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, 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 through, for example:
Cookies for managing your current visit (essential), this one is called a “session” cookie
Name | Typical Content | Expires |
PHPSESSID | randomly generated text | when user exits browser |
Cookies for improving services (not essential)
Name | Typical Content | Expires |
_utma | randomly generated number | 2 years |
_utmb | randomly generated number | 30 minutes |
_utmc | randomly generated number | when user exits browser |
_utmz | randomly generated number plus information about how the site was reached(eg, directly or via link, organic search or paid search | 6 months |
_atuvc | randomly generated number | 30 minutes |
Google Analytics sets cookies to help us accurately estimate the number of visitors to the website and volumes of usage. This is to ensure that the service is available when you want it and fast to use.