Cookie Policy

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  What’s a cookie?

• A “cookie” is a  piece of information that is stored on your computer’s hard drive and  which records how you move your way around a website so that, when you  revisit that website, it can present tailored options based on the  information stored about your last visit. Cookies can also be used to  analyse traffic and for advertising and marketing purposes.
• Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system.

If  you want to check or change what types of cookies you accept, this can  usually be altered within your browser settings. You can block cookies  at any time by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to  refuse the setting of all or some cookies. 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 site.

How do we use cookies?

• We  use cookies to track your use of our website. This enables us to  understand how you use the site and track any patterns with regards how  you are using our website. This helps us to develop and improve our  website as well as products and / or services in response to what you  might need or want.
• Cookies are either:

– Session  cookies: these are only stored on your computer during your web session  and are automatically deleted when you close your browser – they usually  store an anonymous session ID allowing you to browse a website without  having to log in to each page but they do not collect any personal data  from your computer; or

– Persistent cookies: a persistent cookie  is stored as a file on your computer and it remains there when you close  your web browser. The cookie can be read by the website that created it  when you visit that website again. [We use persistent cookies for  Google Analytics.

• Cookies can also be categorised as follows:

–  Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential to enable you  to use the website effectively, such as when buying a product and / or  service, and therefore cannot be turned off. Without these cookies, the  services available to you on our website cannot be provided. These  cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for  marketing or remembering where you have been on the internet.

–  Performance cookies: These cookies enable us to monitor and improve the  performance of our website. For example, they allow us to count visits,  identify traffic sources and see which parts of the site are most  popular.

– Functionality cookies: These cookies allow our website  to remember choices you make and provide enhanced features. For  instance, we may be able to provide you with news or updates relevant to  the services you use. They may also be used to provide services you  have requested such as viewing a video or commenting on a blog. The  information these cookies collect is usually anonymised.