Cookies

This website puts small files, known as ‘cookies’, on to your computer. These files are used:

To make the website function quickly and efficiently
To remember your preferences and permissions
To collect information about how you browse the site
To enable features from third-party services such as Facebook and Twitter

You can control these cookies at any time by changing your web browser settings.

Cookies used on this site

Functional cookies

These cookies are required to make the website work smoothly on your computer.

Cookie name	Purpose	Expires after
__Secure-ci_session	Identifies you as a unique visitor each time you visit the site, so that we can load your content quickly and remember your login settings	30 minutes

Cookies for preferences and permissions

These cookies remember preferences and permissions that you’ve set on previous visits.

Cookie name	Purpose	Expires after
__Secure-user_has_accepted_cookie	Tells us that you’ve seen the cookie message and clicked on the OK button so that it is no longer displayed	1 year
__Secure-video_definition	Remembers your video quality setting: High Definition (HD) or Standard Definition (SD)	1 year
__Secure-video_display_subtitles	Remembers your setting to display or not display video subtitles	1 year

Cookies that measure website usage

We use Google Analytics to collect information about how you use this website. Google Analytics information includes:

How you came to the site
Which pages you visited
How long you spent on each page
What links you clicked on

We use this information to check that the site is meeting your needs and to help us make improvements.

We do not use Google Analytics to collect or store personal information, such as your name or email address. Google Analytics data cannot be used to identify you.

Google Analytics places the following cookies on your computer:

Cookie name	Purpose	Expires after
_gid	Helps us count how many people visit by tracking if you’ve visited before	24 hours
_ga	Helps us count how many people visit by tracking if you’ve visited before	2 years
_gat	Manages the rate at which page view requests are made	1 minute

Third-party cookies

This website includes a number of ‘widgets’ from external services, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Disqus and CoveritLIve. These small pieces of code connect to the external service and add a feature to the site, such as a button to share a webcast on Facebook or tweet about it on Twitter.

These external services place their own cookies on your computer. For more information about these third-party cookies, click on the links below:

Service	Usage on this website	Link to find out more
Facebook	Quick login with Facebook	Facebook – cookies and other storage technologies (opens in new window)
Twitter	Quick login with Twitter, Share and Tweet buttons	Twitter – our use of cookies and similar technologies (opens in new window)
YouTube (Google)	Embedded YouTube videos	How Google uses cookies (opens in new window)
Disqus	Live commenting	Disqus – use of cookies (opens in new window)

How you can control cookies

You can control the cookies placed on your computer by changing settings in your web browser. You can use these settings to:

Block all cookies or third-party cookies only
Clear all cookies when you close the browser
Delete all cookies
Open a 'private browsing' or 'incognito' session that stores no local data

Instructions on how to do this for the most popular browsers are available below:

Contact us about cookies

If you have any concerns about how cookies are used on this site, you can contact the Public-i Data Protection Officer at privacy@public-i.info.