We use cookies as necessary to operate this site and to maintain the security of your data. We do not use cookies to track you across the internet (or to help any third parties to track you). We may in the future use cookies and other technology to monitor site usage, but only in an anonymous fashion and not in a way which would allow your usage of this website to be linked to you personally.
We are committed to protecting you and your privacy, to the extent that for example we have taken the decision to not use Google reCAPTCHA on our website's contact form, opting instead for the slightly less user friendly 'type the wonky letters' approach. We have done this because we suspect that Google's invisible reCAPTCHA widget is one of the many tools used by Google to enable them to keep track of the pages you visit. (Ever wondered how it is after you've just looked at one car website you start seeing car adverts on every other website - that's how.)
...and why
# | Name of cookie | What it does |
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1 | _csrf |
This cookie helps us to prevent a type of attack called Cross Site Request Forgery. The _csrf cookie can only be set by this website's server-side code, and carries a value unique to this particular browsing session. It can therefore be used to verify that every request made of the server is from a valid session (as opposed to a malicious actor pretending to be you). This cookie is removed at the end of every browsing session (when the browser window is closed). |
2 | PHPSESSID |
Sessions make data accessible across various pages. A session creates a file on the server in a temporary directory where all session variables are stored. This data is available to all the pages of your web site during the visit of that particular user. When a session starts, the following happens:
An example of the use of sessions is remembering what is in your basket as you navigate from one page to another on an ecommerce website. This cookie is removed at the end of every browsing session (when the browser window is closed). |
3 | NSS_PC_Workshop_cookies |
This cookie simply records that you have opted to allow this website to place cookies on your device so that you aren't presented with the cookie notice on every page and on every visit. This cookie is removed after 30 days, or immediately upon clicking the 'No cookies' button below. |
You may also like to refer to our privacy policy.
Using the buttons below you can grant or retract permission for us to place the above named cookies on your device.