How this site uses Cookies
We use cookies to collect information about visits to our Site to help us provide a better service. We keep track of the domains from which people visit our Site and measure visitor activity on our Site, but do so in a way that keeps the information anonymous. An individual is not identified unless he or she voluntarily gives us personal identification online. We use the information to analyse visits to our Sites so that we may measure the traffic through our servers, the level of interest in topics, and make our Sites more useful to visitors.
A ' Cookie' is an element of text that a website sends to your web browser that helps the site remembers information about you and your preferences.
‘Session’ cookies are temporary bits of information that are erased once you exit your Web browser window or otherwise turn your computer off. Session cookies are used to improve navigation on web sites and to collect statistical information.
‘Persistent’ cookies are more permanent bits of information that are placed on the hard drive of your computer and stay there unless you delete the cookie. Persistent cookies store information on your computer for a number of purposes, such as retrieving certain information you have previously provided (e.g. login passwords), helping to determine what areas of the Web site visitors find most valuable, and customising the web site based on your preferences. This site uses persistent cookies.
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Google Analytics |
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These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. This information is used to compile reports and help us improve the usability of the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. |
Click here for an overview of privacy at Google |
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Google Plus one Cookie |
NID |
Only activated if you click on the following icon:
This is a cookie used from Google’s safe browsing API |
Click here for an overview of privacy at Google |
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Microsoft |
ASP.NET_SessionId |
This cookie is deleted when you close your browser. |
Visit the Microsoft website |
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YouTube Cookies |
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We embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode. |
YouTube’s embedding videos information page |
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Net Visibility |
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A cookie is placed on your computer to identify your visit to our website so that we can provide you with the best service. This cookie is linked to identifiable information that we hold about your activity to this website.
This cookie does not hold any private information on your computer, or allow tracking of your visits to other websites. |
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Load Balancer |
BIGipServersgdmktg-sp-http |
F5 Load Balancer cookie to achieve a good customer experience and minimal response time on this website. This is a session cookie and will be removed once your browser session has finished. |
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If you continue to use our site, you agree to our use of cookies.
If you wish to turn cookies off in your browser please use the instructions and screen shots below, you can then restart your browser and re-visit this website:
Internet Explorer
Go to “Tools” and “Internet Options”
Select “Privacy Tab”
Click on “Advanced”
Firefox
Go to “Firefox” button > “Options”
Select “Privacy tab”
In the “Firefox will:” drop down select “Use custom settings for history”
Chrome
Select the “tool” icon
Select “Settings”
Select “under the “bonnet”
Select “Content Settings”
