Cookies
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About cookies
Cookies are small pieces of text that are stored by your browser. Each cookie has a name and is associated with a particular site. When your browser sends a request to a site (for example, to download a page, image, or video), the computer that responds (known as a server) may tell your browser to set one or more cookies. When your browser makes further requests to the same site it sends the cookies back to the server. This allows the server to remember you as you browse the site, and provide features such as shopping baskets or password-protected areas.
Managing cookies
You can block all cookies through your browser settings (see the instructions for Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge), but if you choose to do so some features on our site will no longer work.
We provide on/off switches on this page to let you enable and disable individual features that use cookies. Please note that if you disable a feature the associated cookies will still be stored by your browser until they expire, but the feature will no longer be loaded and it will not have access to the cookies.
First-party cookies
First-party cookies are set when you interact with our site. Your browser will only send these cookies in requests to our site.
Essential cookies
These cookies are necessary for our site to work correctly. You can block these cookies through your browser settings, but if you choose to do so some features will no longer work.
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- This cookie is used to remember your cookie preferences. It is created when you change your cookie preferences and expires after thirty days.
Google Analytics cookies
These cookies are used by Google Analytics to track visitor interaction with our site in order to produce statistical reports for us. These cookies are created once you accept cookies on our site. For more information, see the Google Analytics section of our privacy policy.
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- This cookie is used to distinguish each visitor. It expires after two years.
- _gid
- This cookie is used to distinguish each visitor. It expires after one day.
- _ga_SLP9L7DRB1
- This cookie is used to remember details of each visitor. It expires after two years.
- _gat_UA-81046227-41
- This cookie is used to limit the number of requests sent to Google. It expires after one minute.
Third-party cookies
Third-party cookies are created by functionality and content on our site that are supplied by other providers. Your browser will send these cookies in requests to the provider of the functionality or content, which may allow the provider to track you across multiple sites.
YouTube video player
The YouTube video player creates cookies when the player loads. For more information, see the YouTube video player section of our privacy policy.
Other third-party cookies
These cookies are set by content on our site that is supplied by other providers. You can block these cookies through your browser settings, but if you choose to do so some features will no longer work.
- Facebook page widget
- The Facebook page widget creates cookies when the widget loads. For more information, see the Facebook page widget section of our privacy policy.