Cookie Policy

A cookie is a small text file that we store on your device. Our website uses cookies to distinguish between users of our website, and monitor where our traffic is coming from. Cookies also provide us with information about how this website is used so we can keep it as up to date, relevant and as error-free as possible.

How we use cookies on this site

When you use and access our site, we may place a number of cookies files in your web browser. We use cookies for the following purposes: to enable certain functions of the site, to provide analytics, to store your preferences, to enable advertisements delivery, including behavioural advertising.

In line with our Privacy Policy, we use the following categories of cookies on our website:

Strictly necessary cookies. These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies services like content downloads, shopping carts or e-billing, cannot be provided.

Analytical/performance cookies. These cookies collect information about how our visitors use our website, for instance which pages you visit most often, and if you get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies you. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how our website works.

Functionality cookies. These cookies allow our website to remember the choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website may be able to provide you with local weather reports or traffic news by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently located. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. If you leave a comment on our site you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed. If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day. The information these types of cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

Targeting cookies. These cookies are used to deliver adverts that are more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaigns. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisation.

Social media cookies. These cookies allow you to share what you’ve been doing on the website on social media such as Facebook and Twitter. These cookies are not within our control so you will need to read the respective privacy policies for how their cookies work.

Use of web beacons

Some of our web pages may contain electronic images known as web beacons (sometimes known as clear gifs) that allow us to count users who have visited these pages. Web beacons collect only limited information which including a cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the web beacon resides. We may also carry web beacons placed by third party advertisers. These beacons do not carry any personally identifiable information and are only used to track the effectiveness of a particular campaign.

How to control cookies?

If you would prefer us not to collect cookies, you can change your browser settings to remove and/or prevent the use of cookies. Please keep in mind that by removing or blocking cookies, you may not be able to access certain parts of our website, and you may experience browsing errors.

If you want to delete any cookies that are already on your computer, please refer to the help and support section on your internet browser for instructions on how to locate the file or directory that stores cookies.

You can opt out of the collection of data by Google Analytics here.

Where can you find more information about cookies?

You can learn more about cookies, online privacy and behavioural advertising from the following third-party websites:

By choosing to use our website without opting out, it means that you understand and agree to data collection for the purpose of marketing ads to you.