Policies on Cookie Use
Cookies are small pieces of information that a website can store on your computer in order for it to remember something about you at a later time. The information is in the form of a text file, which will only be understood by the web site that initially set the cookie.
The Function and Use of Cookies on Our Site
We use the following types of cookies on our website for the following purposes:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the core functionality and operation of our website such as page navigation and cannot be switched off in our systems. They also include cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website. If you disable these cookies via your browser settings certain parts of the website will not function for you. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
- Analytical/performance cookies and third party cookies. These cookies help us improve or optimise the experience we provide, improve the performance of our website and help us better understand our users experience and needs. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors to our website, to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it (including what links are chosen to click and how much time is spent on which pages) and see if you get any error messages. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring any errors are fixed and that users are finding what they are looking for easily. We use third party analytics service on our website, which provide third party web analytics services and user behaviour analytics services, to help us analyse user behaviour including how visitors use the website so as to optimise the user website experience and create a better overall experience. Further information about these partners can be found here and via the link set out below in relation the individual cookies we use on our website.
- Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website, for example by remembering the cookies you have consented to. This enables us to personalise our content for you and to check that certain functionality is working on our website.
- Marketing 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 and any advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests and also show you relevant adverts on other sites. We may also share this information with third party service providers for this purpose so that when you are on another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website.
Engaging with Linked External Websites
In addition to our own cookies, we work with various third parties to help us analyze and optimize our Sites to deliver the best possible experience to visitors to our Sites.
Analytics is a service provided by third-party service. Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how users use our Sites and to measure how different users respond to different content.
The information generated by these cookies is transmitted to and stored by Analytics servers. Analytics uses this information to compile reports on website activity.
Enhanced Site Tracking Mechanisms
Interactive Social Media Buttons
Our web pages are equipped with social media buttons to enable easy sharing and bookmarking. These buttons link to external social media sites that may collect information about your browsing habits, even if you do not actively use these features. For privacy details and opt-out options, please review the policies of each social network.
Configuring Cookies through Browser Settings
Please note: Disabling, removing, or blocking cookies may turn off some of the features of our Online Platforms that make your experience more efficient, and some Online Platforms may not function properly as a result. Further, if you opt out of having your information collected and used by us and our digital marketing partners for interest-based advertising purposes, you will continue to receive ads, but such ads will not be tailored to your specific interests based on web viewing data collected from your device over time and across unaffiliated websites.
Miscellaneous Provisions
Contact for Queries
If you have questions or concerns, please contact us. We are committed to providing clear and prompt responses.