Every website uses cookies which are small files stored on your computer when you visit a website. The data stored in them is used to enable features on the website, such as keeping you logged in, or remembering your preferences. They are also commonly used to help generate website statistics to find out user numbers and where users come from or to test site features.
Cookies are not harmful to your computer, and we don't store any personal information in them. If you do not want to receive cookies from us, please change your browser settings to block cookies. Your browser help documents should give you details on how to do this. Alternatively you can find out how to do this for many browsers at www.aboutcookies.org.
We use third parties to provide services on our website. This includes, but is not limited to, advertising and website analytics, and these services may set cookies on your computer. You may see cookies for these sites from Google Adsense, Doubleclick, Google Analytics and Twitter.
You can opt out of Google Adsense personalisation here. This applies to all Adsense ads across the Internet:
https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/.You can opt out of Google Analytics using a browser add-on (available for Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Opera). Again, this applies to all across the Internet:
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Google Analytics |
| ag | This cookie is used to log that you visited our website, and when. |
| ag_remember | This cookie is used to store that you have logged in on the website so you do not have to re-enter your user details on each visit. |
| civicAllowCookies | This cookie is used to record that you are happy to accept cookies on our website and have them stored on your computer/device. |
| meter | This cookie is used in relation to our tbbMeter web statistics. |
| surveyMessage | This cookie is used so we can hide our survey message when you click the close button. |
| tbbpid | This cookie is used to store that you have taken part in a poll on our website. |
| w3t_myname | This cookie is used to store login information used on the forums. |
| w3t_mypass | This cookie is used to store login information used on the forums. |
| w3t_visit | This cookie is used to store which forums and posts you have read during your current visit on the forums. |
Other cookies may be set by third parties such as Google Adsense/doubleclick for purposes of advertising. We do not have any control over these cookies, and you should opt out of these via the appropriate advertiser or using your browser settings.
Cookies may also be set on links that you follow from our website. We earn a small amount of commission from some of the broadband providers listed (we do not require that providers pay us this), and cookies are used to track this information.