The information below provides further details about the cookies that are currently in use on our website and a description of the purpose of each of these cookies.
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of the website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log in to secure areas of the website.
- Analytical/performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way the website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
- Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to the website and remember your account preferences.
| Name | Description | Category | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| has_js | The has_js cookie is used to determine whether the user's browser has enabled javascript or not. | Strictly necessary | End of browser session |
| _ga | Used to distinguish users. | Optional | 2 years |
| _gid | Used to distinguish users. | Optional | 24 hours |
| _gat | Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_. | Optional | 1 minute |
| AMP_TOKEN | Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. | Optional | 30 seconds to 1 year |
| _gac_ | Contains campaign related information for the user. If you have linked your Google Analytics and Google Ads accounts, Google Ads website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out. | Optional | 90 days |
| AWSELB | AWS Classic Load Balancer creates load balancing cookie: used to map the session to the instance. | Strictly necessary | 1 day |
| AWSALB | Classic AWS load balancer first receives a request from a client, it routes the request to a target, generates a cookie named AWSALB that encodes information about the selected target, encrypts the cookie, and includes the cookie in the response to the client. | Strictly necessary | 1 day |
| __CookieConsentV111 | __CookieConsentV111 cookie is a plugin used to comply with EU guideline. | Strictly necessary | 90 days |
| .ASPXFORMSAUTH | This attribute is used to specify the HTTP cookie to use for authentication. | Strictly necessary | End of browser session |
| .ASPXROLES | Cookies used to keep track of if the visitor has any permissions on the website. Only used for logged in users | Strictly necessary | End of browser session |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | SessionId what .NET Manages for maintaining session | Strictly necessary | End of browser session |
How to refuse the use of cookies
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