Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your computer while you are visiting a website. Cookies help make websites work. They also provide us with aggregated information about how users interact with our site. We use this information to try to improve your experience on our website.
We may use cookies to remember personal settings you have chosen at our website. In no other context do we use cookies to collect information that identifies you personally. Most of the cookies we set are automatically deleted from your computer when you leave our website or shortly afterwards.
The law about cookies changed in May 2011. Websites must get your agreement before they set certain types of cookie on your computer or handheld device.
Complete information about the cookies we may set on your browser appears below. A hyperlink to this information about cookies appears prominently on every page of our website.
Cookies set by this site
This is a list of cookies set by this website, along with a brief description of what each is used for.
Cookie name |
Purpose |
Expiry |
SESS[variable] | Contains unique non identifying id for a user to enable login | 23 days |
has_js | Detects javascript on a user’s browser | When you close your browser |
Third-party cookies
Advertising and analytics services we use to add value and convenience to your experience of our website may set cookies on your browser on our behalf.
Advertising
We serve advertising on some or all pages of this website. The software we use to serve ads places a cookie on your computer which allows us to control the number of times an ad can be served to the same computer. We do not use this feature of our ad server, and do not collect personal information about you, or the ads that you have seen.
Service |
Cookie name |
Expiry |
Google Dart for Publishers ad server | _gads | 2 year |
Analytics
We use a third-party service—Google Analytics—to collect aggregate data about usage of our website. We use this information to try to improve our web-based services. Google Analytics sets several cookies on your browser. We do not control the use of the these third-party cookies, and you should check Google’s privacy policy if you have concerns.
Service |
Cookie name |
Expiry |
Google Analytics | _utma | 2 years |
Google Analytics | _utmb | When you close your browser |
Google Analytics | _utmc | 23 days |
Google Analytics | _utmz | 6 months |
Google Analytics | _utmv | 2 years |
If you have any questions or concerns about cookies please contact us.