information about the use of your computing device but don’t include any personal information about you.
How we use cookies
We may use cookies to:
- Make the Website easier for you to use
- Improve the speed and security of the Website
- Allow you to share our pages on social networks
- Provide us with information about how the Website is used so that we can make improvements to the Website
- Analyse web traffic. Aggregated usage data helps us improve the website structure, design, content and functions
- Identify whether you are signed in to our website. A cookie allows us to check whether you are signed in to the site.
We do not use cookies to:
- collect any personal information about you (without your express permission);
- collect any sensitive information;
- pass data to any advertising networks;
- pass personal data to third parties, apart from Google Analytics if you allow it.
Cookies do not provide us with access to your computer or any information about you, other than that which you choose to share with us.
We may use the following types of cookies on the Website:
- Session cookies – these are only stored temporarily and are deleted from the user’s device when the browser is closed.
- Google Analytics – With your permission, we use Google Analytics to see how visitors use the site, for example which pages are most popular. We don’t use it to identify individual visitors.
Controlling cookies
You can use your web browser’s cookie settings to determine how our website uses cookies. If you do not want our website to store cookies on your computer or device, you should set your web browser to refuse cookies. However, please note that doing this may affect how our website functions. Some pages and services may become unavailable to you.
When you first visit, we ask whether you’re happy for us to use analytics cookies, and we only use them if you say yes. You can change your choice at any time using the Cookie settings button at the bottom of every page, or the button below.
Cookies our website uses
- rs_cookie_consent: remembers your cookie choice. Lasts 12 months. Always on.
- AWSALB and AWSALBCORS: set by our hosting to keep your visit on the same server. Last 7 days. Always on.
- Sign-in cookies (names starting wordpress_ or wp-): only set for staff who sign in to update the website. Always on for them.
- _ga and _ga_CK566JWLMM: Google Analytics. Last up to 2 years. Only if you accept analytics cookies.
To learn more about cookies and how they are used, visit All About Cookies.