What is a ‘cookie’?
When you enter a site, your computer will automatically be issued with a cookie.
Cookies are text files that identify your computer to our server. Cookies in themselves do not contain any personal identifying information about a visitor or their location. They just identify the computer used. Many sites do this whenever a user visits their site in order to track traffic flows and patterns of behaviour of site visitors.
You can see a schedule of the cookies we use below.
| Cookie Name | Expiration Time | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | 2 years | Used to distinguish users | Analytics |
| _gid | 24 hours | Used to distinguish users | Analytics |
| _gat | 1 minute | Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_<property-id> | Analytics |
| cookieyes-consent | 1 year | This cookie is used to remember the user’s consent to the use of cookies on the website. | Functional |