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What are cookies?
Cookies are files saved on your phone, tablet, or computer when you visit a website.
They store information about how you use the website, such as pages you visit.
How we use cookies
We use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can understand engagement and improve the site based on user needs. We do not allow Google to use or share the data about how you use this site.
Google Analytics sets cookies that store anonymised information about:
- how you got to the site
- the pages you visit on the site, and how long you spend on each page
- what you click on while you're visiting the site
We enable the IP anonymisation feature when sending information to Google Analytics.
We do not send any information to Google Analytics unless you accept our cookie policy. We store additional cookies to remember your choice, which expire after one year. Details of the cookies used on this site can be found below.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Used by Google Analytics. Tells us how you use our website. | 2 years |
| _gid | Used by Google Analytics. Sets a unique ID for your session to help tell us how you use our website. | 1 day |
| _gat | Used by Google Analytics. Helps stop Google Analytics web servers crashing when collecting information on how you use our website. | 1 min |
| cdeiuk-analytics-enabled | Used by this website to remember whether you chose to accept or decline the cookie policy. | 1 year |
| cdeiuk-analytics-enabled-legacy | As previous, but to provide functionality for older browsers. See here for more details. | 1 year |
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