A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers sent to your computer or mobile phone when you visit a website, such as ours. It means that the website can recognise your computer or phone if you return to the same site.
Cookies are used for different purposes. These include remembering personalised preferences on websites, recording items that you have put into a shopping basket, and counting and analysing the visitors coming to a website. In our case we use the following cookies:
Site Cookies
These are used when you visit the main site:
| Name |
When is it created |
Purpose |
When is it removed |
Assessment |
| Mobile |
This cookie is only created if you visit the Mobile site or return from using it. |
It stores your choice between the mobile or tranditional versions of the site. It allows us to return you to that same version of the site the next time you access our url on the given device. If you remove the cookie you will return to the traditional site next time you visit us. |
1 year after you last visit the site. |
This cookie is required for the site to function correctly. |
| PHPSESSID |
Created when you visit the site. |
Used to store the site session cookie. This allows the site to remember choices you make on pages such as the 'Size charts', 'Additional personnel', 'Additional species', 'Search' and your score for the 'Sudden death' game. Next time you visit these pages, within your current browsing session, you will find that they remember the choices you made. |
When you close your web browser. |
This cookie is required for the site to function correctly. |
Forum Cookies
These are used when you visit the forum:
| Name |
When is it created |
Purpose |
When is it removed |
Assessment |
| phpbb3_5j2dd_u |
Created when you visit the sites forum. |
Used to store an encrypted version of your forum user id. Storing this prevents you from having to login to each and every page you look at. |
When you close your web browser. |
This cookie is required for the site to function correctly. |
| phpbb3_5j2dd_k |
Created when you visit the sites forum. |
Used to store which topics have been read. |
When you close your web browser. |
This cookie is required for the site to function correctly. |
| phpbb3_5j2dd_sid |
Created when you visit the sites forum. |
Used to store the forum session id, which it uses to remember choices you make during your visit. |
When you close your web browser. |
This cookie is required for the site to function correctly. |
| style_cookie |
Created when you visit the sites forum. |
Used to store the forum style currently being used. In our case there is no value present for this item as you are not able to change the forum style. |
When you close your web browser. |
This cookie is required for the site to function correctly. |
Summary
As you can see, in our case, all of the cookies we use are required to make the site work correctly. We never keep personnal information or track your activities in any way.
