Cookie Policy

In this policy we use the term “cookies” to refer to cookies and other similar technologies covered by the EU Directive on privacy in electronic communications.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small piece of data that a website asks your browser to store on your computer or mobile device. The cookie allows the website to “remember” your actions or preferences over time.

Most Internet browsers support cookies; however, users can set their browsers to decline certain types of cookies or specific cookies. Further, users can delete cookies at any time.

Why do we use cookies?

We use cookies to help us learn how you interact with our content and to improve your experience when visiting our website. We use cookies with geolocation tracking in order to better understand how effective our marketing efforts are.

What types of cookies do we use?

Session Cookies
“User input cookies”, or session cookies, are used to keep track of a user’s input when submitting online data. We also use session cookies to provide information you’ve requested through an action , such as clicking a button or filling out a web form. Session cookies always expire after the browsing session is over.

Persistent Cookies
Persistent cookies help websites remember your information, browsing history, and settings when you visit them in the future. This results in faster and more convenient access.
Persistent cookies stay on your device unless you delete them manually, or until they are automatically deleted based on the retention period of the cookie.

How are third party cookies used?

For some of the functions within our websites we use third party suppliers, for example, you may visit a page with videos embedded from Vimeo or Youtube. These videos or links (and any other content from third party suppliers) may contain third party cookies. We do not control these cookies and you are encouraged you to review the policies of the third party vendors on their websites for information regarding their use of cookies and privacy.

Analytics Cookies

These cookies are used to better understand and optimize the web experience, such as pages visited or length of time spent on a page.

The cookies set measure several things and are outlined below

Cookie Name	Default Expiration Time	Description
__utma	2 years from set/update	Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
__utmt	10 minutes	Used to throttle request rate.
__utmb	30 mins from set/update	Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
__utmc	End of browser session	Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit.
__utmz	6 months from set/update	Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
__utmv	2 years from set/update	Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
_ga	2 years	Used to distinguish users.
_gid	24 hours	Used to distinguish users.
_gat	1 minute	Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_<property- id>.
AMP_TOKEN	30 seconds to 1 year	Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service.
_gac_<property-id>	90 days	Contains campaign related information for the user. If you have linked your Google Analytics and Google Ads accounts, Google Ads website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out.