Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Different categories of cookies are used for different purposes on our sites. The cookies we use are listed below and follow the four cookie categories proposed by the International Chamber of Commerce. Note, that some cookies could be listed under multiple categories, this is normal.

Essential Cookies

Provider Description Cookie name Expiration
Osano Stores the user's current consent status. osano_consentmanager 1 year
Osano Stores the expiration of the user's captured consent. osano_consentmanager_expdate 1 year
Osano Stores the user's unique consent identifier. osano_consentmanager_uuid 1 year
Scottish Power Ltd. This cookie contains the user's session ID and the cookie will expire at the end of the session (when you close your browser). This cookie does not store personal data about you. ASP.NET_SessionId Session
Google LLC Associated with sites using Google Tag Manager to load other scripts and code into a page. ^_dc_gtm_UA-.* 1 year

These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. 

Personalization Cookies

Provider Description Cookie name Expiration
Hotjar LTD Set by Hotjar to ensure that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. ^_hjid$ Session

These items allow 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.

Analytics Cookies

Provider Description Cookie name Expiration
Hotjar LTD Used to determine the most generic cookie path so that cookies can be shared across subdomains (where applicable). After this check, the cookie is removed. ^_hjTLDTest$ Session
Google LLC Associated with Google Universal Analytics to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. ^_ga$ 2 years
Hotjar LTD Hotjar cookie that is set when a user first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the Hotjar User ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. ^_hjSessionUser_* 365 days
Google LLC Set by Google Analytics to identity the number of the account or website it relates to. ^_gat_UA-.* Session
Hotjar LTD A cookie that holds the current session data. This ensues that subsequent requests within the session window will be attributed to the same Hotjar session. ^_hjSession_* 30 minutes
Google LLC Associated with Google Universal Analytics to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. ^_gid$ 1 day
Google LLC Set by Google Analytics to distinguish users. ^_gali$ 30 Seconds
Hotjar LTD Used to store unique visits to the website. This cookie is used to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie. _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress 30 Minutes
Hotjar LTD This is set to identify a new user’s first session. It stores a true/false value, indicating whether this was the first time Hotjar saw this user. It is used by Recording filters to identify new user sessions. _hjFirstSeen Session
Hotjar LTD This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that user is included in the data sampling defined by your site's pageview limit. _hjIncludedInPageviewSample 30 Minutes
Hotjar LTD These cookies enable Hotjar software. It helps us track and analyse visitor behaviour such as page usage and site navigation. That information helps us to improve the website experience and to improve our website performance. _hjCookieTest Session

These items help the website operator understand how its website performs, how visitors interact with the site, and whether there may be technical issues. This storage type usually doesn’t collect information that identifies a visitor.

How do I change my cookie settings

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the cookie icon located at the bottom right corner of our webpage. You can then adjust the available toggles to “On” or “Off” and then by clicking save which will record your preferences. This will then enable or disable the script in the background from processing.

In addition, most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings.

Find out how to manage cookies on the below browsers by clicking on the below links:

To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer's website.