Our Terms of Use

How we use your information

This privacy notice tells you what to expect when our website collects personal information. It applies to information we collect about visitors to our website, and those who log in to our website.

When someone visits our website we collect standard Internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of our site.

We collect this information in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website. We will not associate any data gathered from our site with any personally identifying information from any source. If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will be up front about this. We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.

Use of cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

The table below explains the cookies we use and why. Each cookie is listed by name, along with the following information:

Cookie Name

Cookie name note, if required.

What is it for?

A brief description of what the cookie is used for.

How long does it last?

A cookie can either be deleted after a predetermined timespan, or as soon as the user’s session ends. A session is deemed as ending when the user closes his or her browser.

What’s the implication for site behaviour?

How would the site visitor’s experience change in the absence of this cookie?

Where X is the ID of a page that has page-level authentication opt-in enabled.

Where X is either "S" or "M" and where Y is the name of a field on a form

Cookie name	What is it for?	How long does it last?	What’s the implication for site behaviour?
_utma _utmb _utmc _utmz	These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site, using a service called Google Analytics. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where vistors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.	Session, 30 minutes, 6 months or 2 years, depending on the cookie name	Without this, we will not be able to track the number of visitors to different parts of the website.
0-AuthenticationToken	A random selection of letters and numbers agreed by prior calls between a third-party authentication system and the Cubik website to allow single-sign-on between different systems when configured.	Session.	Without this, the current user cannot be identified on the website, so signing in, purchasing items, My Profile, polls, and all other personalised sections of the site will stop working. This cookie is essential when a user signs in.
0-AuthSession-X	Contains the value "1" if a user has opted-in to access a page with page-level session opt-in enabled.	Session.	Without this cookie, page-level opt-in will not function.
0-Cubik.Forms.DefaultValue.X.Y	Contains a value that will be shown as the default value in a question on a form. Allows third-party code to set form defaults.	Session.	If this cookie is not used, then default values cannot be set by any third-party system that is setting default values on forms in your site.
0-MetaDataSearch_X_Y