Cookie Policy

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your computer by your browser. They're used for many things, such as remembering whether you've visited the site before, so that you remain logged in - or to help us work out how many new website visitors we get each month.

They contain information about the use of your computer but don't include personal information about you (they don't store your name, for instance).

This policy explains how cookies are used on our websites in general - and, below, how you can control the cookies that may be used on this site (please note that not all of them are used on every site).

About our Cookie policy

This Cookie Policy applies to all Archant's websites and mobile applications ("the Website").

In this Cookie Policy, when we refer to any of our Websites, we mean any website or mobile application operated by or on behalf of Archant Limited or its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively "Archant"), regardless of how you access the network. This Cookie Policy forms part of and is incorporated into our Website Terms and Conditions.

By accessing the Website, you agree that this Cookie Policy will apply whenever you access the Website on any device. We will alert you on our Websites when of changes to this policy. Your continued use of the Website constitutes your agreement to all such changes

Below, you can find out more about the cookies we use on our Websites, as well as information on how to turn off cookies, or change the cookie settings on your browser.

1 - STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES

These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features.

These cookies will:

Ensure that our Website functions correctly
Facilitate a product selection or track a sales order you have made

These Cookies will not:

Gather information that could be used for marketing
Retarget advertising to you on other websites

Our Cookies

Cookie Name	Cookie Description
s_cc	This determines whether you have cookies enabled
rsi_segs	This contains your user login information
lastClient	This tracks cache consistency over our multiple servers
cfp	Checks to see if you accept cookies

Third Party Cookies

Third Party	Cookie Name	Cookie Description	More Information
adserver.adtech.de	cfp	Checks to see if you accept cookies	http://www.adtechus.com/cookie_opt-out/

2 - ANALYTIC COOKIES

These cookies collect anonymous information about how visitors use our Website to help us improve the way the website works.

These Cookies will:

Provide statistics on how our Website has been used
Measure any errors on our Website and support improvements and test new designs

These Cookies will not:

Gather information that could be used for marketing
Retarget advertising to you on other websites

Our Cookies

Cookie Name	Cookie Description
JSESSIONID	This tells us you are actively using our site. This way we can always know, at any given time, how many users we have visiting.
userid	Tracks your encrypted user id when logged in
s_sq	Lets us know the previous link that you clicked on
JSEESSIONID	This tells us if you are actively using our site to enable us to know how many users we have visiting our site
ASP.NET_Sessionid	Creates a temporary user session ID for blogs.
AuthorizationCookie	Creates a encrypted User ID when you log in
s_vi	This provides us with a unique visor ID time and date stamp
ASP.NET_Sessionid	This provides us with a user session ID for 40winks and Tickles

Third Party Cookies

Third Party	Cookie Name	Cookie Description	More Information
Omniture	.archant.122.2o7.net s_vi	Used to identify unique visitors and tracks how you move around the website and how your reached the site	http://www.omniture.com/ en/privacy/2o7#optout

3 - PERSONALISATION COOKIES

These cookies allow our Website to remember certain choices you have made on the Website so that when you subsequently return, we can provide you with your personalised settings. These are also used to recommend content we think you'll be interested in based on what you're looked at before

These Cookies will:

Remember your previous choices you have made on the website
Remember if you have previously registered with our Website

These Cookies will not:

Gather information that could be used for marketing
Retarget advertising to you on other websites

Our Cookies

Cookie Name	Cookie Description
legacyAppCookie	Creates a temporary anonymous user ID
sessionKey	Creates a temporary session key.

4 - AD MANAGEMENT COOKIES

Ad Management cookies collect information about your how you have used our Website in order to make advertising relevant to you and your interests elsewhere on the Internet.

These Cookies will:

Remember that you have visited our Website and will allow third party networks to use the information to display relevant advertising or other content to you on other websites

Third Party Cookies

Third Party	Cookie Name	Cookie Description	More Information
Audience Science	rts_AAA NETID01 rtc_AAAA pudm_AAAA rsiPus_AAAA NETSEGS_D05509	To make our advertising more relevant to you and to deliver targeted advertising	http://revsci.net/privacy
adserver.adtech.de	JEB2 BsC	This checks whether you have previously seen and advertisement	www.adtechus.com/cokkie_opt.out/
addthis.com	di psc uvc uid, dt, uit	Provides social media bookmarking and tracks your behaviour for the purpose of delivery adverts that are more relevant to you	www.addthis.com/privacy/opt-out
turn.com	fc adImpCount pf bd rrs rds rv uid	Serves advertisements and delivers reports on the advertisements you have seen	www.google.com/pokicies/ privacy/ads
Right Media (Yahoo)	bh uid BX liday1 pv1 vuday1 ih ioday1	Cookies are used to allocate and deliver advertisements available through an advertising market. These will also track browser history.	http://content.yieldmanager. edgesuite.net/ opt_in .html
Atlas (Microsoft)	MUID AA002	To make our advertising more relevant to you and to deliver targeted advertising	http://atlasssolutions.com/ atlas-acceptable-use-policy
Mookie1.com	MUID OAX mdata id RMFD RMFL RMFS NSC_f01efm_qppm_iugg	Used to delivery targeted advertising as well as analytical reporting	www.themig.com/en-us/#
Quantcast	mc	To make our advertising more relevant to you and to deliver targeted advertising	www.quantcast.com/learning-centre/ opt-out-of-quantcast
targus Inot	ab	To make our advertising more relevant to you and to deliver targeted advertising	www.adadvisor.net/optout.html
Appnexus	anj sess uuid2	To make our advertising more relevant to you and to deliver targeted advertising	http://appnexus.com/platform-policy#choices
Mediaplex	mojo3 svid	To make our advertising more relevant to you and to deliver targeted advertising	www.mediaplex.com/ mojo-privacy-statement
Commisison Junction	S	To make our advertising more relevant to you and to deliver targeted advertising	www.cj.com/privacy_web_user.html
Virgin Media	flashtalkingad1	This cookie collects data if you click on certain adverts including which ad you clicked on and when	www.flashtalking.com/?lb=true

For more information about this type of online behavioural advertising, about cookies, and about how to turn this feature off, please visit http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/

Please note that turning off advertising cookies won't mean that you are not served any advertising merely that it will not be tailored to your interests.

OTHER COOKIES ON OUR WEBSITE

Third-party service cookies

Social sharing, video and other services we offer are run by other companies. These companies may drop cookies on your computer when you use them on our site or if you are already logged in to them. Here is a list of places where you can find out more about specific services that we may use and their use of cookies:

Third Party	Link
Facebook	http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info-on-other
AddThis (this services runs some of social sharing buttons)	http://www.addthis.com/privacy#.T6j--usS0bw
Twitter	https://twitter.com/privacy
Storify (a service that is sometimes used to embed a series of tweets)	http://storify.com/tos
YouTube	http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/faq/#toc-cookies
Myoffers	http://www.myoffers.co.uk/privacy_statement.aspx
Bitly (creates small versions of urls)	https://bitly.com/pages/privacy

Please remember, the information collected by cookies and other tracking methods on our Websites is anonymous and does not contain any information that can personally identify you.

You may delete and block all cookies from our Websites but some parts subsequently will not work.

MANAGING YOUR COOKIE SETTINGS THROUGH YOUR BROWSER

Most web browsers automatically accept cookies but you can alter your browser settings to prevent automatic acceptance or you can manually delete your cookie history whenever you wish.

These links explain how you can control cookies via your browser - remember that if you turn off cookies in your browser then these settings apply to all websites not just this one:

Browser	Link
Internet Explorer	http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835 http:/ /www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/howto/wp7/web/changing-privacy-and-other-browser-settings.aspx (for mobile versions)
Chrome	http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=95647
Safari	http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Safari/5.0/en/9277.htm http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677 (for mobile versions)
Firefox	http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/ Enabling%20and%20disabling%20cookies
Blackberries	http://docs.blackberry.com/en/smartphone_users/deliverables/ 32004/Turn_off_cookies_in_the_browser_60_1072866_11.jsp
Android	http://support.google.com/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=169022
Opera	http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/

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