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.
Persistent cookies always stay with your browser even after you've exited the website.
The next time you open your browser and access the website that placed the cookie
on your browser, it will find the cookie still there. Nonpersistent cookies, as
their name suggests, do not stay around after you exit your browser.
The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
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Cookie
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Name
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Purpose
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Google Analytics
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_utma
_utmb
_utmc
_utmz
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These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We
use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies
collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the
site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.
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ASP.NET Session Cookie
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ASP.NET_SessionId
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The cookie is automatically generated by asp.net. You do not have control over it.
It is created the first time the web site is accessed through your browser and is
set to be deleted when you close the browser.
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Site cookie acceptance
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CookiesAcceptedOn
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Stores the date and time that you accepted to use cookies on the website. This is
set to expire one year from the original date. We use this to store the fact that
you have accepted to use cookies, meaning you do not have to accept cookies again
on subsequent visits.
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Email Address
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SavedEmail
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If you have ticked the option to remember your sign in details on the website, this
cookies stores your username for future visits. This is so you do not have to sign
in continueously.
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