Cookie Policy

Version Date: 7th July 2020

Introduction

This website is operated by MimConsult Limited, a company registered in England and Wales as Company Number 8019091. 

Our website uses Cookies to help us provide you with a useful and reliable browsing experience and to help us improve our site. 

Cookies are small files of letters and numbers that are stored on your device. When someone visits our website, we collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We collect this information in a way that does not personally identify anyone.

 Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device to help our website provide a better user experience. Cookies are stored on your individual device and you have full control over their use.

How to Change Your Cookie Settings

You may deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing the settings of your web browser. 

Cookies that are already stored may be deleted at any time. 

To find out more about cookies and how to manage or delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org.uk. 

To find information relating to web browsers, visit the browser developer’s website. 

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit the Google Analytics Opt Out page. 

If you choose to disable cookies, you may not be able to use all the features on our website.

Our Use of Cookies

We use First Party Cookies on this website. These are necessary Cookies that are set by this website directly. These Cookies are essential to the running of our website and are kept for the duration of a user’s visit. These keep track of things such as the session ID. 

Name

Purpose

Expires

auth_user

Records when a user has logged in to the website (e.g. protected pages that require a user login).

End of session

cms_user

Identifies a session that should not retrieve pages from cache (e.g. when a user is logged in to the CMS).

End of session

highvis

Records if the user has switched to high visibility mode.

End of session

PHPSESSID

Default identifier that PHP uses for Cookies that are generated during a session.

End of session

We also use Third Party Cookies on this website These are Cookies set by other suppliers which we may be using to enhance our site and which are controlled by them. The following section details third party Cookies you might encounter through this site. For more information on these Cookies or to opt-out of third parties collecting any data regarding your interaction on our website, please refer to their websites for further information.

Google Analytics

Like many websites, we use Google Analytics to collect information about visitor behaviour, such as the number of visitors to the various parts of our website. We do this to compile reports that help us improve our site. Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here, what documents you download and what you click on. This analytics data is not tied to personally identifiable information so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.

Below is a description of the Google Analytics Cookies we may use on this site and what they are used for:

 

Name

Purpose

Expires

_utm.gif

Logs details about visitor’s browser and computer

End of session

_utma

Used to distinguish users and sessions

2 years

_utmb

Used to determine new sessions/visits

30 mins

_utmc

Used to determine the duration of a visit

End of session

_utmv

Use to determine visitor behaviour during a session

End of session

_utmz

Stores the traffic source that explains how the user reached the site

6 months

_utmt

Used to throttle request rate

10 minutes

_utmt_masterTracker

Updates the total number of page visits in anonymous form

End of session

_ga

Used to distinguish users

2 years

_gid

Used to distinguish users

24 hours

You can find more detailed information about the Google Analytics Cookies we use by reviewing the provider’s website.

Other Third Party Cookies

We may use third party plugins or integrate with other websites or services. 

For these to work they may set Cookies through our site. We do not control these Cookies and you should refer to their websites for their respective privacy policies or for further information on how to opt out of them collecting any data regarding your interaction on our website. Alternatively you may deactivate or restrict the transmission of Cookies by changing the settings of your web browser.