Cookie Policy
Our cookie policy explains what cookies we use, why we use them, and how you can manage or change your settings.
Our cookie policy explains what cookies we use, why we use them, and how you can manage or change your settings.
This website uses cookies to better the users experience while visiting the website. Where applicable this website uses a cookie control system allowing the user on their first visit to the website to allow or disallow the use of cookies on their computer / device. This complies with recent legislation requirements for websites to obtain explicit consent from users before leaving behind or reading files such as cookies on a user's computer / device.
Cookies are small files saved to the user's computer’s hard drive that track, save and store information about the user's interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website.
Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to their computers hard drive they should take necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors.
This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to better understand how they use it. This software is provided by Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a cookie to your computers hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect personal information. You can read Google's privacy policy here for further information http://www.google.com/privacy.html
Other cookies may be stored to your computers hard drive by external vendors when this website uses referral programs, sponsored links or adverts. Such cookies are used for conversion and referral tracking and typically expire after 30 days, though some may take longer. No personal information is stored, saved or collected.
| Name | Description | Retention Period |
|---|---|---|
| CookieControl | Stores user consent preferences for your website. | 3 months |
| CookieControlTC | Stores IAB TCF consent preferences. | 3 months |
| buid | This cookie is used by Microsoft to securely verify your login information | 30 days |
| esctx | This cookie is used by Microsoft to securely verify your login information | Session |
| fpc | This cookie is used by Microsoft to securely verify your login information | 30 days |
| stsservicecookie | Cookie for Azure Active Directory B2C-verification | Session |
| ARRAffinity | When using Microsoft Azure as a hosting platform and enabling load balancing, this cookie ensures that requests from one visitor's browsing session are always handled by the same server in the cluster. | Session |
| ARRAffinitySameSite | When using Microsoft Azure as a hosting platform and enabling load balancing, this cookie ensures that requests from one visitor's browsing session are always handled by the same server in the cluster. | Session |
| __AntiXsrfToken | This cookie is used to prevent Cross-site request forgery (often abbreviated as CSRF) attacks of the website. CSRF attacks exploit the trust that a site has in a user's browser. | Session |
| .ASPXANONYMOUS | Created by ASP.Net. This cookie configures anonymous identification for application authorization. This is required to identify entities that are not authenticated when authorization is required. | 2 months |
| .ASPXAUTH | Created by ASP.Net. .ASPXAUTH is a cookie to identify if the user is authenticated( As user's identity has been verified) | Session |
| nSGt- | This cookie is used by Microsoft to securely verify your Sharepoint login information | Session |
| RpsContextCookie | This cookie is used by Microsoft to securely verify your Sharepoint login information | Session |
| ASLBSACORS | Microsoft App Service and Front Door Affinity Cookies. These cookies are used to direct your browser to use the appropriate backend server. | Session |
| ASLBSA | Microsoft App Service and Front Door Affinity Cookies. These cookies are used to direct your browser to use the appropriate backend server. | Session |
| ASPSESSIO | Browsing session: the asterisks identify an alphanumerical code that varies from session to session in automatic mode. | Session |
| ApplicationGateway Affinity | This cookie is used by Azure Apps to keep a user session on the same server. | Session |
| ApplicationGateway AffinityCORS | This cookie is used by Azure Apps to keep a user session on the same server. | Session |
| VisitorStorageGuid | This cookie is used by Azure Apps to keep a user session on the same server. | Session |
| __cfduid | The '__cfduid' cookie is set by the CloudFlare service to identify trusted web traffic. It does not correspond to any user id in the web application, nor does the cookie store any personally identifiable | 5 years |
| __cfruid | Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic. | Session |
| __cf_bm | Cloudflare's bot products identify and mitigate automated traffic to protect your site from bad bots. Cloudflare places the __cf_bm cookie on End User devices that access Customer sites that are protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. The __cf_bm cookie is necessary for the proper functioning of these bot solutions. | 30 minutes |
| cf_chl_2 | Used by Cloudflare for the execution of Javascript or Captcha challenges. These cookies are not used for tracking or beyond the scope of the challenge. | Session |
| __cflb | When enabling session affinity with Cloudflare Load Balancer, Cloudflare sets a __cflb cookie with a unique value on the first response to the requesting client. Cloudflare routes future requests to the same origin, optimizing network resource usage. In the event of a failover, Cloudflare sets a new __cflb cookie to direct future requests to the failover pool. | 30 minutes |
| _cfuvid | The _cfuvid cookie is only set when a site uses this option in a Rate Limiting Rule, and is only used to allow the Cloudflare WAF to distinguish individual users who share the same IP address. | Session |
| cf_clearance | Whether a CAPTCHA or Javascript challenge has been solved. | 1 years |
| Name | Description | Retention Period |
|---|---|---|
| _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 |
| _dc_gtm_ | 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 |
| _gac_ | 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 |
| __utma | ID used to identify users and sessions | 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 |
