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When you visit this website, we may send one or more cookies — a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters — to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser and lets HMA help you log in faster and enhance your navigation through the site. A cookie may also convey information to us about how you use the site (e.g., the pages you view, the links you click and other actions you take on the site), and allow us or our business partners to track your usage of the site over time. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive after you close your browser. Persistent cookies may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the site. Persistent cookies can be removed by following your web browser’s directions. A session cookie is temporary and disappears after you close your browser. You can reset your web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of the site may not function properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled.
We may use cookies that allow us to recognise people who have previously visited our website and use this information to match the right people with the right message when we advertise online. This may affect how third-parties, like Google, show you ads on sites across the Internet.
Below are a list of cookies deployed on this website and what they do.
| Cookie name | Description |
|---|---|
| Session, connect.sid | This cookie is necessary for the site to work by maintaining your session. It contains no personal information. |
| __utma, __utmb, __utmc, __utmz, __utmt, NID, GAPS, GALX | These are deployed by our Google Analytics only if you accept our cookies. They collect information such as the pages you visit, the length of time you spend on the site and what browser you are using. This information helps us improve and optimise the site in the future. |
| Twittersess, ua, external_referer, guest_id, _twitter_sess, metrics_token, pid | We use Twitter across our site; this cookie lets you use our Twitter features without having to log in, and contains some tracking information that Twitter uses to improve their services. |
| pinterestcm | We use Pinterest across our site; this cookie lets you use our Pinterest features without having to log in, and contains some tracking information that Pinterest uses to improve their services. |
| JSESSIONID, leo_auth_token, visit, lang, _ga, _gat, UID, UIDR, RT, L1l | We use LinkedIn across our site; this cookie lets you use our LinkedIn features without having to log in, and contains some tracking information that LinkedIn uses to improve their services. |
| Csrftoken, s_network, sessionid, mid, ig_pr, ig_vw | We use Instagram across our site; this cookie lets you use our Instagram features without having to log in, and contains some tracking information that Instagram uses to improve their services. |
| Vuid, _utmt_player, player, _ga, _gat_UA-* | We host much of our site’s video on Vimeo. This cookie contains some tracking data that allows Vimeo to improve their services, and to remember your preferences. |
| distillery, _bakery_session, rack.session | We host much of our site’s video on Wistia. This cookie contains some tracking data that allows Wistia to improve their services, and to remember your preferences. |
| _bit | We use the Bit.Ly URL shortening service across our site. This cookie contains some tracking data that allows them to improve their services. |
| X-Mapping-x, landing | We use BugHerd to manage quality control on our site. The cookies used here manage our developers’ identities when using this feature. |
| PHPSESSID, exp_last_visit, exp_last_activity, exp_tracker, exp_csrf_token, exp_stashid | These cookies contain some tracking data. |
| CheckConnectionTempCookieX | We host much of our site’s video on YouTube. This cookie contains some tracking data that allows YouTube to improve their services, and to remember your preferences. |
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