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You can find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org.
The information collected by our cookies includes a unique ID assigned to your device, your IP address, what device you’re using, the browser and operating system, what content you have viewed and the time and date you viewed it, and also the country and language selected.
Google Analytics shows us how visitors find and use our website, which helps us to make informed site design and content decisions, with the aim of improving the site experience for you and other visitors. Virtually all websites use this tracking technology, either from Google or another provider.
The Google Analytics cookies on this site are:
_utma
This distinguishes users and sessions. It expires after 2 years.
_utmb
This identifies new sessions and visits. It expires after 30 minutes of inactivity.
_utmc
This works with _utmb to determine if you are launching a new session and expires when the browser is closed.
_utmz
This lets us see how you reached our site. This cookie expires after 6 months.
You can read more about Google’s privacy policy by clicking here.
You can also opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites by visiting https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.