Cookies
To make this site simpler, we sometimes place small data files on your computer. These are known as cookies. Most big websites do this too.
They improve things by:
- remembering settings, so you don't have to keep re-entering them whenever you visit a new page
- remembering information you've given so you don't need to keep entering it
- measuring how you use the website so we can make sure it meets your needs
Our cookies aren't used to identify you personally. They're just here to make the site work better for you. Indeed, you can manage and/or delete these small files as you wish.
To learn more about cookies and how to manage them, visit AboutCookies.org. Or please read on to find out more about how and where we use cookies.
Our website uses cookies in several places - we've listed each of them below with more details about why we use them and how long they will last.
Measuring website usage (Google Analytics)
We use Google Analytics to collect information about how people use this site. We do this to make sure it's meeting its users' needs and to understand how we could do it better.
Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. We do not collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are. We do not allow Google to use or share our analytics data.
The following cookies are set by Google Analytics:
| Name | Typical Content | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _utma | randomly generated number | 2 years |
| _utmb | randomly generated number | 30 minutes |
| _utmc | randomly generated number | when you close your browser |
| _utmx | randomly generated number | 2 years |
| _utmxx | randomly generated number | 2 years |
| _utmz | randomly generated number and information on how the site was reached (e.g. direct or via a link, organic search or paid search) | 6 months |
Storing accessibility settings
If you use our accessibility settings to change how our website looks, then we will set a cookie so your settings are remembered.
| Name | Typical Content | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| userColourscheme | Name of the colour scheme (e.g. 'soft1') | 1 hour |
| userFontsize | Font size chosen (e.g 'larger') | 1 hour |
| userFontchoice | Font style chosen (e.g 'comicsans') | 1 hour |
| userLetterspacing | Letter spacing chosen (e.g 'wide') | 1 hour |
Logging in
If you log into the website (for example to store form details), we use a cookie to first test if your browser accepts cookides, and secondly keep you logged in while you use our site.
| Name | Typical Content | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| jadu_cc | Randomly generated number | When you close your browser |
| TestCookie | Test | When you close your browser |
