Cookie Policy
Cookies
Cookies are small files that are placed on your computer, or other device, by our website to ‘remember’ you and your preferences, either for a single visit or for multiple repeat visits. They ensure that you are getting a consistent user experience and allows web applications to tailor its operations to your needs and likes or dislikes based on the information it gathers from your preferences. We currently operate an ‘implied consent’ cookie policy, where by the use of this site means we assume you are happy with the use of our cookies. If you are not happy for this website to track cookies, please do not use this site or you can choose to delete the cookies stored against this site in your browser settings. You can also choose to visit this site in ‘incognito’ mode in Chrome, ‘Private Browsing’ in Firefox and ‘InPrivate’ for Internet Explorer etc. We use traffic log cookies to help track the traffic through the website and provide you with an improved user experience by tailoring our website to demographic information of its visitors. We only use this information for statistical analysis and do not use it for any other purposes.
How can I change my cookie settings?
If you would like to change your cookie settings, most modern browsers have the ability to modify your internet preferences and settings. To learn how to change your cookie settings, search your browser type i.e. Mozilla, Internet Explorer, Chrome etc, and ask how to change my cookie settings. Follow the recommended instructions from the browser associated website. Additional resources on cookies can be found here.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to track how our website is being used to improve the experience for our users. All information collected by Google Analytics is anonymised. You can find out more about Google Analytics’ data practices here, which has a secondary link to Google’s wider privacy policy and principles.
We use Google Analytics to collect the following information:
First-party Cookies
First-party cookies are a small data file that has information on the device / browser, IP address and on-site / app activities. This measures and reports statistics about your interactions on the website and / or apps that use Google Analytics. More information on what particular types of cookies are used by Google Analytics can be found here.
IP Address
Your IP address is collected by Google Analytics and is used to track your geolocation and to protect the service and provide security to you. We have enabled IP masking, so that Google Analytics uses only a portion of an IP address collected, rather than the entire address.