COOKIE POLICY

We use the term “cookies” to refer to cookies and other similar technologies covered by data protection legislation relevant to our business on privacy in electronic communications.

WHAT IS A COOKIE

A cookie is a small data file of letters and numbers that your browser places on your computer or device if you agree.  In common with many other website operators, when you enter our site your computer will automatically be issued with a cookie.

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website and personalise the site for your future use. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. Cookies only record the areas of our site that a computer or a device have visited. If you do not want a cookie you can set your browser to deny it, however, if you do turn cookies off, this may limit the service that we are able to offer to you.

By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

We use the following cookies:

• Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. These essential cookies are always enabled because our website won’t work properly without them.  They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into the secure areas of our website.  You can switch off these cookies in your browser settings but you may then not be able to access all or parts of our website. 
• Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
• Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
• Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose so that they can serve you with relevant information on their websites.

THIRD PARTY COOKIES

The table below lists the third-party cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them:

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.

HOW DO I CHANGE SETTINGS FOR OR DEACTIVATE COOKIES

Should you wish, you can choose to change or deactivate cookies set by us or any third parties by changing your browser settings – see the Help function within your browser for details.

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to deactivate, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Microsoft Edge
• Mozilla Firefox
• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Opera
• Apple Safari

For information on the use of cookies in mobile phone browsers and for details on how to deactivate such cookies, please refer to your handset manual.

If you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.