Cookies
Cookies are small text files that a web server deposits on a computer to automatically collect information about how a website is used. Our use of cookies is discussed in detail below. For more general information about cookies, please visit www.aboutcookies.org.
First Party (Periscopix) Cookies
Through browsing our site, the following cookies may be placed on your computer:
| Cookie Name | Purpose |
|---|---|
| _ga |
These are Google Analytics cookies. Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics sets cookies in order to allow us to evaluate and report on the use of our website. It is widely used across the web and all data is anonymised meaning the cookies carry no personally identifiable information. These cookies help us to understand our visitor’s behaviour and which allows us to make improvements to better our user’s experience. It’s a win-win relationship. For more information on Google Analytics cookies visit: |
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| __utmb | |
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| __utmz | |
| __utmx | |
| __utmxx | |
| adiLP |
These are AdInsight cookies. AdInsight is a call tracking service provided by AdInsight Ltd and sets cookies in order to allow us to determine the form of advertising that has driven our phone leads. For more information on AdInsight, visit: |
| adiV | |
| adiVi | |
| adiS | |
| exp_last_activity |
These are Expression Engine cookies. Expression Engine is the software that powers our Content Management System (CMS) i.e. the software that builds our site. Expression Engine is provided by EllisLab, Inc. The cookies are used to track a user’s recent activity, last visit and general site movements. Like the Google Analytics cookies, these contain no personally identifiable information. For more information on Expression Engine visit: |
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| exp_tracker | |
| whoson |
This is a WhosOn cookie. WhosOn is our chosen instant chat service. The service is provided by Parker Software Ltd. This cookie holds a random number to uniquely identify a visitor. The cookie does not store any personally identifiable information. For more information on WhosOn, visit: |
Third Party (Other Site’s) Cookies
In addition to the above cookies, the following sites may set their own cookies whilst browsing our site.
These cookies will generally only be set if you are signed in to (or have been signed into) a matching account and are generally linked to the use of the Social Media ‘like’ buttons embedded on our site and many others throughout the web. The use of these cookies is likely to have been detailed in each of the platform’s Terms and Conditions or Privacy Policies. For a refresher on these policies we’ve included links below:
We also use a comments platform called DISQUS. This feature is restricted to the blog pages of our website and helps us to build an active community from our website's audience. DISQUS sets a number of cookies when you visit our blog pages. For more information, here’s a link to the DISQUS privacy policy:
As an AdWords Certified Partner, we also make use of the awesome AdWords remarketing functionality. This allows us to entice visitors back to our site by specifically targeting them with display advertising. In order to do this, we make use of AdWords remarketing tags which set information within a doubleclick.net cookie. Doubleclick.net is the domain that serves ads for Google’s Display Network. Google serve their ads based on a visitor’s interests and you can find out more information by visiting the following link:
Your Cookie Choices
Although we believe that cookies pose little threat to your privacy, we understand that you may still want to turn them off. Whilst we would encourage you to keep our first party cookies enabled (so that we can make your on-site experience better), the following links provide guidance on how to manage cookie permissions through your browsers settings. This includes instructions on how to delete existing cookies and block them from being set in the future:
Firefox: Enable and disable cookies that websites use to track your preferences
Safari: Managing Cookies
Google Chrome: Manage cookies
Opera: Security & Privacy in Opera
Internet Explorer: How to manage cookies in Internet Explorer 9, How to delete cookie files in Internet Explorer
Declining cookies is unlikely to have any impact on the performance of our site; however if after changing your browser settings you do experience difficulties in using our web site please notify us using the “Contact Us” button below.
