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Cookies are used on this site to help remember preferences and to better understand the content you’re interested in. This page details the cookies we set and, for optional cookies – how to opt out.
For more information about the types of information we collect and how we handle that data, you should read our Privacy Policy.
Here’s some information on the cookies we use, broken out by vendor:
WordPress
| Name | Duration | Details |
|---|---|---|
comment_author* | 347 days | If you opt in when adding a comment, three cookies are added that allow the browser to remember your details next time you write a comment |
mc_session_ids* | 30 minutes | Six cookies are added by our “captcha” system to prevent comment spam – these cookies do not contain any personal information |
Tealium
| Name | Duration | Details |
|---|---|---|
utag_main | 1 year | Contains several built-in values that keep track of your session, including an anonymous identifier |
Cookie Consent
| Name | Duration | Details |
|---|---|---|
cc_cookie | 6 months | Stores your consent decision, in order to enable/disable functionality from third-party vendors |
geoip | 1 year | Stores your anonymised IP address and geolocation information, in order to show you appropriate consent options |
AddToAny
| Name | Duration | Details |
|---|---|---|
uvc | 1 day | Used to understand which content you share with your social networks |
__cfduid | 1 month | Used to understand which content you share with your social networks |
| Name | Duration | Details |
|---|---|---|
__eoi | 6 months | Used to help deliver relevant ads |
__gpi | 13 months | Used to help deliver relevant ads |
__gads | 13 months | Used to help deliver relevant ads |
_ga | 2 years | Used to distinguish users |
_ga_* | 2 years | Used to persist session state |
In addition, there are a number of third-party cookies set from other ad vendors (including DoubleClick, PubMatic, OpenX, Amobee and others). Google AdSense allows these vendors to bid on the advertising space available on this site.
Because the vendor list is dynamic, it’s impossible to specify exactly which cookies will be added – however all of these ad vendor cookies are used to determine which ads you’ve seen across multiple websites, in order to show you relevant ads (and avoid showing you the same thing too many times).
What Can I Opt Out Of?
Cookies listed in the WordPress and Tealium sections above are considered necessary cookies and cannot be opted out of.
Cookies listed in the Cookie Consent section above are also considered necessary cookies. Particularly for the privacy-conscious, these cookies control whether advertising and personalisation cookies are set or not – so they’re pretty important!
All other cookies can be opted out of as follows:
Opting Out
If the cookie prompt is visible: click ‘Manage preferences’ in the cookie prompt, and then ‘Accept necessary’ in the Consent Preferences Centre dialog.
If the cookie prompt isn’t visible: scroll to the bottom of the page and click the link to update your Consent Preferences. When the Consent Preferences Centre dialog appears, click the ‘Accept necessary’ button.