Cookie Policy


What are cookies?

Most websites record small amounts of information about your activity on the site. This information is in the form of a small text file and is known as a cookie. This is stored on your personal computer.

As we are always looking to give you the best possible experience, our site runs optimally with cookies enabled. They allow us to remember you when you return to our site as well as identify and resolve errors - giving you a faster, more personal experience. Additional data is only stored if volunteered by you, such as when you provide information in the account settings area.

Cookies can't harm your computer and we take the selection of all the third-party suppliers who may set cookies for marketing purposes very seriously. On this page, you can see the types of cookies and information that we process, and can adjust your settings if you need to.

CATEGORY 1: 'STRICTLY NECESSARY' COOKIES

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

The following Category 1 cookies are used on this website:

Cookie About this cookie Lifespan
rxVisitor Visitor ID to correlate sessions unlimited
OptanonConsent This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor. 365 days
OptanonAlertBoxClosed This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information. 365 days
ASP.NET_SessionId Session cookie sent to the web browser. Used when you open the browser and go to a website that implements ASP.NET session state. Required to identify requests from the same browser during a limited session time window when browsing the website. This cookie is deleted when you close your browser. Session
mazda-user This cookie contains a unique user id to identify registered users so that the site knows, where to find the briefacse and user profile data in the database. Session
JSESSIONID General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written in JSP. Usually used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server. Session
.ASPXROLES Only used if you log in to a website. You should clearly state on the login page that cookies are used if you log in. Allows for login/access and permissions when using the CMS interface. This cookie is deleted when you close your browser. Session
pressportal This cookie is set for authentication and authorization of logged in users only. Session
TSXXXXXXXX This cookie is used to enforce security policies. The system validates these cookies returned from clients to ensure that the cookies are not modified. Session
protection-passwords Tracks unlocked password protected assets and pages. Session
    epiXSRF Used by the Optimizely security components. Protects the user against cross-site request forgery (XSRF). Used only by the CMS UI. This cookie is deleted when you close your browser. Session
__RequestVerificationToken Used by the Optimizely security components. Protects the user against cross-site request forgery (XSRF). Used only by the CMS UI. This cookie is deleted when you close your browser. Session

.EPiServerLogin

Only used if you log in to a website. You should clearly state on the login page that cookies are used if you log in. Allows for login/access and permissions when using the CMS interface. This cookie is deleted when you close your browser. Session

.ASPXROLES

Only used if you log in to a website. You should clearly state on the login page that cookies are used if you log in. Allows for login/access and permissions when using the CMS interface. This cookie is deleted when you close your browser. Session

rxvt

This cookie is used to store two timestamps to determine session length and the end of a session.

Session

dtPC

This cookie name is associated with, software from Dynatrace, an application performance management (APM) software company. Their software manages the availability and performance of software applications and the impact on user experience in the form of deep transaction tracing, synthetic monitoring, real user monitoring, and network monitoring.

Session

dtSa

This cookie is used to save action names across pages so that performance can be monitored across pages.

Session

dtLatC

This cookie name is associated with, software from Dynatrace, an application performance management (APM) software company. Their software manages the availability and performance of software applications and the impact on user experience in the form of deep transaction tracing, synthetic monitoring, real user monitoring, and network monitoring.

Session

dtCookie

This cookie is used by Dynatrace to measure multiple requests during a visit.

Session

Category 2: 'Performance' Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.

The following Category 2 cookies are used on this website:

Cookie About this cookie Lifespan
_ga This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default, it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. 730 days
_gat This is used to throttle the request rate - limiting the collection of data on high traffic site. 10 min
_gat_UA-101538620-1 This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. 1 day
_gid This cookie is used to distinguish users. Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. 1 day
_gat_UA-101538620-44 This cookie is used by Google Analytics to limit the request rate. Session

Category 3: 'Social Media' Cookies

We use social media cookies to give you the best possible media experience within our press portal.

The following Category 3 cookies are used on this website:

Cookie About this cookie Lifespan
_fbp Used by Facebook to display a range of advertising products, for example real-time bids from third party advertisers. 3 months
YSC 

This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos.

Session
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

This cookie is set by Youtube to keep track of user preferences for Youtube videos embedded in sites;it can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the Youtube interface.

8 months

Category 4: 'TARGETING AND MARKETING' Cookies

These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

The following Category 4 cookies are used on this website:

Cookie About this cookie Lifespan
consent This cookie set by Youtube carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. 2 years