What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored in your web browser. We use cookies to personalise content, ads and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our advertising and analytics partners. These partners may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their service.

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Let us know which cookies we can use when you visit our website. We’ll use a cookie to save your settings. The more information we have about the content you view on our website, and how you interact with it, the better service we can provide when you visit us online.

If you don’t want to receive cookies, you have the choice to disable them. You can manage which cookies you allow by selecting or deselecting the boxes below.

Strictly Necessary

Strictly necessary cookies make our website work. These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site.

Functional

Functional cookies remember the choices you’ve made. An example would be what language setting you prefer on our website. Our online chat function falls into this category.

NameExpiresPurpose
ajs_anonymous_id 1 year

Help count how many people visit a certain site by tracking if you have visited before.

DSID 1 week

Used by Google to store user preferences and information of Google maps.

intercom-id-c5ke8zbr 3 months

Anonymous visitor identification cookie.

OGP 2 months

This cookie enables the functionality of Google Maps.

OGPC 2 months

This cookie enables the functionality of Google Maps.

S Session

We use Google Maps to provide the embedded mapping page on this site. These cookies are generated by Google to provide this map.

SEARCH_SAMESITE 3 months

Prevents the browser from sending this cookie along with cross-site requests.

SIDCC 1 year

Used as a security measure to protect users data from unauthorised access.

Performance

Performance cookies collect information about how you use our website. This includes which pages you visited and which links you clicked on. None of this information can be used to identify you; it is all aggregated and, therefore, completely anonymised.

NameExpiresPurpose
__hstc 9 months

Associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is used for website analytics.

_BEAMER_FIRST_VISIT_zeKLgqli17986 18 years

Hotjar cookie used to identify the point at which the user first visits the site.

_BEAMER_LAST_UPDATE_zeKLgqli17986 9 months

Hotjar cookie used together with the date to identify the time elapsed between the current and previous actions.

_BEAMER_USER_ID_zeKLgqli17986 9 months

Hotjar cookie used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier.

_hjid 1 month

Set when the customer first lands on a page with the Hotjar script.

_hjIncludedInSample Session

Hotjar cookies which uniquely identifies a visitor during a single browser session and indicates they are included in an audience sample.

_hjptid Session

This cookie is set for logged in users of Hotjar, who have Admin Team Member permissions.

hubspotutk 9 months

Hubspot cookie relating to user authentication.

Advertising

Advertising cookies help show you relevant energy campaigns on social media and other online advertising channels. These cookies track your online activity to help us deliver more relevant advertising or to limit how many times you see an ad.

NameExpiresPurpose
__gads 2 years

Associated with the DoubleClick for Publishers service from Google. Used to measuring interactions with the ads on the domain and preventing ads from being shown to the user that they have already seen.

__Secure-3PAPISID 2 years

Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant and personalised Google advertising .

__Secure-3PSID 2 years

Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant and personalised Google advertising .

__Secure-3PSIDCC 2 years

Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant and personalised Google advertising .

__Secure-APISID 1 month

This DoubleClick cookie is generally set through the site by advertising partners, and used by them to build a profile of the website visitor's interests and show relevant ads on other sites.

_fbp 3 months

Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products.

_gcl_au 1 month

Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services.

_gcl_aw 1 week

Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services.

_gcl_dc 1 week

Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services.

_uetvid 2 weeks

This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website.

1P_JAR 30 days

Carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website.

act Session

This is a Facebook cookie used for their analytics and research.

ajs_user_id 1 year

Helps track visitor usage, events, target marketing, and can also measure application performance and stability.

ANID 2 years

Used for advertising served across the web and stored in google.com.

c_user 1 year

Used in conjunction with the xs cookie to authenticate your identity to Facebook.

CONSENT 18 years

Carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website.

datr 2 years

Facebook cookie. Identifies browsers for purposes of security and site integrity, including for account recovery, and identification of potentially compromised accounts.

dpr 7 days

Facebook cookie. Allows delivery of optimal experience for the user's screen.

fr 90 days

Facebook's primary advertising cookie, used to deliver, measure and improve the relevancy of ads.

