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Use of cookies on this site
The following cookies are used on our site:
| Name | Details | Expire |
|---|---|---|
| ASP.NET_SessionId | This cookie is the default one used by asp.net to uniquely identify the user's session on the site and relates the visitor's unique session to server side data. | When you close your browser. |
| CookieExist | This cookie is used to dermine if you have accepted cookies. | 1 year |
| EkAnalytics | This cookie is used by Ektron, the content management system which powers our website. It is an anonymous user type identifier for an analytics feature. | 1 year |
| EktGUID | This cookie is used by Ektron, the content management system which powers our website. A unique identifier for the current user is generated for all and assigned at the time they first arrive on the site. | 1 year |
| WarningLast | This cookie is used to derminewhat was the last warning message viewed. | 1 year |
| X-Mapping-fjhppofk | Used for load balancing i.e. it ties the visitor to the specific server (amongst several back up/load balancers) which delivered content. | When you close your browser. |
| ecm | This cookie is used by Ektron, the content management system which powers our website. It controls the user session to the content management system, manage logged in user identity and site wide configuration such as language and culture codes. | When you close your browser. |
| visitedPage | Logs if the user has visited the main site | 1 year |
| _da | Used to distinguish users by Google analytics | 2 years |
| ecm | This cookie is used by Ektron, the content management system which powers our website. It is used to store (anonymous) information about the user including language and site information. | When you close your browser. |
| _gat | Used to throttle request rate by Google analytics | 10 minutes |
| loc | Geolocation, used by addthis.com to help publishers know approximately where people sharing information are located | 2 years |
| uid | Used by addthis.com to record Unique user ID that recognizes the user on returning visits | 2 years |
| uit | Used by Addthis.com to record social activity on a website | 24 hours |
| uvc | The uvc cookie is one of the cookies used to track usage of the Addthis.com service. It allows a user to share a webpage with many social sites. | 2 years |
Google Analytics
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YouTube cookies
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How to control and delete cookies
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