Cookie Policy
About this Cookie Policy:
We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly and to create a better user experience. This cookie policy explains what cookies are and how we use them.
To see further information on how we use and store your data, see our Privacy Policy.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files which are stored on your computer or mobile device when websites or applications are visited. They are used to remember you and your preferences and make your browsing experience better.
Cookies may be directly from our site, these are called First Party Cookies, or may come from third party sites, such as those who provide content, adverts or analytics services on the website which are known as Third Party Cookies.
Cookies can be stored for various amounts of time on your browser or device. Session Cookies remember you and your preferences for one visit and are deleted from your device when you close your web browser. Persistent Cookies remember you and your preferences for repeat visits. They remain stored on your device until their expiry date, or until deleted.
The website and any emails sent may also contain other tracking technologies such as ‘Pixels’ or ‘Web Beacons’. These are often used in conjunction with Cookies, and are used for similar purposes, but are not stored on your device in the same way. Because of this, if you disable Cookies, Web Beacons may still load, but functionality will be restricted.
How we use Cookies:
We use Cookies to enhance your browsing experience by:
- Recognising when you log in and your preferences.
- Improving our site experience by giving you a browsing experience unique to you.
- Analysing how you use our site. This helps us with monitoring out site performance and troubleshooting problems.
- Identifying returning users and subscribers and allow you them to be presented with a personalised version of the site.
- Eliminating the need for returning users to re-enter their login details.
- To support security measures and assist in identifying possible fraudulent activities.
Strictly Necessary Cookies:
These Cookies are essential in order for you to move around and use the websites features.
Functional Cookies:
These are used to remember preferences set by you (such as account name, language and location.) They provide enhanced, more personalised features. The information collected by these Cookies is usually anonymised, so they do not track you browsing activities on other websites.
Performance Cookies:
Thes collect information about how you use the website. They help us determine the number of unique views the website has, the number of page views, as well as other analytical data. We use these details to help understand how users interact with the website and improve how our website functions.
Some of these Cookies are set by third party sites, for example we use Google Analytics which allows us to monitor our website traffic. These analytic cookies may tell us the gender and age range of our visitors, as well as certain interest categories that users fall within the parameters of. This information is not linked to any individual and cannot be used to identify you.
Advertising Cookies:
We use these Cookies to deliver advertisements which are more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to track the efficiency of our advertising campaigns on our services and on other sites. These Cookies remember that you have visited our site and use this information to tailor advertising for our services when you visit third party websites.
These Cookies may be set by third party advertising sites/networks and can be used to build user profiles, including showing you ads based on acts you have taken on our website.
Third Party Cookies:
We may have third party links on the website. If you click these links you may be sent Cookies from these third party sites. These sites will have their own Cookie and Privacy Policies which we are not responsible for. Please check these third party websites for more information on their Cookies and how to manage them.
Your Choices:
You may be presented with the option to refuse some or all browser Cookies.
If you object to being served advertising which is targeted to your interests based on browsing history, it is possible to opt-out of/control Cookies by changing the preferences in your web browser. You can also delete Cookies from your hard drive, including those already set.
If you opt-out of Cookies you may lose some functionality of the website and its features.