Cookie Policy

We use cookies and similar technologies ("cookies") on our website.

1. What are cookies?

"Cookies" are small text files, placed on a computer hard drive, that enable websites to remember a particular device. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently for visitors and to provide web providers with traffic information.

Cookies allow the server to deliver personalized pages for users as cookies remember your preferences and make the interaction between you and the website smoother and more efficient. When users load the website, the browser retrieves their previous activity. This allows the browser to provide functions that make the navigation more effective.

Without cookies, we may not be able to provide certain services or features, and our website will not work as efficiently as intended. You can turn cookies off, but if you do this you may not be able to access some of the website.

2. Setting and storing cookies

Cookies may be set either by the website you are visiting ("first party cookies") or by third parties that run content on the website you are viewing ("third party cookies"). They may be stored either for the duration of your visit or for repeat visits.

3. Different types of cookies

There are four main types of cookie:

Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential to enable you to navigate around and use the features of a website, or to provide a service requested by you. We do not need to obtain your consent in order to use these cookies.
Functionality cookies: These cookies allow a website to remember choices you make (such as language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website may be able to provide you with local weather reports or traffic news by using a cookie to store information about the region in which you are currently located. The information these cookies collect remains anonymous and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
Performance cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use a website, for example which pages you go to most often, and record difficulties you may experience while using the website, for example error messages. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve the efficiency of the website.
Targeting cookies or advertising cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements tailored to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as to help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They remember that you have visited a website, and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisation.

4. Cookie table

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

5. Other technologies we use in email marketing

We also use pixels or web beacons in direct marketing emails that we send to you. These pixels track whether our email was delivered and opened, the links within the email were clicked and which pages of our website you have visited. They also allow us to collect information such as your IP address, browser, email client type and other similar details. We use this information to measure the performance of our email campaigns, and for analytics.

You can always opt out of our marketing communications by unsubscribing or you can email us (see our privacy policy for further details regarding marketing)

6. Consent to use cookies

We will ask for your permission (consent) to place cookies or other similar tracking technologies on your device, except where these are essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested.

There is a notice on our home page which describes how we use cookies and requests your consent before we place any non-essential cookies on your device.

7. How to manage your cookie settings

There are various ways in which you can manage and control your cookie settings. Please note that, by deleting or blocking cookies, some or all of the websites you visit (or features of them) may not work properly or as effectively.

To find out more about cookies, including how to see which cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, you can visit the third party website: www.allaboutcookies.org

8. Turning off cookies via your web browser

Most modern web browsers will provide you with some general information about cookies, enable you to see what cookies you have, allow you to delete them all or on an individual basis, and enable you to block or allow cookies for all websites or individually selected websites. You can also normally turn off third party advertising cookies separately.

Please note that if you adjust your cookie settings via your web browser then, unless you delete or block each cookie individually, the changes will apply to all websites that you visit – not just our website. You will also need to adjust your cookies on a browser-by-browser basis.

9. Updates to this cookie policy

We may update this cookie policy from time to time to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.

The date at the bottom of this cookie policy indicates when it was last updated.