We use information collected through cookies and similar technologies to improve your experience on our website and analyse how you use it. Because we respect your right to privacy, you can opt out of allowing certain types of cookies. However, blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer. In some cases, data obtained from cookies is shared with third parties for analytics reasons. You can exercise your right to opt out of that sharing at any time by disabling cookies.
What are Cookies?
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
How we use cookies
Cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not.
We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information.
Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies you, a cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you. We are committed to conducting our business in accordance with these principles in order to ensure that the confidentiality of personal information is protected and maintained.
Cookies used on this website
We have outlined below the cookies which are used on this site and provided details on how to manage them. The section below explains the cookies we use, why we use them and for how long they are set:
- System Cookies
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This cookie is necessary and set by our server upon arrival to our website. It is not used by us for any purpose but is needed for the website to function.
This cookie is deleted when a user closes their browser. - Cookie Consent storage
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These cookies are necessary and are set by our cookie consent system to remember your consent preference.
These cookies are stored for 6 months. - Analytics
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These cookies are used by Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our site. 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 visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.
These cookies are set for 2 years
How to control and delete cookies
We do not use cookies to collect information about you which is personally identifiable. If you wish to restrict or block the cookies on our website, you can do this through the ‘Manage Consent’ button in the footer, consent pop-up or via your browser settings. Your browser’s built-in ‘Help’ option will give you details on how to achieve this or you can visit the All About Cookies website, which offers additional guidance.