HSID 1 year

Set by DoubleClick to build a profile of the website visitor's interests and show relevant ads on other sites.

IDE 6 weeks

Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user.

m_pixel_ratio Session

Facebook cookie. Used to optimize site performance for advertisers.

NID 6 months

When creating a Google account or logging in, NID cookie is stored on the computer in order to remain connected to your Google account when you visit its service again.

permutive-id 2 years

Used by DoubleClick to measure the effectiveness of adverts and to provide targeted advertising.

permutive-session 2 years

Used by DoubleClick to measure the effectiveness of adverts and to provide targeted advertising.

PREF 9 months

Cookie set by Google or DoubleClick, used by advertising partners to build a profile of interests to show relevant ads on other sites.

presence Session

A Facebook cookie containing a logged in user’s "chat" status.

sb 2 years

Facebook cookie. Identifies browser for login authentication purposes.

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE 180 days

This cookie is set by Youtube to keep track of user preferences for Youtube videos embedded in sites; it can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the Youtube interface.

wd 7 days

Facebook cookie. Allows delivery of optimal experience for the user's screen.

xs 1 year

Used in conjunction with the c_user cookie to authenticate your identity to Facebook.

spin 1 day

Facebook advertising cookie.

Analytical

Analytical cookies are used to track visitor behaviour on our website. They are essential in measuring the performance of the site and to make sure that the website works as it should for users. None of this information can be used to identify you; it is all aggregated and, therefore, completely anonymised.

NameExpiresPurpose
_ga 2 years

Google Analytics. Tells us how you use our websites. Used to ensure the website operates sufficiently for users.

_gac_UA-28403453-1 1 minute

Google Analytics. Helps stop Google Analytics web servers crashing when collecting information on how you use our websites. Used to ensure the website operates sufficiently for users.

_gat_UA-103599685-1 1 minute

Google Analytics. Helps stop Google Analytics web servers crashing when collecting information on how you use our websites. Used to ensure the website operates sufficiently for users.

_gid 24 hours

Google Analytics. Sets a unique (anonymous) ID for your session to help tell us how you use our websites. Used to ensure the website operates sufficiently for users.

gtm_auth Session

These cookies collect analytical data about site usage.

gtm_debug Session

These cookies collect analytical data about site usage.

gtm_preview Session

These cookies collect analytical data about site usage.

nmstat 2 years

Siteimprove cookie used to collect anonymous statistics about site usage such as when you last visited the site.

siteimproveses Session

Registers statistical data on visitors' behaviour on the website.

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous cookies are set during your visit to the website by third-party services. This can be triggered when you play a video or a sound clip to ensure these services are working as intended, such as tracking outages or troubleshooting issues. If you don’t accept, we are not allowed to display such content. None of this information can be used to identify you.

NameExpiresPurpose
__cfduid 1 month

Used by Audioboom in order to play the podcasts and to support management of the site. They do not share the information with any third parties.

_audioboo_session2 Session

Used by Audioboom in order to play the podcasts and to support management of the site. They do not share the information with any third parties.

APISID 1 year

Used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website.

endscreen-metadata-editor-gh 1 week

YouTube sets anonymous cookies on the user's computer once the visitor clicks on the YouTube video player embed.

LOGIN_INFO Session

Used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website.

original_referrer 1 day

Used by Audioboom in order to play the podcasts and to support management of the site. They do not share the information with any third parties.

SAPISID 2 years

Used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website.

SID 1 year

Used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website.

SSID 1 year

Used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website.

tb-search-term-analysis-action 1 year

YouTube cookies provided by Google.

test_cookie 20 years

Used by Audioboom in order to play the podcasts and to support management of the site. They do not share the information with any third parties.

wide Session

YouTube session cookie

YSC Session

Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.

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