Privacy and Cookies Policy

This website uses small text files called cookies to help improve user experience. These enable the site to ‘remember’ you and come in three forms:

Session cookies- used for the duration of your visit.

CookieTypeDurationDescription
DYNSRV SessionA load balancing cookie used by our servers.
PHPSESSID SessionThis is a unique identifier used by our content management system (cms) WordPress.
wordpress_[hash] SessionA WordPress cookie which stores your details for the admin area of the site.
wordpress_logged_in_[hash] SessionA WordPress cookie which identifies when you’re logged in, and who you are for most interface use.
WordPress_test_cookie SessionA WordPress cookie which determines and checks the ability of browsers to set more cookies.

Persistent cookies- used to remember your preferences for repeat visits.

CookieTypeDurationDescription
viewed_cookie_policyPersistent1 YearA cookie to remember if the visitor has accepted/closed the cookie info bar
wp-settings-[UID]Persistent1 YearA WordPress cookie, where the number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
wp-settings-{time}-[UID]Persistent1 YearA WordPress cookie, where the number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.

Third party cookies- set by other websites who run services on pages you are visiting.

CookieTypeDurationDescription
NIDThird Party184 daysGoogle sets this cookie to remember your selections or preferences that you’ve already made when looking at information or using a service.
PREFThird Party2 YearsGoogle Maps sets this cookie to help with your experience using the Google Maps plugin.