This policy is to let you know about the types of cookies our website utilizes and the information they collect. For our contact details and information on how we manage the personal information collected, please see our privacy policy.

1. What is 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. By not blocking cookies and continuing to browse our website, you are authorizing the use of cookies. 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.

2. If you are a resident of the EU

If you are a resident of the EU, our cookie manager (which will only appear for IP addresses within the EU) will alert you to our cookie usage the first time you visit our site and you will be able to consent to or turn off some of our cookies. Each subsequent time you return to our site, our cookie manager will remember your preferences. You can change your preferences at any time.

3. 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 to how you and others 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. We also use cookies to present targeted advertising to you.

4. What types of cookies do we use?

Our website uses the following types of cookies:

• 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.

• 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.Our website uses cookies for the following purposes:

• 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.

• Marketing cookies: These cookies can track where you have been or where you go to after you have visited our website. We use these types of cookies for remarketing and targeted advertising.Please note if third parties advertise on our website (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) they may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.