Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The table below explains the cookies we use and why.

Google Analytics
_ga, _gali, _gat, _gid, _utm*

These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited.

Google Maps
NID, PREF

NID and PREF are used by Google to store user preference and information when viewing pages with Google maps.

Vimeo
player, vuid

We embed videos from Vimeo. When you press play Vimeo will drop third party cookies to enable the video to play and to collect analytics data such as how long a viewer has watched the video. These cookies do not track individuals.

Joomla/System
Unique hash value, PHPSESSID

Joomla! uses session cookies in order to provide a better experience for the user. They will allow users to navigate the site easier and quicker by keeping the user logged in, auto populating form fields and more. There are cookies for regular users, logged in users and for commenters.

PHPSESSID is native to PHP and enables websites to store serialized state data. It is used to establish a user session and to pass state data via a temporary cookie, which is commonly referred to as a session cookie. As the PHPSESSID cookie has no timed expiry, it disappears when the client is closed.

Cookie manager
CookieControl

This cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on this site. Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie.

For further information, we have provided a link to the Information Commissioner’s Office – Please click here