To assist us in providing you with an efficient online experience, our Website uses cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of our Website, which helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website and also allows us to improve our site. The cookies we use are "analytical" cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser or by selecting “Click here to deny all Cookies on this website.” You may also allow or deny individual cookies by selecting the appropriate option in the drop down menu. However, if you refuse to allow cookies to be set on your computer, you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website or certain parts of our Website may have reduced functionality. Unless you have taken action to refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
| Cookie |
Name |
Purpose |
More information |
| Google Analytics |
_utma
_utmb
_utmc
_utmz |
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. |
Click here for an overview of privacy at Google |
| Deny Cookies |
cookies___* |
These cookies are utilized to record if a user has denied the use of cookies on the HCC website. |
These cookies are dynamically generated to block individual cookies that have been denied by the user. Each cookie is appended with the blocked cookie name. These cookies are required for compliance with the EU cookie law. |
| Content Management System cookie |
.ASPXANONYMOUS |
This cookie is set by our content management system on a small number of browsers, upon arrival to the HCC site. It is not used by the HCC for any purpose. This cookie is deleted when a user closes their browser. |
The supplier of our content management system (the software we use to update our website) is working to remove this cookie from their product. |
| Image Rotator |
LastRotate###
ShowAt### |
These cookies are set by the image rotator to determine what the current and last image was displayed on the site. Each rotator module places a unique cookie that is identified by a suffix number. |
The supplier of this module has set the cookie to expire at the end of the session. |
| Portal Alias |
portalaliasid |
This cookie determines the portal that a registered user is currently logged into. |
This cookie remains active while the user is currently logged into the site. |
| Portal Role |
portalroles |
This cookie determines the level of access a user is permitted while logged into the site |
This cookie remains active while the user is currently logged into the site. |
| Cookie Acknowledgement |
AcknowledgeCookies |
This cookie is placed when users see the cookie warning and then click the Accept button to comply with the EU Cookie Law. |
This cookie is deleted when a user closes their browser. |
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
