How we use cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work more efficiently, and sometimes provide useful information to the owners of the site.
There are some cookies necessary to this site functioning, such as logging in and interacting with our accessibility toolbar. These cookies will usually remove themselves when you close your browsing session. More information can be found in the ‘Necessary cookies’ section.
We use some additional cookies, such as Google Analytics, to help us gather information and improve the website. You have the option to deny use of these cookies; more information can be found in the ‘Additional cookies’ section.
You can find more information on managing and deleting cookies on the Information Commissioners Office.
Necessary cookies
The following cookies are necessary to our site functioning.
| Cookie | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| cookieconsent_status | Persistently records your option regarding additional cookies. | 1 year |
| CONCRETE5 | Allows the website (CMS or Content Management System) to record if the user is logged into an account on the website. | End of browsing session |
| CONCRETE5_LOGIN | Allows the website (CMS) to record if the user is logged into an account on the website. | End of browsing session |
Necessary accessibility cookies
The following necessary cookies allow the functions within our accessibility toolbar to work optimally.
| Cookie | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| accessibility-controls | Records option regarding additional cookies. | End of browsing session |
| saveFontSize | Allows the website (CMS) to record if the user’s font size selection. | End of browsing session |
| contrast-mode | Allows the website (CMS) to record the user’s contrast mode selection. | End of browsing session |
| googtrans | Allows the language of page content to be changed and records the language selected. | End of browsing session |
Additional cookies
In order to help us to improve the content, format and structure of this website we record and analyse how visitors use the using Google Analytics.
You can read Google’s extensive information on data practices in Google Analytics.
You can opt-out of Google Analytics on our website by denying additional cookies or by using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
| Cookie | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Distinguishes user for Google Analytics. | 2 years |
| _gid | Distinguishes user for Google Analytics. | 1 day |
| _gat | Throttles request rate for Google Analytics. | 1 minute |
| _ga_[ID] | Persists session state for newer versions of Google Analytics. | 2 years |
| __utma | Distinguishes user and session for Google Analytics. | 2 years |
| __utmb | Distinguishes user and session for Google Analytics. | 30 minutes |
| __utmc | Distinguishes user and session for Google Analytics. | End of browsing session |
| __utmz | Stores traffic source for Google Analytics. | 6 months |
Embed cookies
We may use embeds from YouTube, Google Maps or Vimeo on our site to display content. That content uses the following third-party cookies. Where possible, we will use privacy-oriented settings to ensure as few cookies as possible require consent.
These additional cookies that remain, and the content from which they stem, will not display on the site unless you choose to ‘Accept additional cookies’.
| Cookie | Source | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
|
CONSENT |
YouTube (.youtube-nocookie.com) |
Google cookie tracking consent with analytics and/or ad integration. |
2 years |
|
CONSENT |
Google Maps (.google.com) |
Google cookie tracking consent with analytics and/or ad integration. |
2 years |
|
__cf_bm |
Vimeo (.vimeo.com) |
Vimeo ClouldFlare layer which filters out requests from bots. |
30 minutes |
Captcha cookies
We use Google reCAPTCHA in order to verify whether or not you are a human when submitting data to the website. Most of the time, this will only be present on pages containing forms.
|
Cookie |
Source |
Path |
Purpose |
Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
_GRECAPTCHA |
Google (www.google.com) |
/recaptcha |
Provides risk analysis to Google spam protection. |
6 months |
Addthis sharing cookies
We use a function called Addthis to allow you to print and share our webpages.
| Cookie | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| __atrfs | Allows Addthis page sharing. | 1 year |
| __atuvs | Allows Addthis page sharing. | 30 minutes |
| __atuvc | Allows Addthis page sharing. | 13 months |
| __atssc | Allows Addthis page sharing. | 1 year |
| loc | Allows Addthis page sharing. | Defined by addthis.com |
| mus | Allows Addthis page sharing. | Defined by addthis.com |
| na_id | Allows Addthis page sharing. | Defined by addthis.com |
| na_tc | Allows Addthis page sharing. | Defined by addthis.com |
| notice_gdpr_prefs | Allows Addthis page sharing. | Defined by addthis.com |
| notice_preferences | Allows Addthis page sharing. | Defined by addthis.com |
| ssc | Allows Addthis page sharing. | Defined by addthis.com |
| sshs | Allows Addthis page sharing. | Defined by addthis.com |
| uid | Allows Addthis page sharing. | Defined by addthis.com |
| uvc | Allows Addthis page sharing. | Defined by addthis.com |
| xtc | Allows Addthis page sharing. | Defined by addthis.com |