Cookie policy

When you visit our site our web server will store small text files on your computer’s hard drive (i.e. Cookies). These cookies will allow our servers to recognise you when you revisit. 

Cookies can be first- or third-party cookies. First-party cookies are owned and created by the website you’re viewing. Third-party cookies are owned and created by an independent company, usually a company providing a service to the owners of the website. We use first-party cookies. Please note that we may also use third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services), over which we have no control.

We use cookies to:

We use the following two main types of cookies:

  1. Transient / Per-Session cookies – these cookies may be used to record that you have logged in or out of certain areas of our site during your browsing session. This is to ensure that your experience of our content is as seamless as possible. These transient cookies are not stored when you close your browser
  2. Persistent / Permanent cookies – these cookies stay on your machine until they expire or are deleted, and many of them have automatic deletion dates to ensure your hard drive doesn’t get overloaded. These cookies often store and re-enter your login information

Here is a list of cookies that might be used as part of your session on our website (valid as of 22nd November 2025):

Cookie Name Cookie Provider Duration Purpose Category
CookieConsent caci.co.uk 1 year Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain Necessary
__cf_bm hubspot.com 1 day This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. Necessary
_cfuvid hsforms.com Session Unclassified Necessary
test_cookie doubleclick.net 1 day Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. Necessary
__hssc caci.co.uk 1 day Identifies if the cookie data needs to be updated in the visitor’s browser. Statistics
__hssrc caci.co.uk Session Used to recognise the visitor’s browser upon reentry on the website. Statistics
__hstc caci.co.uk 180 days Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes. Statistics
_ga caci.co.uk 2 years Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. Statistics
hubspotutk caci.co.uk 180 days Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes. Statistics
__ptq.gif hubspot.com Session Sends data to the marketing platform Hubspot about the visitor’s device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. Marketing
__Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN youtube.com 180 days Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. Marketing
__Secure-YEC youtube.com Session Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video Marketing
_gcl_au caci.co.uk 3 months Used to measure the efficiency of the website’s advertisement efforts, by collecting data on the conversion rate of the website’s ads across multiple websites. Marketing
_gcl_ls googletagmanager.com Persistent Tracks the conversion rate between the user and the advertisement banners on the website – This serves to optimise the relevance of the advertisements on the website. Marketing
LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY youtube.com Session Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. Marketing
NID google.com 6 months Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. The ID is used for targeted ads. Marketing
pagead/1p-user-list/# google.com Session Tracks if the user has shown interest in specific products or events across multiple websites and detects how the user navigates between sites. This is used for measurement of advertisement efforts and facilitates payment of referral-fees between websites. Marketing
remote_sid youtube.com Session Necessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube video-content on the website. Marketing
ServiceWorkerLogsDatabase#SWHealthLog youtube.com Persistent Necessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube video-content on the website. Marketing
TESTCOOKIESENABLED youtube.com 1 day Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. Marketing
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE youtube.com 180 days Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. Marketing
YSC youtube.com Session Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. Marketing
YtIdbMeta#databases youtube.com Persistent Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. Marketing
yt-remote-cast-available youtube.com Session Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video Marketing
yt-remote-cast-installed youtube.com Session Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video Marketing
yt-remote-connected-devices youtube.com Persistent Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video Marketing
yt-remote-device-id youtube.com Persistent Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video Marketing
yt-remote-fast-check-period youtube.com Session Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video Marketing
yt-remote-session-app youtube.com Session Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video Marketing
yt-remote-session-name youtube.com Session Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video Marketing
ServiceWorkerLogsDatabase#SWHealthLog youtube.com Persistent Necessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube video-content on the website. Marketing

Once you have left our site, we do not use cookies to track your Internet usage, and we do not store your personal information in cookies which other people may read or understand. We also do not distribute or sell cookie information.

To enable or disable cookies, you will need to follow the instructions of your browser provider. Alternatively, external resources are available providing specific information about cookies and how to manage them. If you set your browser to disable cookies, you may not be able to access secure areas of our website.

Any secure online services to which you may subscribe will use cookies to enable information about you and your preferences to be stored and to prevent unauthorised access to your services and information. Cookies must be accepted in such circumstances otherwise, we cannot ensure your information is secure, and you will not be able to use our online services.