Cookies are small text files. Many websites place cookies on your computer when you visit. Cookies help make websites work more effectively. They also provide useful information to website operators about how users interact with a site. We use this information to try to improve your experience on our website.
We use cookies to remember personal settings you have chosen on our website. Most of the cookies we set are automatically deleted from your computer when you leave our website or shortly afterwards.
Complete information about the cookies we may set on your browser appears below.
By using our website you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.
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 | Purpose | Expiry |
| PHPSESSID | allows the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. | at the end of the session |
sifrFetch |
allows the website to display in our corporate fonts rather than default PC standard fonts. |
at the end of the session |
Web 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 these third-party cookies, and you should check Google’s privacy policy if you have concerns.
| Cookie name | Service | Expiry |
| __utma | contains a unique and anonymous identifying ID, which allows us to ensure that subsequent visits to our website are recorded as belonging to the same (unique) visitor | expires after two years |
| __utmb | used to establish and continue a unique user session | each time you request another page from the website the cookie is updated to expire after 30 minutes of inactivity |
| __utmc | works with __utmb to determine when to create a new session for a website visitor | expires when you exit the browser site |
| __utmz | tracks how you found us and is used to calculate traffic and navigation within the website | it is updated with every new page view and expires after 6 months |
| __utmv | relates to custom reporting segments, a feature which we occasionally use on Google Analytics |
expires after two years |
Blocking cookies
You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site. You can find out more about using your browser settings to control cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org.
If you have any questions or concerns about cookies please contact us