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Our website uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience. A cookie is a small text file of data stored by our website within your browser. These cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of our website, which helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

If you have previously browsed to our website and no longer wish to accept cookies, please be aware that some cookies may have already been set. You may delete these cookies at any time via your browser by following these instructions: http://www.aboutcookies.org/Default.aspx?page=2

You can control cookies via your browser settings by following the instructions at http://www.aboutcookies.org/Default.aspx?page=1 however if you choose to block cookies then your browsing experience may be affected.

Cookie: Allow Cookies
Name: civicAllowCookies
Purpose: This will remember that you are happy to allow cookies on our website. This cookie is set to expire after 3 months.


Cookie: Show Cookie Icon
Name: civicShowCookieIcon
Purpose: This allows us to show remove the cookie policy icon if we choose to. This cookie is set to expire after 3 months.


Cookie: Graphic/text version
Name: Maincss textcss
Purpose: The maincss cookie is used to set your preference for viewing the graphical version of the website. The textcss cookie is used to set your preference for viewing the text only version of your website. This allows us to maintain your preference when navigating between pages. This cookie will expire once you have closed your session with our website, i.e., once you have closed your browser.


Cookie: Text Size
Name:Style
Purpose: The cookie is used to remember the chosen prefrence for text size if the user decides to alter.This cookie will expire once you have closed your session with our website, i.e., once you have closed your browser.


Cookie: ASP Sessions
Name: ASPSESSIONID (followed by random letters)
Purpose: This is set by the web server to identify a user session. It is not used by the website. It is destroyed when your session is ended.


Cookie: Google Analytics
Name: -utma
Purpose: This allows Google Analytics to determine unique visitors to our site. The cookie expires 2 years from initial creation or from update of cookie.

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Cookie: Google Analytics
Name: -utmb
Purpose: This cookie is used to establish and continue a user session on our site. The cookie will expire 30 minutes from initial creation of from update of the cookie.

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Cookie: Google Analytics
Name: -utmc
Purpose: This is used in conjunction with the -utmb cookie to determine whether or not to establish a new session for the user. This cookie will expire once you have closed your session with our website (once you have closed your browser)

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Cookie: Google Analytics
Name: -utmz
Purpose: This cookie is used by google to store where a visitor came from (search engine, search keyword, link). This cookie will expire 6 months from its initial creation or from update of cookie.

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