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The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
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Cookie Name | Purpose | Controller | Expiration |
__gid | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users and sessions. | Google Analytics | Expires after 2 years |
__gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. | Google Analytics | Expires after 30 minutes |
__ga | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users and sessions. | Google Analytics | Expires when browsing session ends |
GAP | Used to ensure visitors remain connected to their Google account whilst viewing Google content (e.g. embedded Google maps) on the site. | Google Accounts | Expires after 2 years |
__stid | Used by sharethis.com for the purpose of sharing pages and content that interests you on our site, through third party social networking or other websites. | wills.rrlcornwall.co.uk | Expires after 1 year |
PHPSESSID | Preserves user session state across page requests. | wills.rrlcornwall.co.uk | Expires when browsing session ends |
CookieControl | Cookie set by the Civic Cookie Control plugin to record that you accept the fact that this site uses cookies. | wills.rrlcornwall.co.uk | Expires when browsing session ends |