Cookies

Cookies are small text files that a web server places on a computer to automatically collect information about how a website is used. Our use of cookies is discussed in detail below. For more general information about cookies, please visit www.aboutcookies.org.

First Party (Lucideon) Cookies

Through browsing our site, the following cookies may be placed on your computer:

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These are Google Analytics cookies.

Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics sets cookies in order to allow us to evaluate and report on the use of our website. It is widely used across the web and all data is anonymised meaning the cookies carry no personally identifiable information. These cookies help us to understand our visitors' behaviour, allowing us to make improvements to better our users' experiences.

For more information on Google Analytics cookies please see:
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These are Expression Engine cookies.

Expression Engine is the software that powers our Content Management System (CMS) i.e. the software that builds our site.  Expression Engine is provided by EllisLab, Inc.  The cookies are used to track a user's recent activity, last visit and general site movements. Like the Google Analytics cookies, these contain no personally identifiable information.

For more information on Expression Engine visit:
http://expressionengine.com/

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Third Party (Other Sites') Cookies

In addition to the above cookies, the following sites may set their own cookies whilst browsing our site.

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  • Facebook

These cookies will generally only be set if you are signed in to (or have been signed into) a matching account and are generally linked to the use of the Social Media buttons on our site and many others throughout the web.  The use of these cookies is likely to have been detailed in each of these sites' Terms and Conditions or Privacy Policies. Please see links below for further details:

Your Cookie Choices

Although we believe that cookies pose little threat to your privacy, we understand that you may still want to turn them off. Whilst we would encourage you to keep our first party cookies enabled (so that we can make your on-site experience better), the following links provide guidance on how to manage cookie permissions through your browser's settings. This includes instructions on how to delete existing cookies and block them from being set in the future:

Firefox: Enable and disable cookies that websites use to track your preferences

Safari: Managing Cookies

Google Chrome: Manage cookies

Opera: Security & Privacy in Opera

Internet Explorer: How to manage cookies in Internet Explorer 9How to delete cookie files in Internet Explorer

Declining cookies is unlikely to have an impact on the performance of our site; however, if after changing your browser settings you do experience difficulties in using our website please notify us using the contact details below.