1.1 We use cookies for the following purposes:
(a) authentication – we use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website – please see our cookiebot for more details;
(b) status – we use cookies to help us to determine if you are logged into our website – please see our cookiebot for more details;
(c) personalisation – we use cookies to store information about your preferences and to personalise the website for you – please see our cookiebot for more details;
(d) security – we use cookies as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect our website and services generally – please see our cookiebot for more details;
(f) analysis – we use cookies to help us to analyse the use and performance of our website and services – please see our cookiebot for more details; and
(g) cookie consent – we use cookies to store your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally – please see our cookiebot for more details.
1.2 Our cookiebot displays at the top of the home page. If you cannot see it, you will need to clear your browser cache and reload the page.
2. Cookies used by our service providers
2.1 Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.
2.2 We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. The relevant cookies are: please see cookiebot.
3. Managing cookies
3.1 Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);
(b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);
(c) http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);
(d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);
(e) https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari); and
(f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).
3.2 Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
3.3 If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.