What are Cookies?
Cookies are simple text files that websites/apps store on your hard drive or browser. Typically, they contain two pieces of information: a site name and unique user ID. Cookies are used to remember your preferences for a site and to record how many times you have visited a site. This means we can tailor your experience depending on your preferences and measure overall usability of our websites/apps.
How can I block Cookies?
You can delete existing cookies from your hard drive and choose to block new cookies from our websites/apps. You can find out how to do this by visiting http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/. However, should you choose to block cookies then some features on our websites/apps might not work as expected.
Use of Cookies by our websites/apps
The list below shows the cookies used by our websites/apps and provides a description of how each cookie works:
Cookie name:

PHPSESSID
Type: This cookie is used by the website to set session preferences. No personal data is stored.
Intrusiveness: Low
Expiry: When the browser is closed or the session times out.
Cookie name:

__utma
__utmb
__utmc
__utmz
Type:
These cookies are set by Google Analytics and are used to collect non-personal information about how visitors use the websites/apps. The information is used to create reports showing website usage which help us improve the websites/apps. The information is anonymous. Google have developed the “Opt-out Browser Add-on” which stops information being sent to Google Analytics even if cookies are enabled in your browser. See: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Intrusiveness:
Low Expiry:
Typically 1-2 years. Visit the Privacy Policy of Google to find out further information about these cookies.