| __utmc | Used only with old Urchin versions of Google Analytics and not with GA.js. Was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session. | 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 |
| __utmv | Contains custom information set by the web developer through the _setCustomVar method in Google Analytics. This cookie is updated each time new data is sent to the Google Analytics server. | 2 years |
| __utmx | Used to determine whether a user is included in an A / B or Multivariate test. | 18 months |
| __utmxx | Used to determine when the A / B or Multivariate test in which the user participates ends | 18 months |
| FPAU | Assigns a specific ID to the visitor. This allows the website to determine the number of specific user-visits for analysis and statistics. | Session |
| FPID | Registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. | 1 year |
| FPLC | This FPLC cookie is the cross-domain linker cookie hashed from the FPID cookie. It’s not HttpOnly, which means it can be read with JavaScript. It has a relatively short lifetime, just 20 hours. | 20 hours |
| vuid | This first party cookie created by Vimeo is used to assign a Vimeo Analytics unique id. | 1 year |
| Player | This first party cookie created by Vimeo is used to remember user’s player mode preferences. | 1 minute |
| continuous_play_v3 | Used to keep track of whether continuous play is on or not for a user | 2 years |
| Name | Description | Retention Period |
|---|---|---|
| lidc | Used by the social networking service LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. | 24 hours |
| bcookie | Used by LinkedIn to track the use of embedded services. | 1 year |
| bscookie | Used by LinkedIn to track the use of embedded services. | 1 year |
| trkCode | This cookie is used by LinkedIn to support the functionality of adding a panel invite labeled 'Follow Us' | 1 year |
| trkInfo | This cookie is used by LinkedIn to support the functionality of adding a panel invite labeled 'Follow Us' | 1 year |
| li_oatml | Collects information about how visitors use our site. | 30 days |
| liap | Cookie used for Sign-in with Linkedin and/or to allow for the Linkedin follow feature. | 90 days |
| lissc | Pending | 1 year |
| spectroscopyId | These cookies are set by LinkedIn for advertising purposes, including: tracking visitors so that more relevant ads can be presented, allowing users to use the 'Apply with LinkedIn' or the 'Sign-in with LinkedIn' functions, collecting information about how visitors use the site, etc. | Session |
| UserMatchHistory | These cookies are set by LinkedIn for advertising purposes, including: tracking visitors so that more relevant ads can be presented, allowing users to use the 'Apply with LinkedIn' or the 'Sign-in with LinkedIn' functions, collecting information about how visitors use the site, etc. | 30 days |
| lang | Used to remember a user's language setting | Session |
| li_gc | Used to store guest consent to the use of cookies for non-essential purposes | 2 years |
| li_rm | Used as part of the LinkedIn Remember Me feature and is set when a user clicks Remember Me on the device to make it easier for him or her to sign in to that device | 1 year |
| AnalyticsSyncHistory | Used to store information about the time a sync with the lms_analytics cookie took place for users in the Designated Countries | 30 days |
| ln_or | Used to determine if Oribi analytics can be carried out on a specific domain | 1 day |
| li_sugr | Used to make a probabilistic match of a user's identity outside the Designated Countries | 3 months |
| IDE | This cookie is used for targeting, analyzing and optimisation of ad campaigns in DoubleClick/Google Marketing Suite | 1 year |
| DSID | This cookie is used for targeting, analyzing and optimisation of ad campaigns in DoubleClick/Google Marketing Suite | 60 minutes |
| ID | This cookie is used for targeting, analyzing and optimisation of ad campaigns in DoubleClick/Google Marketing Suite | 2 months |
| RUL | Used by DoubleClick to determine if the website ad was properly displayed. This is done to make their marketing efforts more efficient. | 1 year |
| FLC | This cookie is used to link your activity across devices if you’ve previously signed in to your Google Account on another device. We do this to coordinate that the ads you see across devices and measure conversion events. | 10 seconds |
| __gads | This cookie is used by Google for a variety of purposes (e.g., ensuring Frequency Caps work correctly). It includes AdSense if you have AdSense enabled. This cookie is associated with the DoubleClick for Publishers service from Google. Its purpose is to monitor the showing of advertisements on the site, for which the owner may earn some revenue. The main purpose of this cookie is targeting/advertising. | 1 year |
| GoogleAdServingTest | Used to register what ads have been displayed to the user. | Session |
| ar_debug | Store and track conversions | 1 year |
| test_cookie | This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to determine if the website visitor's browser supports cookies. | 15 minutes |
| APC | This cookie is used for targeting, analyzing and optimisation of ad campaigns in DoubleClick/Google Marketing Suite | 6 months |
| GPS | Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location. | 1 day |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. Also used for marketing | 6 months |
| PREF | This cookie stores your preferences and other information, in particular preferred language, how many search results you wish to be shown on your page, and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on. | 10 years |
| YSC | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Session |
| DEVICE_INFO | Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website. | 180 days |
| LOGIN_INFO | This cookie is used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website. | 2 years |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_ METADATA | Youtube visitor privacy metadata cookie | 6 months |
We comply with GDPR and UK Data Protection regulations, requiring us to obtain cookie consent.
This policy is subject to updates and changes. Users are encouraged to regularly review our policy.
This policy was generated using a scan by CIVIC Cookie Control, conducted on 02/02/2026, 17:07.