Last updated: June 22, 2016
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.
We use the following cookies:
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
Name |
Purpose |
Duration |
|---|---|---|
| JSESSIONID | REQUIRED: This cookie is used to prove you are the owner of the account you are signed into, and prevents others accessing your details. | The cookie lasts as long as the browser you are using to access the site remains open. |
| ts_kmli | FUNCTIONAL: This cookie is set if you select 'Keep Me Logged In' when logging in. It securely prolongs your session so you don't have to re-enter your login credentials if returning to the site in the duration set for this cookie. | 14 days |
| ts_alt | FUNCTIONAL: This cookie is used to add a second level of security when logging you into the site from an email notification. | 14 days |
| ts_auth | FUNCTIONAL: This cookie is used to determine if you were previously logged in when you are prevented access to the site to let you know that your session has expired. | 14 days |
| ts_cc | FUNCTIONAL: This cookie is set when you first see the cookie banner so you only have to see it once. | 10 years |
| __atuvs | FUNCTIONAL: This cookie helps allow you to post our pages to your social media accounts, via a third party provider (AddThis). | 2 days |
| __atuvc | FUNCTIONAL: This cookie helps allow you to post our pages to your social media accounts, via a third party provider (AddThis). | 2 years |
| __atssc | FUNCTIONAL: This cookie helps allow you to share our pages using you default email provider, via a third party provider (AddThis). | 2 years |
| _gat | FUNCTIONAL: This cookie tracks your progress to help us understand how our users are using the site, via a third party provider (Google Analytics). | 10 minutes |
| _gid | FUNCTIONAL: This cookie tracks your progress to help us understand how our users are using the site, via a third party provider (Google Analytics). | 1 day |
| _ga | FUNCTIONAL: This cookie tracks your progress to help us understand how our users are using the site, via a third party provider (Google Analytics). | 2 years |
| __cfduid | FUNCTIONAL: This cookie is used to help prove your browser is trusted for our Content Delivery Network, via a third party provider (Cloudflare). | 2 years |
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