What is a cookie?
A cookie is a simple text file that is stored on your computer or mobile device while you browse a website. It allows a website storing you browse preferences such as visits frequency, preferred options, etc.

How do we use cookies?
Enabling these cookies is not strictly necessary for the website to work but it will provide you with a better browsing experience. You can delete or block these cookies, but if you do that some features of this site may not work as intended.

How to control cookies?
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish - for details, see aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.

Website cookies

The cookie-related information is not used to identify you personally and the pattern data is fully under our control. These cookies are not used for any purpose other than those described hereafter. We have categorised these to help you understand the type of function the cookies are performing.

Strictly Necessary Cookies:

These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, some of the services you have asked for could not be provided. 

Cookie Name

Origin

Purpose of the cookie

Further Information

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Uniquely identifies a user who has logged in. The cookie is associated with a user account in the database backend along with any information the user provides in their profile

This cookie lasts for 22-23 days or until you logout.

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Used only for administration user accounts to administer the website module list and to personalise the website module lists for administrator. The cookie is used to store the previous filter criteria on modules list page.

Expires in 7 days

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It is set when the user clicks on the “OK, I accept” button on the “Cookies Pop-up banner” or when the user, after viewing the “Cookies Pop-up banner”, proceeds to use the website by clicking any link on the website.

Expires in 3 months

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Let visitors choose which cookie categories they want to opt-in for (GDPR compliant)

Expires in 3 months

 

Analytics and Performance Cookies:

These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor and all information collected is aggregated and therefore anonymous. These cookies improve how a website works. 

Cookie Name

Origin

Purpose of the cookie

Further Information

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Tracking.
This keeps visitor ID value used by Piwik to recognize returning visitors.

This cookie is deleted after 13 months

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Tracking.
Session cookies are responsible for keeping the session active for 30 minutes after last tracked action, when they expire the visit is considered as ended, the time can be altered.

This cookie is deleted after 30 minutes

 

We use analytic information to help us make our website more focussed and better for our website visitors. You may, however, opt out of Piwik Analytics tracking if you prefer.

Functionality Cookies:

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (e.g. language setting, text size) and provide enhanced, more personal features. They can help provide services such as local weather reports by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently located. These cookies may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information collected may be anonymous and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

Cookie Name

Origin

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Further Information

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Informs our website whether the user has Javascript enabled. This is anonymous and doesn't uniquely identify the user.

This cookie is deleted when you close your browser