Cookie policy

We use the term “cookies” to refer to cookies and other similar technologies covered by the EU Directive on privacy in electronic communications.

WHAT IS A COOKIE

In common with many other website operators, when you enter our site your computer will automatically be issued with a cookie. A cookie is a small data file of letters and numbers that your browser places on your computer or device.

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website and personalize the site for your future use. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. Cookies only record the areas of our site that a computer has visited. If you do not want a cookie you can set your browser to deny it, however, if you do turn cookies off, this may limit the service that we are able to offer to you.

By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

We use the following cookies:

  • Session cookies. These cookies are used to store session information and are required for the operation of our website. Session cookies enable you to log into the secure areas of our website, and ensure that you do not get asked for the same information you have already given during your visit to our website. Session cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser.
  • Preference cookies. During your visit, these cookies are used to store and remember your preferences you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences, for example, your choice of language or region. These preferences are remembered, through the use of the persistent cookies, and the next time you visit you will not have to set these again.
  • Analytical cookies. These cookies help us to learn more about how you interact with our website so that improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. They collect anonymous information about how visitors use our site, which site the user came from, the number of each user’s visits and how long a user stays on the site, and are used to create web statistics usage at aggregated level.

THIRD PARTY COOKIES

The table below lists the third-party cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them

Cookie namePurpose
Google
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how our media campaigns work and how you interact with our website in order to improve the user experience.

How to reject or delete this cookie https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Google
tracking
cookies
Google tracking cookies enable us to understand if you complete certain actions on our website(s) after you have seen or clicked through one of our adverts served via Google. Based on the content you have engaged with on our websites Google are able to deliver some targeted adverts across other Google partner websites.

How to reject or delete this cookie
https://help.hotjar.com/hc/en-us/articles/115011789248-Hotjar-Cookies
FacebookWe make it easier for you to share any content of interest on Facebook and sometimes, we may present with some targeted adverts on Facebook based on your engagement with our website(s).

How to reject or delete this cookie
https://en-gb.facebook.com/help/568137493302217

YouTubeWe embed videos or insert links to videos from YouTube on our website(s). As a result, when you visit a page with content embedded from or linked to YouTube, you may be presented with cookies from YouTube.

How to reject or delete this cookie https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=en-GB

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.

HOW DO I REJECT AND DELETE COOKIES

Should you wish, you can choose to reject or block cookies set by us or any third-parties by changing your browser settings – see the Help function within your browser for details.

You can also visit www.allaboutcookies.org for details on how to delete or reject cookies and for further information on cookies generally. For information on the use of cookies in mobile phone browsers and for details on how to reject or delete such cookies, please refer to your handset manual.

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.