What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files stored by your browser or on the hard drive of your computer when you visit a website. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide business and marketing information to the owners of the site.
More information about cookies can be found at www.aboutcookies.org.
Our use of cookies
Our website uses 11 cookies. These cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of the website which helps us to provide you with a good browsing experience and also allows us to improve our site.
Six of the cookies are “analytical” cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors to our site and to see how they move around and use the site. This helps us improve the way our site works. We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”) and other Google services for this. The information generated by the cookies about your use of our site will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our site, compiling reports on site activity and providing other services relating to site activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You can find out more information about Google cookies by following the links in the table below.
Two of the cookies are used to remember details you have entered on part of our site. These only apply if you choose the “Remember Me” option and only last for the duration of your current session.
We also use some website tracking software called Pardot which uses three cookies to monitor your journey through our website and remember your preferences when you return to our site.
More details about each of the cookies we use are set out below.
| Cookie |
Purpose |
Duration |
| Google Analytics |
__utma
|
Counts the number of times a user has been to the site, when their first visit was, and when their last visit occurred. |
2 years
|
__utmb
|
Takes a timestamp of when a user enters the site. It works together with __utmc to calculate the duration of a visit . |
Session only
|
__utmc
|
Takes a timestamp of when a user leaves the site. It works together with __utmb to calculate the duration of a visit. |
30 mins
|
__utmz
|
Tracks where a user came from, including what search engine was used, what link was clicked on, what keyword was used, and where in the world a user was when they accessed the site
More information about these cookies can be found on the Google Analytics website. |
6 months
|
| Google |
PREF
NID
|
These are third party cookies set by Google which enable us to use its map application on the “Contact us” page of our site. They allow Google to track the number of people using Google maps.
More information can be found in Google’s Privacy Policy. |
2 years
30 mins
|
ht-user
|
Enables the site to retrieve user details entered into the “Hot Topics” comments form if the “Remember Me” option is chosen. No personally identifiable information is stored in the cookie. |
Session only
|
| wpr-id |
Enables the site to retrieve user details entered when registering for a white paper if the “Remember Me” option is chosen. No personally identifiable information is stored in the cookie. |
Session only
|
| Pardot |
|
|
| visitor_id |
The visitor cookie includes the name “visitor_id” plus the unique identifier for the visitor, ex: “visitor_id1234”. This cookie is set by our tracking code on website visitors. No personally identifiable information is stored in the cookie. |
10 years |
| pi_opt_in |
The persistent cookie named “pi_opt_in” is what we use to stay in compliance with the 'Do Not Track' initiative. No personally identifiable information is stored in the cookie. |
10 years |
| pardot |
Only set if the user is logged into the Pardot app as a user. No personally identifiable information is stored in the cookie. |
Session only |
Please note that third party websites to which our site links may also use cookies. We have no control over these, so please visit those third party websites for more information about their use of cookies.
Managing cookies
You may disable the use of some or all cookies by changing the settings in your internet browser. If you do so, you may not be able to use the full functionality of our site or your user experience may be otherwise affected.
How to disable cookies will depend on the browser you use. If you are not sure of the type and version of browser you are using, you can find this by:
For PCs: clicking on “Help” at the top of your browser window and selecting the “About” option.
For Macs: with the browser window open, clicking on the Apple menu and selecting the “About” option.
Details on how to disable cookies in some of the common browsers are set out below:
Microsoft Internet Explorer:
PCs: Click on “Tools” at the top of your browser window, then “Internet Options”, then “Privacy” and select the appropriate setting.
Macs: Click on “Explorer” at the top of your browser window, then “Preferences”, then “Cookies” and select the appropriate setting.
Mozilla Firefox:
Click on “Tools” at the top of your browser window, then “Preferences”, then “Security” and select the appropriate setting.
Opera:
Click on “Menu” at the top of your browser window, then “Settings”, then “Preferences”, then “Advanced” and select appropriate setting.
Safari:
PCs: Click on the Cog icon at the top of your browser window, then “Preferences”, the “Security” and select appropriate setting.
Macs: Click on “Safari” at the top of your browser window, then “Preferences”, then scroll down to cookies under “Privacy & Security” and select appropriate setting.
Other browsers
Please consult your documentation or online help files, or find more information at www.aboutcookies.org.