Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how we use cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit our website. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner are called first-party cookies. Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called third-party cookies. Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website, such as advertising, interactive content and analytics.

Why We Use Cookies

We use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our website to operate, and we refer to these as essential or strictly necessary cookies. Other cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our website. Third parties serve cookies through our website for advertising, analytics and other purposes.

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, you cannot refuse them without impacting how our website functions.

Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customise our website for you. We may use third-party analytics services such as Google Analytics to collect and process certain analytics data.

Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about how visitors use our site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity and provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage. You can learn more about Google Analytics cookies at Google’s cookie information page.

Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same advertisement from continuously reappearing, ensuring that advertisements are properly displayed, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.

Social Media Cookies

These cookies are used when you share information using a social media sharing button on our website or when you engage with our content on a social networking website. The social network will record that you have done this and may use that information to deliver targeted advertising to you.

How to Control Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by adjusting your browser settings.

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit aboutcookies.org or allaboutcookies.org.

Browser Controls

You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser’s help menu for more information.

Disabling Analytics Cookies

You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Advertising Industry Opt-Out

You can opt out of interest-based advertising by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative at optout.networkadvertising.org or the Digital Advertising Alliance at optout.aboutads.info. For users in the European Union, you can visit youronlinechoices.eu.

Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers have a Do Not Track feature that signals to websites you visit that you do not want to have your online activity tracked. Tracking is not the same as using or collecting information in connection with a website. For these purposes, tracking refers to collecting personally identifiable information from consumers who use or visit a website or online service as they move across different websites over time.

Our website does not currently respond to Do Not Track browser signals or mechanisms.

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.

More Information

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please review our Privacy Policy or contact us through the site.

For more information about cookies and how they affect you and your browsing, visit the Information Commissioner’s Office guidance on cookies.