Cookie policy
What is a cookie?
A ‘cookie’ is a type of data file that is stored on your device when you visit a website or perform actions while visiting a website. A cookie file contains information that is transferred to your device’s memory which is recalled when you revisit our site, or when you perform certain actions on your device. Where we refer to a cookie in this policy, this incorporates similar tracking technologies.
Necessary Cookies
When you first visit our website, we only use necessary cookies. This means that additional cookies (called “Optional Cookies” in this policy) won’t be used unless you agree to accept/enable all cookies, or select your own cookie preferences.
Optional Cookies
Optional cookies are used for analytical, performance, advanced functionality and advertising purposes. More information is set out in this policy. Optional cookies help us improve our website, and we believe accepting all optional cookies provides you with the best user experience.
Cookies can be “First Party”, i.e. set by us, or “Third Party”, i.e. placed on your device by another organisation when you visit our website. Third-party cookies may be placed on your device by an organisation providing a service to us or by our business partners, so that they can advertise products and services to you on our website and elsewhere on the internet. Because of how cookies work, our website cannot access third-party cookies stored from other websites; nor can other organisations access the data in the cookies we use on our website.
Changing your preferences
You can select to accept/enable some or all of the optional cookies either within the settings of your own device or by selecting the option provided on our website.
How long will cookies stay on my device?
The length of time a cookie will stay on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies should expire when you stop browsing. Persistent cookies stay on your device until they expire after a set period or are deleted. For each of the cookies used on our website, we have set out the duration in the tables below.
The Cookies we use on our website
Necessary Cookies
Necessary Cookies are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that allow page navigation or enable you to access certain areas of our website. Our website cannot function properly without these cookies. Necessary Cookies can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences, but doing so may result in reduced or limited functionality of our website. In some circumstances, our website may cease to function as intended if necessary cookies are disabled, deleted or otherwise altered. We do not accept any liability for any loss arising where necessary cookies are disabled, deleted or otherwise altered.
Cookie Name | Purpose | Controller | Further information |
XSRF-TOKEN | This cookie is to protect users against fraud | Expires 2 hours | |
seaspace_session | Expires 2 hours | ||
Cookie control | Controls necessary, marketing and analytical cookies for the user | 90 days | |
HSID and SID | Allows Google to block attacks such as attempts to steal the content of forms submitted | 2 years | |
SIDCC | To provide identification of trusted web traffic | 1 year |
Optional Cookies
We and third parties like to use cookies on this website to enhance your user experience, personalise content and advertisements, provide social media features, and analyse the traffic/visitor actions on our website. Optional cookies help us to provide you with the experience we intend to provide when you browse our website, and also allow us to improve our website and the service we provide.
We need to obtain your consent to use certain optional cookies; this is by way of our pop-up notice. As set out in this policy, you can change your preference at any time.
Analytical
Our analytical cookies are anonymised and therefore do not process your personal data. If you would still prefer to turn these cookies off, you can do so via our cookie pop-up banner on the landing page of our website.
We use analytical cookies to enable us to count the number of visitors and to see how visitors use our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Cookie Name | Purpose | Controller | Further information |
XSRF-TOKEN | This cookie is to protect users against fraud | Expires 2 hours | |
_ga | ID used to identify users | 1 year | |
_ga* | Used to identify and track an individual user session | 2 years | |
_gid | Id used to identify users for 24 hours | 24 hours | |
_gat | Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager | 58 seconds | |
dcgtm_ | Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests | 1 minute | |
AMP_TOKEN | Contains a token code that is used to read out a Client ID from the AMP client ID Service. By matching this ID with that of Google analytics, users can be matched when switching between AMP content and non-AMP content. | 1 year | |
gat* | Used to set and get tracking data | 1 hour | |
__utma | ID used to identify users and session | 2 years | |
__utmt | Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests | 10 minutes | |
__utmb | Used to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the GA.js javascript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to the Google Analytics server. | 30 minutes | |
FPAU | Assigns a specific ID to the visitor. This allows the website to determine the number of specific uservisits for analysis and statistics | session | |
__utmz | Contains information about the traffic source or campaign that directed user to the website. The cookie is set when the GA.js javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Anaytics server | 6 months | |
OTZ | Provides an aggregate analysis of website visitors | 1 month | |
SAMESITE | Same-site cookies are commonly used to keep people logged into individual websites, remember their preferences and support site analytics. | 6 months | |
lu | Used to record whether the person chose to remain logged in | 2 years | |
xs | Used in conjunction with the c_user cookie to authenticate your identity to Facebook. | 90 days | |
c_user | Used in conjunction with the xs cookie to authenticate your identity to Facebook. | 90 days | |
m_user | Used to authenticate your identity on Facebook's mobile website. | 90 days | |
pl | Used to record that a device or browser logged in via Facebook platform. | 90 days | |
UULE | Sends precise location information from your browser to Google's servers so that Google can show you results that are relevant to your location. | 6 hours |
Marketing
We and third parties want to display adverts that we think are relevant to you. In order to do so, we need your consent to use advertising cookies. Even if you do not accept our advertising cookies, where you have accepted advertising cookies on another website they may remain active on our website.
We use social media cookies to allow you to share our website (or parts of it) on social media. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies but are controlled by the marketing cookie function on our cookie tool. Please note that our social media partners may also use cookies over which we have no control and if you have consented to the use of those cookies elsewhere, as they are on your device without your consent, those cookies will be active. We cannot prevent this. To control the use of these cookies, you will need to contact the controller of that cookie.
Cookie Name | Purpose | Controller | Further information |
ADS_VISITOR_ID | Contains information related to marketing campaigns of the user. These are shared with Google AdWords / Google Ads when the Google Ads and Google Analytics accounts are linked together | 90 days | |
AEC | AEC cookies ensure that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites. | 90 days | |
APISID | For targeted advertising | 1 year | |
DV | Ensure advertising and user interactions across platforms | 3 hours | |
NID | Show Google ads in Google services for signed out users | 6 months | |
SAPISID | Ensure advertising to build a profile of visitors interests. This cookie works by uniquely identifying your browser and device/continuous. | 1 year | |
SSID, APISID and SAPISID | Enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube. | 1 year |
