WHAT ARE COOKIES?

As is common practice with almost all professional websites, this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer to improve your experience.  This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies.  We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored; however, this may downgrade or disable certain elements of the site’s functionality.

We use cookies for a variety of reasons as detailed below.  Unfortunately, in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site.  It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not, in case they are used to provide a service that you enjoy.

DISABLING COOKIES

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this).  Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit.  Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this site. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.

THE COOKIES WE SET

We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this action.  This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page.  These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.

This site offers Newsletter or Email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.

Periodically, we may offer user surveys and questionnaires to provide you with interesting insights, helpful tools; or in order to understand our user base more accurately.  These surveys may use also cookies to remember who has already taken part in a survey, or to provide you with accurate results after you change pages.

When you submit data through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment sections, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence. In order to provide you with a great experience on this site, we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it.  In order to remember your preferences, we need to set cookies so that this information can be retrieved and your preferences remain as the default setting.

THIRD PARTY COOKIES

In some special cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties.  The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.

This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience.  These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.

For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page (https://www.google.com/analytics/#?modal_active=none).  Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site so that we can continue to publish unique content.  These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or pages you visit which helps us to understand how we can improve the site for you.

From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered.  When we are still testing new features these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience during your visit, whilst ensuring we understand which optimisations our users appreciate the most.

MORE INFORMATION

If you require further clarification please do not hesitate to contact us.