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A cookie is a small record that is transferred to your web browser when you visit a website. Most websites use cookies and must ask for you to accept them. Their purpose is to aid functioning of the website—often in passing data so that forms you fill work, but also in tracking how you navigate the website.

Most of the data that cookies track is anonymous, though some of it is developed to recognise patterns of interactions with the website, as well as note an approximate geographical location to improve user experience.

Cookies will remember information about the pages you visit, and actions you complete on the website, however it does not give access to your computer or any information that is identifiable, other than the details you choose to share with us.

The table below explains the cookies we may use (not all cookies may be present) and why:

Used by	Name(s)	Storage Time	Purpose
Google Analytics/Tag Manager	_ga, _gid, _gat, _dc_gtm_UA-{uanumber}, _gat_UA{uanumber}	26 months	Collects information on site activity, including which pages you have visited and what browser and operating system you are using, allowing us to improve our website
Wordfence	wordfence_verifiedHuman, wfvt_{randomnumber}	1 day	Wordfence is a security plugin that protects our website from malicious attacks. This cookie is stored once a website visitor is verified as human and not a bot, to distinguish the traffic from automated attack patterns
Web Server	PHPSESSID	Session Only	Used by the web server to distinguish users as you move between pages on a website
Web Server	Local Storage	Infinite	Used by the web server to distinguish users as you move between pages on a website
Font Awesome	intercom-session-{fa key}	7 days	Used by Font Awesome to gather information such as usage and how many times the cdn has been used.
Font Awesome	intercom-lou-{fa key}	5 months	Used by Font Awesome to gather information such as usage and how many times the cdn has been used.

How to manage cookies

All web browsers allow you to accept cookies—to an extent which cookies—or to decline them. You can delete cookies at any time or opt to have your browser prevent them in the future. Often you have the choice to accept some, all or to decline cookies at the point of first visiting a site. It is worth bearing in mind that some websites might not operate as intended if you do not accept their cookies.