Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device when you visit a website. They help websites function properly, improve user experience, remember preferences and, in some cases, provide information about how visitors use a website. Cookies may be set by us (“first-party cookies”) or by third-party service providers whose services we use.

In addition to cookies, we may use similar technologies that store or access information on your device. Throughout this policy, the term “cookies” includes these similar technologies.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for a number of purposes, including:

• Enabling the website to function correctly and securely.
• Remembering user preferences and settings.
• Understanding how visitors use our website so that we can improve its performance and content.
• Supporting certain third-party services and functionality.

Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the operation, security and administration of our website. The website cannot function properly without them and, under UK law, they do not require consent.

Examples may include:

• Security and fraud-prevention cookies.
• Session management cookies.
• Load-balancing and network management cookies.
• Cookie consent preference cookies.

Analytics and Performance Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting information such as page visits, traffic sources and website performance.

Where required by law, these cookies will only be used with your consent. Where we rely on a statutory exemption for limited statistical purposes, we will provide clear information and a simple way for you to object.

Functionality Cookies

These cookies remember choices you make, such as language preferences or accessibility settings, to improve your experience of the website.

Third-Party Cookies

Some features on our website may be provided by third parties. These third parties may place cookies on your device when you use their services. We do not control the operation of third-party cookies and recommend reviewing the relevant third party’s privacy and cookie information.

Examples may include:

• Google services.
• Social media platforms.
• Embedded maps or video content.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

When you first visit our website, you will be presented with a cookie banner that allows you to:

• Accept all optional cookies.
• Reject all optional cookies.
• Manage your cookie preferences by category.

You can change or withdraw your preferences at any time by selecting the Cookie Settings link available on our website.

Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of some areas of the website.

Browser Controls

Most web browsers allow you to manage cookies through their settings. You can usually:

• View cookies stored on your device.
• Delete existing cookies.
• Block some or all cookies.
• Configure your browser to notify you when cookies are placed.

Further information can be found in your browser’s help documentation.

Further Information

For more information about how we process personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.

Current Website Cookie Inventory

Source: Latest CookieYes scan of the firm’s website.

Necessary Cookies

Cookie	Duration	Purpose
__cf_bm	1 hour	Set by Cloudflare to support Cloudflare Bot Management and website security.
rc::a	Persistent (Never Expires)	Set by Google reCAPTCHA to identify bots and protect the website against spam and malicious activity.
rc::c	Session	Set by Google reCAPTCHA to identify bots and protect the website against spam and malicious activity.
cookieyes-*	1 year	Used by CookieYes to record and manage user consent preferences.

 

Functional Cookies

Cookie	Duration	Purpose
ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY	Persistent (Never Expires)	Used by YouTube to store the last search result selected by a user and improve future search results.

 

Analytics Cookies

Cookie	Duration	Purpose
_ga	1 year, 1 month, 4 days	Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish visitors and generate website usage statistics.
_gid	1 day	Google Analytics cookie used to record how visitors use the website and generate analytics reports.
_gcl_au	3 months	Set via Google services to measure the effectiveness of website-related advertising and services.

 

Performance Cookies

Cookie	Duration	Purpose
YSC	Session	Set by YouTube to track interactions with embedded videos.
_gat	1 minute	Google Analytics cookie used to manage the rate of requests to analytics servers.

 

Advertising Cookies

Cookie	Duration	Purpose
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	6 months	Set by YouTube to track use of embedded YouTube videos.
test_cookie	15 minutes	Set by DoubleClick to determine whether the visitor’s browser supports cookies.
IDE	1 year, 24 days	Set by Google DoubleClick to help deliver and measure advertising effectiveness.
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA	6 months	Stores the user’s cookie consent preferences for YouTube services.
__Secure-YNID	6 months	YouTube security cookie used to help protect user accounts and prevent fraud.
__Secure-YEC	Not specified	Description not currently available from the scan results.

 

Other / Unclassified Cookies

Cookie	Duration	Purpose
X-Mapping-hjggddoo	Session	No description available.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional	1 year	Records a user’s consent preference for functional cookies.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others	1 year	No description.
CONSENT	16 years 10 months	No description.
__Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN/td>	6 months	Description is currently not available.

 

Further Information

For further information about Google Analytics please see http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html
To prevent being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout