Cookie policy
Strictly necessary cookies
These help make our website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
| Cookie name | Details | Expiry |
| JSESSIONID | General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written in JSP. Usually used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server. | Session |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written with Miscrosoft .NET based technologies. Usually used to maintain an anonymised user session by the server. | Session |
| EBROKERTIMEOUTURL |
First-party cookie that uniquely identifies brand and web reference to enable login after timeout. This is used when you have been inactive on the site for a set period of time. | A few seconds |
| OptanonAlertBoxClosed | This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information. | 1 year |
| OptanonConsent | This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor. | 1 year |
Performance cookies
These help us to improve our website based on information such as which links are used most frequently or which pages receive the lowest number of visitors. They are not used to monitor an individual’s browsing activity.
| Cookie name | Details | Expiry |
| _gid | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited. | A few seconds |
| _ga | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. | 1 year |
| _gclxxxx | Google conversion tracking cookie | 2 months |
| OMGSession | This cookie provides affiliate campaign measurement data for individual user sessions. | A few seconds |
| OMG-Channel-775734 | This cookie tracks if you were referred to the website by an advertiser and allows outcomes to be measured. | 1 month |
| _ga_xxxxxxxxxx | Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. | 1 year |
| OMGID | This cookie enables measurement and analytics data of performance marketing campaigns across the Optimise Advertiser and Publisher network. | 1 month |
Targeting cookies
These cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and
engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers
| Cookie name | Details | Expiry |
| _fbp | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers | 2 months |
| _gat_UA-7734439-1 | Google Analytics Cookies | A few seconds |
| _omappvs | This cookie is used by OptinMonster to provide functions across pages. | A few seconds |
| _omappvp | This cookie is used by OptinMonster to provide functions across pages. | 10 years |
| muc_ads | Twitter Inc. Collects data on user behaviour and interaction in to optimise the website and make any advertisements on the website more relevant. | 1 year |
| CONSENT | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. | 1 year |
| personalization_id | This domain is owned by Twitter. The main business activity is: Social Networking Services. Where twitter acts as a third party host, it collects data through a range of plug-ins and integrations, that is primarily used for tracking and targeting. | 1 year |
Unclassified
These are cookies that do not currently fit into any standard classification.
| Cookie name | Details | Expiry |
| _GRECAPTCHA | Google. reCAPTCHA sets a cookie to provide risk analysis and spam protection. | 5 months |