Privacy POLICY

COOKIE POLICY

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (e.g. computer, laptop, smartphone) by websites that you visit. They allow the website to recognise your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions. 

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website. They also enable us to collect information such as how many people use our website and the pages they tend to visit (and how often). 

You can set your cookie preferences on our cookie banner the first time you visit our website by accepting all cookies or reviewing the different cookie categories and moving the on/off toggles or by clicking ‘Decline’ to reject all non-essential cookies. Your selections will be automatically saved. You can access your cookie settings and change your preferences at any time by clicking on the [cookie icon in the bottom left corner of the website]/[managing cookies link at the bottom of the website/. Alternatively, you can set your browser to block cookies. Please check your browser for instructions on how to do this. However, 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 website.

Please note that if you do not consent to certain types of our cookies, parts of our website will not work and this may impair or limit your ability to use our website. Unless the cookie is a strictly necessary cookie you can withdraw your consent to our cookies at any time, even if you have previously consented. 

We use the following types of cookies:

• Necessary/essential cookies – These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website and are always enabled because our website won’t work properly without them. They include, for example, cookies for security and network management. You can switch off these cookies in your browser settings, but you then won’t be able to access all or part of our website. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information. 
• Analytical/performance cookies – These cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors to our website and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to understand user behaviour and improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our website and will not be able to monitor its performance. 

Cookies all have different durations. Many essential cookies remain on your device for the duration of your visit to the website; other cookies may remain for a longer period of time to measure how you interact with certain content on the website. 

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and why in the below table:  

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
To learn more about cookies and how they are used please visit www.aboutcookies.org or  www.allaboutcookies.org.