Cookies
An explanation of how and why we use cookies
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your electronic device (computer, laptop, tablet, phone) when you visit a website.
Cookies are used by all websites and have several different functions. They:
- Allow a website to recognise your device and change the format of the website to suit that device
- Allow the site to work properly and help keep it secure
- Help you to navigate between pages efficiently by remembering pages you’ve visited, so you can go back to them if you wish
- Give information about how the website is used, and use this to improve your experience on the website
- Help by remembering information that you've entered so the next time you visit you don’t have to enter it again.
How do N&P use cookies?
We use cookies to:
- Improve your experience by making it quicker and easier for you to use the websit
- Keep the website functional for you
We do not use cookies to:
- Track your behaviour or advertise to you
What types of cookies do we use?
Essential Cookies: these cookies allow you to move around the website and use its features. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided.
We use essential cookies to:
- Indicate whether you have support for cookies enabled
- Store the language you select for future visits
- Direct your requests to the correct place
- Store the user’s session and identify them in web applications
- Used to track which web server you are using
We do not use any other cookies except essential ones.
How long will cookies stay on my device?
When you visit our website, ‘session cookies’ are placed on your computer for the time you spend on the website and are removed when you close your browser.
Other types of cookies, called, ‘persistent cookies’ remain on your computer for a longer period until they are set to expire (usually after 12 months) or until you use the browser function to clear cookies.
Cookie list
A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your electronic device (computer, laptop, tablet, phone) when you visit a website in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and are called first-party cookies. More specifically, we use cookies for the following purposes:
Essential Cookies - Cookies for running the website that can't be switched off.
Name | Purpose | Expiry |
COOKIE_SUPPORT | Indicate whether you have support for cookies enabled | 364 days |
GUEST_LANGUAGE_ID | Stores the language selected by you for future visits | 364 days |
JSESSIONID | Direct your requests to the correct place | At the end of your browsing session |
LFR_SESSION_STATE_20102 | Store the user’s session and identify them in web applications | At the end of your browsing session |
SERVER_ID | Used to track which web server you are using | At the end of your browsing session |