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The only cookies which are used on this website are from Google Analytics which collects anonymous user data so that we can see how our website is being used.
Since May 2012 European law has required website owners to tell their users what cookies are being used on a websites and what they are being used for. If you’re interested in this kind of thing then the Information Commissioner’s Office has a good write up.
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