Cookie Policy & Settings

This page describes how our website uses cookies to improve the visitor experience and how you can manage which cookies are placed on your computer.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files which are transferred from our website and stored on your computer's hard drive. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide general usage information to website owners. We use cookies for these reasons only and do not use them to collect any personal information about you.

Are any of these cookies necessary?

Yes. Some of the cookies we set are absolutely necessary to the website. Without them, the website would simply stop functioning. We have listed these as 'Strictly necessary cookies'. You cannot disable our strictly necessary cookies.

How can I manage other types of cookie?

Not all cookies are strictly necessary. An explanation of the purpose and benefit of all of the other cookies used on our website is provided. If you wish to disable any of these cookies then a link has been provided to allow you to do so. In some cases, you may need to visit a third-party website operated by one of our service providers to disable the cookies.

Strictly necessary cookies

These are required to make the website work.

Name	Purpose	Data stored
UMB_UCONTEXT	Stores an id, which is needed to use the CMS	Does not store anything personally identifiable about the user.
UMB_PANEL	Stores the dimensions of the UI panel needed for the correct functioning of the CMS the user is accessing.	Does not store anything personally identifiable about the user.
UMB_UPDCHK	Allows the system to know the next time to check for updates.	Stores non-identifiable configuration information.

Functional cookies:

Name	Purpose	Data stored
_isInitialVisit	Used to prevent the splash video from showing on page load. Is set the first time a visitor visits the site.	Literal value: ‘true’
_acceptCookiePolicy	Used to hide the cookie policy banner.	Literal value: ‘true’
yourAuthCookie	Required to maintain a valid login state. Created upon logging into the members area.	Encrypted anonymous unique identifier
___RequestVerificationToken	Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF) when submitting form data.	Encrypted token

Performance cookies

These cookies collect general information about how visitors use our website to help us improve our website for everyone. For instance, we track which pages visitors go to most often and if they get error messages or broken links. These cookies don't collect personal information that identifies a visitor. All the information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.

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Google Analytics is a third-party traffic analysis service that helps us understand how visitors use our website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

You can opt-out of all Google Analytics cookies by installing a browser add-on provided by Google:https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

If you wish to disable any cookie listed above for which we have not provided a specific means of disabling, you can also use your browser settings to disable cookies. An explanation of how to do this can be found here.

Please note: By disabling cookies in your browser, you may render some of the functionality on our website (and other websites you visit) unusable and we make no guarantees as to the performance of our website when cookies are disabled.