Information about our use of cookies
- Our site uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our site. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our site and also allows us to improve our site. Consequently, when you use our site, a banner will be displayed asking you for your consent to our use of cookies.
What are cookies?
- A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is saved onto your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device when you visit our site.
- Cookies store small pieces of information. For example, one type of cookie will remember that you have visited our site before.
- They help us to improve your visit and experience when browsing our site by, for example, storing certain information so you don’t have to re-enter it on subsequent visits.
- Cookies also assist us in tracking which pages of the website you have visited.
- We use both persistent cookies (which stay with your computer and will work until their expiry date, unless detected by you beforehand) and session cookies (which expire when you close your browser).
We use the following cookies:
- Strictly Necessary cookies. Cookies essential for the operation of our site.
- You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
Neccessary Cookies
These essential cookies are inherent to and/or enable this website’s core functionality. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
| Name | Description | Expiry |
wfwaf-authcookie
(Wordfence)
| This cookie is used by the Wordfence firewall to perform a capability check of the current user before WordPress has been loaded. This is only set for users that are able to log into WordPress. | (1 Day) |
wordpress_logged_in_
(WordPress)
| This cookie is set for only users who log in to store logged in users. | (Until logged out) |
wordpress_sec_
(WordPress)
| This cookie provides protection against hackers for personal account details. | (15 days) |
wp-settings
(WordPress)
| The cookie is used to check whether your web browser is set to allow, or reject cookies. wp-settings-1, wp-settings-time-1. WordPress uses this cookie to customize your view of the admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface. | (365 days) |
wp-settings-time-1
(WordPress) | WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of the admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface. | (365 days) |
CookieControl
(Civic Cookie Control)
| When a user interacts with the module, their consent is recorded as a first party cookie to remember that decision. | (Session) |
Third party cookies
- They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our site works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
- Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
The table below explains the cookies we use on our site, why they are collected and when they expire:
| Name and domain | Description | Expiry |
DSID
IDE
(doubleclick.net)
| This Cookie is used by Google Doubleclick to start user preferences
This Cookie is used by Google Doubleclick to provide ad delivery or retargeting | (14 days)
(730 days) |
NID
_Secure-3PAPISID
_Secure-3PSID
(google.co.uk)
| This Cookie is used by Google Ads Optimization to provide ad delivery or retargeting and store user preferences
Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting.
Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting. | (180 days)
(180 days)
(180 days) |
NID
_Secure-3PAPISID
_Secure-3PSID
_Secure-3PSIDCC
(google.com)
| This Cookie is used by Google Ads Optimization to provide ad delivery or retargeting and store user preferences
Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting.
Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting.
Google Analytics uses this security cookie to protect a user’s data from unauthorised access. | (180 days)
(180 days)
(180 days)
(180 days) |
_GRECAPTCHA
(google.com)
| This cookie is set by Google reCAPTCHA, which protects our site against spam enquiries on contact forms. | (Session) |
_ga
_gid
_uetsid
_uetvid
Alwayse.co.uk
(Google Analytics)
| This cookie is used by Google Analytics to analyse how visitors find our website, how often they visit it, and which pages are the most popular. | (730 days)
(730 days) |
_ga
_gat_
_gcl_au
_gid
Alwayse.co.uk
(Google Analytics)
| This cookie is used by Google Analytics to analyse how visitors find our website, how often they visit it, and which pages are the most popular. | (1 day)
(1 day)
(1 day) |
1P_JAR
CONSENT
NID
(Google Analytics)
| This is a cookie used by Google Advertising used for user tracking and remarketing purposes | (1 day)
(1 day)
(1 day) |
__zlcmid
__hssc
(Lead Forensics)
| Used to identify a device across visits, and also across a single session.
This cookie keeps track of sessions. It contains the domain, viewCount (increments each pageview in a session), and session start timestamp | (Session Persistant) |
Your interaction with cookies
- For example, it is possible to disable and remove cookies from your computer or device by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to do so. You will need to know what browser you are using and what version you have.
- Additionally, you can refer to your browser’s help section or visit the aboutcookies.org/ website for further information and assistance with cookies.
- Also, please be aware that if you use your browser settings to block or amend certain cookies, your browsing experience may change for the worse.
Changes to this policy
In summary, we may update, change, modify, add or remove portions of this policy at any time, and any changes will become effective immediately. Please visit this page periodically if you want to keep up to date.