Cookie Policy
What are cookies?
This website uses cookies. A cookie is a small text marker stored on your computer that enables us to track the use of our website. We use cookies to help us understand what our users’ interests and preferences are to ensure the website is as user friendly as possible.
A cookie is a small piece of data that may be stored on your computer or mobile device. It allows a website “remember” your actions or preferences over a length of time.
Further information on cookies can be found at
http://ec.europa.eu/ipg/basics/legal/cookies/index_en.htm
How do we use cookies?
This site uses cookies in order to provide a service to visitors. No personal data is stored in these cookies, which are used to:
– Help us better understand how visitors engage with this website
We use cookies to help us compile anonymous data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
If you prefer, you can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies via your browser settings. Like most websites, if you turn your cookies off, some of our services may not function properly.
Managing cookies
Cookies help us to ensure that our website is as good as it can be for our users. Cookies pose little threat to your privacy, but some people may want to turn them off anyway.
Cookies on this site
Cookie Name |
Expiration Time |
Description |
_ga |
2 years |
Used to distinguish visitors to site |
_gid |
24 hours |
Used to distinguish visitors to site |
_gat |
10 minutes |
Used to throttle request rate |
__utmt |
10 minutes |
Used to throttle request rate. |
_ _utma |
2 years from set/update |
Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
_ _utmb |
30 mins from set/update |
Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
_ _ utmc |
End of browser session |
Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. |
_ _utmz |
6 months from set/update |
Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
Specific Cookies
The following cookies are used specifically on this site;
Cookie Name |
Expiration Time |
Description |
euCookie |
6 Months |
Records if you have clicked in the Cookie Notification and therefore does not display notification for 6 months. |
PHPSESSID |
SESSION |
The PHPSESSID cookie is native to PHP and enables websites to store serialised state data. On the Action website it is used to establish a user session and to pass state data via a temporary cookie, which is commonly referred to as a session cookie. As the PHPSESSID cookie has no timed expiry, it disappears when the client is closed. |
wordpress_test_cookie |
SESSION |
This is a test cookie, to see if cookies are enabled. |