This website uses cookies. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s hard drive for record-keeping purposes. They enable us to monitor usage patterns, store information about customer preferences and to recognize them when they return to our site.
We do sometimes link the information we store in cookies to any Personally Identifiable Information you submit while on our site in order to improve our Site and to deliver a better and more personalized service.
We use both session cookies and persistent cookies. We use session cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our Site. A session cookie expires when you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided in your Internet browser’s “help” file.
We set a persistent cookie to store your passwords, so you don’t have to enter it more than once. Persistent cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site.
The table below explains what cookies are set and used by this website and why:
1. Strictly Necessary Cookies
These are essential first party cookies that are set by this site. This site sets these cookies as necessary to facilitate the functionality of the site (e.g., identifying you for security purposes so that the system knows what you are authorized to view).
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[name] |
Duration |
[Party Setting] |
[Description] |
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PHPSESSID |
Session |
First |
Session cookie that allows login to be maintained |
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sso_token_ec1001 |
Session |
First |
Session cookie that allows login to be maintained |
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AWSALBCORS AWSALB |
Persistent |
First |
These are Amazon Web Services cookies required to balance the traffic into the different site servers and maintain the session. |
2. Performance Cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use this site, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.
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[name] |
[Party Setting] |
[Duration] |
[Description] |
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_gid _ga gat_trackerNumber |
Persistant |
First |
This cookie is used to collect information about how visitors use this site. These cookies collect information in an anonymous form. This includes the number of visitors to the site, where visitors came from, and the pages they visited on this site. We use this information to help us to improve this site. |
3. Functional Cookies
These cookies are generally there to support site functionality that is visible or advantageous to the user or their experience of the site. This includes elements of persistent personalization (remembered on subsequent visits), and enhanced functionality like web chat services, surveys, commenting and rating systems, and user preferences.
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[name] |
[Party Setting] |
[Duration] |
[Description] |
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current_language_event_ |
Persistent |
First |
This type of cookie is used to save preferences selected by the user of the site, such as the language selected. |
4. Targeting Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers.
This site does not use any cookies of this type.
How to Control and Delete Cookies
You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the settings on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting your ability to access certain areas of our Site may be limited. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our Site.
You may set your preferences for cookies in the Privacy & Security settings menu if using Google Chrome or for Microsoft Internet Explorer in the Privacy tab of the Internet Options menu in settings.
Also, other web browsers allow for controlling whether or not cookies can be set or retrieved through the browser’s settings. To learn more about cookies, please visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
