Cookies policy

What is a cookie?

A "cookie" is a piece of information stored on your computer's hard drive that records how you move around a website so that when you revisit that site, it can present you with personalized options based on information stored about your last visit. Cookies can also be used for traffic analysis and for advertising and marketing purposes.
Cookies are used by almost all websites and do not harm your system.
If you want to check or change the types of cookies you accept, these can usually be changed in your browser settings. You can block cookies at any time by activating the setting in your browser, which allows you to refuse the setting of all cookies. By blocking cookies and continuing to browse you are authorising 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 sites.

How do we use cookies?

We use cookies to track the use of our website. This allows us to understand how you use the site and track any patterns in how you use our website. This helps us to develop and improve our website as well as products and/or services in response to what you may need or want.

Cookies are either:

  • 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 logging in to each page, any personal data on your computer; or
  • Persistent cookies: a persistent cookie is stored as a file on your computer and 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.

Cookies can also be classified as follows:

  • Necessary: Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies provide basic functionality and security features of the website, anonymously.
  • Performance: Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze key performance indicators of the website, which helps provide a better user experience for visitors.
  • Functional: Functional cookies help enable certain functionality, such as sharing website content on social media platforms, collecting feedback and other third-party features.
  • Analytics: Analytics cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information about metrics, number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
  • Advertising: advertising cookies are used to deliver relevant advertisements and marketing campaigns to visitors. These cookies track visitors to websites and collect information to deliver personalized advertisements.

Manage your cookie settings below: