Cookie Policy & Preferences

1. What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit our website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. They help the site to remember your actions and preferences over a period of time.

2. How We Use Cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and allows us to improve our site.

• Essential (Strictly Necessary) Cookies: These are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that remember your consent preferences and ensure the site functions securely. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
• Analytical/Performance Cookies: These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. We only drop these non-essential cookies with your prior consent.
• Functionality Cookies: These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you and remember your preferences.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

We use both session and persistent cookies on our website:

• Session Cookies: These are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave the site. They are essential for certain functionalities, such as maintaining a secure session.
• Persistent Cookies: These remain in the cookie file of your browser for much longer (though how long will depend on the lifetime of the specific cookie). They are used to remember your preferences and settings for future visits.

4. Specific Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-parties cookies to report usage statistics of the website. These may include, but are not limited to, Google Analytics, which helps us understand how our website is being used and how we can improve your experience. These third parties have their own privacy and cookie policies, and they are only placed with your consent.

5. How to Manage and Control Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by using the preference tools on our website or by amending your web browser controls. Here is how you can manage cookies on popular browsers:

• Google Chrome: Go to Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data.
• Mozilla Firefox: Go to Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data.
• Safari: Go to Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and website data.
• Microsoft Edge: Go to Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Manage and delete cookies and site data.

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.

6. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this page regularly to stay informed.