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Cookies help us collect data about you and how you use our services – for example, we're interested in which internet browser you used to visit our website, how long you visited and which pages you looked at. We monitor our website to better serve you in future.
You can clear cookies set on our website from previous web browsing sessions. Below are instructions on how to do this on the main browsers:
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Descriptions:(First Party cookie) This cookie is associated with Google Universal Analytics which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is responsible for tracking user behaviour. It expires after 24 hours of inactivity.
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Expiry: Persistent cookie – 1 day.
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Expiry: Persistent cookie - 24 months.
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Descriptions: (First Party cookie) This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to.
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Expiry: Session cookie.