Introduction
Cantab Asset Management Ltd (website – https://www.cantabam.com/) uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we will store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. Cookies collect information about how you browse a website and allow the website to remember your preferences and tailor your experience of that website to best suit you. Cookies only contain information relating to the website that created them, and can only return the information to that website. In other words, our site cannot read the information contained in cookies created by anyone else’s website on your computer. Similarly, only our site can read the information in cookies that it creates. Cookies cannot be used to get or view data from your hard drive. If they are not strictly necessary to operate our website, we will only use them where you have consented to us placing these on your computer or other device.
Our First Party Cookies
We use two types of cookies:
Session cookies: These are temporary and are deleted as soon as you close your browser; and
Persistent cookies: These are stored on your computer until they expire or you remove them.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use, when they expire and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
| Cookie Name | Type | Purpose | Expiration |
|---|---|---|---|
| cam_display | Persistent | Remembers user type (Individual, Institution or Intermediary) | 1 year |
| wordpress_test_cookie | Session | Tests that the browser accepts cookies | When the user’s browser is closed |
| PHPSESSID | Session | PHPSESSID is used for processing functions essential to the operation of the website. | When the user’s browser is closed |
Third Party Cookies
Please note that third party providers (including, for example, providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies to assess the ways in which you make use of the Website. Cantab Asset Management has no control over these. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies.
Measuring website usage with Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to collect information about how people use our website. We do this to make sure our website is meeting its users’ needs and to understand how we could improve our website.
Google Analytics stores information about what website pages you visit, how long you are on the website, how you got on to the website and what you click on when you are visiting it. In this respect, we do not collect or store your personal data (e.g. your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.
The following cookies are set by Google Analytics:
| Cookie Name | Functionality | Purpose | Expiration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Used to distinguish users. | Statistics (anonymous) | 1 year |
| _gid | Used to count and track page views. | Statistics (anonymous) | 1 day |
| _gat_gtag_UA_125093777_1 | User to store unique user ID. | Statistics | 1 minute |
For more information on Google Analytics cookie usage you can click on the following link: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
Managing your cookie settings
You can refuse, accept or remove cookies at any time by using the settings on your internet browser. You can configure your internet browser to warn you each time a new cookie is about to be stored on your computer so that you can decide whether to accept or reject it. Please refer to your internet browser’s help section for further information. Please note that some parts of our website may not function properly if you reject cookies.
You can find further information about cookies and how to manage your cookie settings on www.allaboutcookies.org or https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/