Cookies are used on our website to improve your experience when using our website. If you continue to use our website we will assume that you are happy to accept all cookies on our website.

What are cookies?

Cookies are bits of text that are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. Your browser sends these cookies back to the website every time you visit the website so it can recognise you and can then tailor what you see on the screen.

Some of the cookies we use

Certain cookies are necessary in order for you to use our websites. These are used each time you visit our website and then expire when you leave the website. They are not stored on your computer and they do not contain any personal data. You can delete them via your browser.

Session cookies

These enable you to carry out  essential functions on our site. They also help by minimising the need to transfer information across the internet. They are not stored on your computer and they expire when you terminate your browser session or logout of certain areas.

Secure cookie

A secure cookie is only used when a browser is visiting a server via HTTPS. This ensures that the cookie is always encrypted when transmitting from client to server. This makes the cookie less likely to be exposed to cookie ‘theft’ via ‘eavesdropping’.

Persistent cookies

These are used to persist a user’s preference across e.g. setting items such as the open status of the carousel, and remain until the expiry date and time set by the web server (or otherwise manually deleted by the user).

Analytics

We  keep track of what pages and links are popular and which ones do not get used much to help us keep our site relevant. It’s also useful to be able to identify trends of how people navigate their way around our site and help us provide a user friendly website.

Third-party cookie

Google Analytics use cookies in order to provide reports about site visitors. However, Google Analytics cookies do not collect personal data about website visitors.

Managing your cookies

You’ll find more information about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org where you can get details on how to delete cookies from your computer. Please refer to you handset manual for information on how to delete cookies from your mobile phone browser.