A cookie, also known as an HTTP cookie, web cookie, or browser cookie, is a piece of data stored by a website within a browser, and then subsequently sent back to the same website by the browser. Cookies were designed to be a reliable mechanism for websites to remember things that a browser had done there in the past, which can include having clicked particular buttons, logging in, or having read pages on that site months or years ago.
When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, your computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.
These pieces of information are used to improve services for you.
You can manage these small files and learn more about them from the article, Internet Browser cookies- what they are and how to manage them
Learn how to remove cookies set on your device
There are two types of cookie you may encounter when using our site :
These are our own cookies, controlled by us and used to provide information about usage of our site.
We use cookies in several places – we’ve listed each of them below with more details about why we use them and how long they will last.
| Name | Purpose | Typical Content | Expires |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | The ASP.NET session state is a technology that lets you store server-side, user-specific data. Web applications can use this data to process requests from the user for which the session state was instantiated. A session state user is identified by a session ID. | Session IDs are a 120-bit random number that is represented by a 20-character string. The string is formatted so that it can be included in a URL and it does not have to undergo URL encoding. | On Session End. |
These are cookies found in other companies’ internet tools which we are using to enhance our site.
We do not control the dissemination of these cookies. You should check the third party websites for more information about these.
| Provider | Name | Purpose | More info |
| Google Analytics |
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These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. | Google Privacy policy |
| YouTube | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Google Policies and Principles |
Log files allow us to record visitors’ use of the site. The website generates log file information from all our visitors, which we use to make improvements to the layout of the site and to the information in it, based on the way that visitors move around it. Log files do not contain any personal information about you.