1.1 What are cookies?
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your device when you visit this website. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. We use the term cookies to describe cookies as well as other technologies that operate in a similar way (such as pixels and tags).
Cookies can be set by the owner of the website (first party cookies) or in some cases by third party services the website owner allows to present information, run content or provide other functionality on the website (third party cookies).
Session cookies are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your computer until you close your browser (at which point they are deleted). Persistent cookies are stored on the cookie file of your device for a defined period of time and in between sessions.
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1.3 Why are cookies used on our website?
We use cookies to support the provision of relevant information and functionality to you, to distinguish you from other users of our website, to understand how our website is used, and for targeted advertising. The types of cookies we currently use on our website are set out below.
1.4 Telling us about your cookie preferences
You can use your browser settings to manage your cookie preferences at any time. While you can still visit and browse this website if you block or remove cookies, the functionality and performance of the website may be impaired as a result, and you may be prevented from using certain services provided through the website. For more information on how to manage cookies on popular browsers, please use the links below:
- Google Chrome
- Microsoft Edge
- Mozilla Firefox
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Opera
- Apple Safari
- Apple Safari Mobile
1.5 Categories of cookies used on this website
Strictly necessary cookies – These are essential to make the website function properly. They enable certain functionalities like page navigation and access to certain areas of the website. These cookies are set by default when you land on the homepage of the website.
Preference or performance cookies - These cookies remember choices you make while visiting our website. We can use the information they provide to help tailor our website to your needs, for example by remembering your login details and any customisations you may make during your visit to our website.
Statistics or analytics cookies - These allow us to count the number of visitors to our website and to see how visitors move around the website when they are using it. All counting and tracking is anonymous and movements and activity are not traced back to an individual user. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
We also use Google Analytics to collect information about your online activity on the website, such as the webpages you visit, the links you click, and the searches you conduct on the website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. For more information about the information gathered using Google Analytics, please visit their privacy policy page.
Marketing cookies - These cookies are used in order to provide targeted advertising and to track any sales due to these advertisements, including advertisements contained on other websites or within marketing communications sent to you. For example, we use these cookies to let our advertising partners know if you have entered the website through that partner's advert or link. We also use them to make product/service suggestions to you while you browse the website based on other items that you have looked at during the same session.