Visiting our Website
When someone visits our website, we collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns, using Google analytics (see below How we use Cookies). We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site.
We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our websites. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifying information from any source.
If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will be up front about this. We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.
What are Cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that is stored by your web browser. You can find out more about cookies on www.allaboutcookies.org published by the IAB. The use of cookies is subject to the provisions of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (EC Directive) 2003.
How we use cookies
We use cookies to store session information while you are browsing our website. This allows us to improve your browsing experience by remembering your settings and choices. Cookies are a technical requirement for some functions offered on this website, such as staff or board member logins. Cookies must be enabled if you wish to make use of any of these services. We do not use cookies to store any personal data (other than your log-in details where appropriate).
We also use Google Analytics cookies to enable more accurate reporting of site usage data.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit //tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Third party cookies
We sometimes embed video content and photos from websites such as YouTube. Pages with this embedded content may present cookies from these websites. Similarly, when you use one of the share buttons on our website, a cookie may be set by the service you have chosen to share content through. You should check the relevant third party website for more information about these cookies.
Opt-out/Disable cookies
This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We’ll assume you’re ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. If you do not wish us to use cookies you may disable cookies in your browser settings.
Details of how to do this differ according to the browser you use. Instructions can be found in your browsers help files by searching for cookies or privacy. Full instructions for most popular browsers, including older versions, can be found at www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies Cookies are a technical requirement for some functions offered on this website, such as logins. Cookies must be enabled if you wish to make use of any of these services.
Cookies in use
| Provider | Name | Description | Type | Expiry |
| Civic Cookie Control | CookieControl |
Cookie Control cookies. This cookie is set to remember the user’s preferences about cookies. |
Necessary | 3 months |
| AnalyticsSyncHistory |
We utilise LinkedIn for marketing. LinkedIn sets this cookie to store information about the time a sync took place with the lms_analytics cookie. |
Marketing | 1 month | |
| DoubleClick (Google) | IDE |
Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the your actions after viewing or clicking one of our ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of our marketing efforts and to present targeted ads to you.
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Marketing | 13 months |
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Google Ads
ReCaptcha
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NID |
Google’s NID cookie serves several key functions related to user preferences and advertising: it helps Google remember your preferences (like language, search results per page, SafeSearch filter), tailors ads to be more relevant on both Google services (like Search) and on non-Google websites, and enables features like personalised autocomplete in Search as you type.
This cookie is also an essential part of Google’s reCAPTCHA service, a security tool used to distinguish between human users and automated bots. It helps protect websites from spam, abuse, and potential hacking attempts.
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Marketing / Functionality | 6 months |
| UserMatchHistory |
The UserMatchHistory cookie is primarily used for advertising purposes, predominantly on the LinkedIn platform. It tracks your browsing activity across different websites and records data about the types of content you interact with. |
Marketing | 1 month | |
| Google ReCAPTCHA | _GRECAPTCHA |
This cookie is an essential part of Google’s reCAPTCHA service, a security tool used to distinguish between human users and automated bots. It helps protect websites from spam, abuse, and potential hacking attempts. |
Functional | 6 months |
| Google Analytics | _ga |
The _ga cookie is the primary cookie used by Google Analytics to distinguish unique users and track their interactions on a website. |
Analytical | 13 months |
| Google Analytics | _ga* |
_ga* cookies all start with “_ga” but have additional extensions after the period. These cookies serve specialised purposes within Google Analytics and are related to cross-domain tracking: These cookies help track a user’s journey across multiple websites related to the same business or entity. |
Analytical | 13 months |
| Hotjar | _hjSession* |
Hotjar is a heatmapping software that helps us to understand how people are using our website and make improvements to the user experience. This cookie holds current session data. It ensures subsequent requests in the session window are attributed to the same session. |
Analytical | 1 year |
| Hotjar | _hjSessionUser* |
Hotjar is a heatmapping software that helps us to understand how people are using our website and make improvements to the user experience. This cookie is set when you first visit our site; it assigns a unique ID to track your behavior within our site, ensuring consistent data collection for subsequent visits. |
Analytical | 30 mins |
| bcookie |
This cookie stores a unique browser ID, which helps LinkedIn recognise visitors even if they’re not logged into a LinkedIn account. By doing so, LinkedIn are able to build a proifle of the users interest and target their advertising. |
Marketing | 1 year | |
| li_gc |
As we implement LinkedIn ads through our site, this cookie is set by Linkedin to store consent of guests regarding the use of cookies for non-essential purposes |
Marketing | 6 months | |
| li_sugr |
As we implement LinkedIn Ads through our site, LinkedIn set this cookie to make a probablistic match of a user’s identity outside of the Designated Countries. |
Marketing | 3 months | |
| lidc |
As we implement LinkedIn Ads through our site, LinkedIn set this cookie to facilitate data centre selection. This helps LinkedIn determine the best data centre to send a users request(s) to. |
Marketing | 1 day |