Cookie Policy

Our website uses cookies.

What Is A Cookie?

Cookies are small text files that may be placed on your device when you use a website. They help us to remember your preferences and to tailor our digital content according to your interests. The ePrivacy Regulation states that we can store cookies on your device if they are ‘strictly necessary’ for the operation of our website. For all other cookies we must obtain your consent.

Other types of cookies and tracking technologies include local storage objects, software development kits, pixel trackers, ‘like’ buttons and social sharing tools, and device fingerprinting technologies. The law on cookies generally applies to all of these tools.

The use of cookies is governed by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy Regulation.

Cookie Domains

First party cookies have been set up by us and are read by our website. Third-party cookies are set by another domain as permitted by us. These cookies track your internet use across several sites and can be used to profile you for advertising networks.

The following sections explain some of the terminology that is commonly used to describe cookies:

Session Cookies

These are cookies which are only related to a single session (a single visit to our website) and are automatically deleted when you close your web browser.

Persistent Cookies

These cookies remain on your device after you have finished your browsing session. These cookies are saved for an extended period of time (from days to years) and have a number of functions, including tracking, analysing and authenticating.

Types of Cookies

1. Strictly Necessary Cookies

Cookies which are required for our website to work e.g. cookies for load balancers, cookies acceptance etc.

1. Marketing/Advertising Cookies

Advertising cookies are used to monitor internet usage and target ads which are more relevant to the visitor.  These are mainly third-party cookies from advertiser networks. There are currently no marketing/advertising cookies in use on our website.

1. Analytic/Performance Cookies

These cookies are set by our analytics providers and allow us to record certain information about visitors, such as the pages they visit on our website, how many times they visit our website, and links they might click on. These cookies may also capture geographical location; IP address; what type of device the visitors is using and various information about the device. This information can be used to create a unique fingerprint to help further identify the visitor on other websites they might visit and can be used to create a profile of their online activities and interests. There are currently no analytic/performance cookies on our website.

1. Functional Cookies

These cookies allow us to recognise visitors and remember choices they make (such as choice of language or mobile device preferences) when they return to our website. There are currently no functional cookies in use on our website.

The Cookies We Use On Our Website

Strictly Necessary Cookies