Information About Cookies

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that our website places on your computer. Some cookies act as a type of memory for a website, allowing the website to remember your computer on your return visits, while others are essential for the website to function properly. Cookies can allow us to distinguish you from other users of our website, which helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse this website, and also allows us to improve our site. Some of the cookies we use are “analytics” cookies and others are “functional” cookies.

Analytics Cookies

These cookies, using a service provided by Google Analytics, allow us to recognise and count our visitors and to see how visitors move around the website. This helps us to improve the way the website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. We will also use this information to assess how successful certain areas of the site are by the amount of traffic they receive. These cookies help us measure and improve site performance and personalise your experience by tailoring the content you see, thus optimising your user experience.

Cookie	Issuer	Expiry	Purpose
__utma	Google Analytics	2 years	This is a tracking cookie used to track return visits to a site.	View more information
__utma	Google Analytics / MailChimp	2 years	This is a tracking cookie used to track return visits to a site, issued by MailChimp. See their privacy policy for details.	View more information
__utmb	Google Analytics	30 mins	This cookie is used to establish a session.	View more information
__utmb	Google Analytics / MailChimp	30 mins	This cookie is used to establish a session and is issued by MailChimp. See their privacy policy for details.	View more information
__utmc	Google Analytics	End of session	This cookie is used to establish a session.	View more information
__utmc	Google Analytics / MailChimp	End of session	This cookie is used to establish a session and is issued by MailChimp. See their privacy policy for details.	View more information
__utmz	Google Analytics	6 months	This cookie tracks where users to our sites come from and which search engines they used. It is also used to determine visitor navigation within the site.	View more information
__utmz	Google Analytics / MailChimp	6 months	This cookie tracks where users to our sites come from and which search engines they used. It is also used to determine visitor navigation within the site. It is issued by MailChimp. See their privacy policy for details.	View more information
_AVESTA_ENVIRONMENT	MailChimp	End of session	Trackable URL shortening service for MailChimp’s built in Twitter integration	View more information

Functional Cookies

These cookies are essential to basic site functionality. The cookies do not contain any personal information. However, they do allow us to recognise your visit and improve your user experience. For example, by recognising your current visit, we can minimise the amount of data, such as graphics, that we deliver to you.
We may use these types of cookies to retrieve information given by you on these pages. This information is securely stored on the server and will never be stored in the cookies themselves. These cookies expire at the end of your browser session.

Cookie	Issuer	Expiry	Purpose
_AVESTA_ENVIRONMENT	eMedFusion / MailChimp	End of session	Used by a 3rd party (MailChimp) to manage our list of email participants.	View more information

Blocking Cookies

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the placing on your computer of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including functional cookies) you may not be able to use all or parts of this website. Instructions on how to change your browser settings are available at the following link:

http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies.

Further Information

If you are still unsure about cookies, or you just want help to manage them, then please visitwww.allaboutcookies.org.