Why we use cookies
We use cookies on our website to understand more about our users and to improve their experience across our website. We use cookies to recognise a computer when a user visits the website and to:
- track users as they navigate the website
- improve the website’s usability
- analyse the use of the website
- administer the website
- prevent fraud
- improve the security of the website
- personalise the website for our users.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a file containing an identifier a string of letters and numbers that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
Cookies can be used by web servers to identify and track users as they navigate different pages on a website and identify users returning to a website.
Analytics cookies
We use Google Analytics Universal to analyse the use of our website. Our analytics service provider generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies.
The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. It can also be used to help improve Google’s products and services. Our analytics service provider’s privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/policies
Managing your cookies settings
Most browsers allow you to changing your settings and preferences for cookies. Take a look at your browser’s website and support service to find out more (browsers include Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, Safari etc). For more cookie information, visit allaboutcookies.org.
Privacy and Cookies Policy
We want to uphold the privacy of our website visitors, our privacy and cookies policy (link below) explains how we will treat your personal information.