Website Cookie Policy

We use cookies and by agreeing to our Terms of Use, you (the “Visitor”) consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this Cookie Policy, which is incorporated into our Terms of Use.

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

What are cookies?

‘Cookies’ are small files stored in your web browser that contain an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that enable us to recognise your computer and track the navigation of different pages of our Website.

Cookies are used to make things quicker, easier and more personal to you. They are also essential in keeping certain parts of our Website functioning correctly and securely. Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies you.

Cookies may be either “persistent” or “session” cookies. A persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date (unless deleted by you before the expiry date). A session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of your session, when the web browser is closed.

How cookies are used on our Website

There are two types of cookies:

  1. First-party cookies are created by us when you visit our Website.
  2. Third-party cookies are created by other websites. These websites own some of the content, like ads or images that you see on the webpage you visit.

We may use the following types of cookies:

  • Essential Tracking Cookies – which are essential to enable you to log in and use the services (because they keep a record of who you are as you navigate our services)
  • Functional Tracking Cookies – which are used to remember choices you make, and to personalise our service
  • Performance Tracking Cookies – which analyse your use of our service (for example, the amount of time you spend using different aspects of our services; these are used for analytics and personalisation)
  • Marketing or Advertising Cookies – these are used to deliver tailored advertisements to you, and to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns
  • Social Media Tracking Cookies – these track your use of social media features such as ‘shares’ or ‘likes’ – your use of social media is governed by the privacy notice of the relevant social media company

We use the information we obtain from your use of our cookies for the following purposes:

  • To personalize content and advertisements
  • To provide social media features
  • To analyse our traffic
  • To identify your preferred language, so it can be automatically selected when you return to the Website;
  • To share information about your use of our Website with our website analytics partners, some advertising partners (programmatic) and social media (only when you log in via your social media account)

Third party websites

The Website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy notices and that we are not responsible for and have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these sites.

Blocking and deleting cookies

How to block cookies in iOS 7 Safari:

  1. a) Launch the Settings app from the Home screen of your iPhone or iPad running iOS 7.
  2. b) Scroll down and tap on Safari.
  3. c) Under Privacy & Security, tap on Block Cookies.
  4. d) Choose between Always, From Third parties and advertisers, and Never.

How to block cookies on Android:

  1. a) On your Android phone or tablet, open the Chrome app
  2. b) To the right of the address bar, tap More Settings.
  3. c) Tap Site settings Cookies.
  4. d) Turn Cookies off.

Clearing cookies

How to clear cookies on iOS:

  1. a) From the home screen, tap the Settings button. (+)
  2. b) On the Settings screen, scroll down and tap the Safari button. (+)
  3. c) Under the ‘Privacy’ section of the Safari screen, tap the button labelled Clear Cookies and Data. (+)
  4. d) On the confirmation screen, tap Clear Cookies and Data. (+)

How to clear cookies on Android:

If you remove cookies, you’ll be signed out of our site and any saved preferences may be deleted.

  1. a) On your Android phone or tablet, open the Chrome app.
  2. b) To the right of the address bar, tap More Settings.
  3. c) Tap Privacy Clear browsing data.
  4. d) Choose a time range, like Last hour or All time.
  5. e) Check “Cookies, media licenses and site data.” Uncheck all the other item.
  6. f) Tap Clear data.

General

If you would like to learn more about cookies, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org

How to contact us

If you have any questions about the Website, or the personal data we collect about you as a Visitor and how we use it, please email us at [email protected] in the first instance.