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Cookie Use

Cookies used on the Sensing Place website

Session cookies

These cookies are deleted when you close your browser.  Nothing is retained on your computer.

  • csrftoken, sessionid

Any cookie identified as csrftoken is used for the purposes of validating forms submitted on the website and no data will be retained. The cookie sessionid  is necessary for the correct functioning of the website. 

These are session cookies that identifies a unique visit to the site. 

Persistent cookies

  • _utma, _utmb, _utmc, _utmz

These cookies allow Google Analytics to track the usage of the site. 

  • _ga, _gid, _gat

These shorter lived cookies persist for 2 years, 24 hours and 1 minute respectively.

We use Google Analytics to better understand how our customers navigate to and through our website and how often they return. Google Analytics help us to track the effectiveness of digital marketing (advertising) campaigns.  Find out more about the Google Cookies from Google support.

Blocking cookies

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. We have set out below links to the 'Help' pages of some major browsers which explain how you can do this. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.