COOKIES POLICY
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a file with a small amount of text that is stored on your hard drive and sent to your browser by a website you visit. This helps the site to remember information about your visit and other settings so that we can provide you with a next visit easier and more useful. We may also use cookies on our website to analyze traffic and for advertising and marketing purposes, which do not harm your system.
If you want to check or change the type of cookies you accept, you can do so in your browser settings.
How do we use cookies?
We use cookies to do two things to track your use of our site. This allows us to understand how you use the site and track any patterns that may arise individually or from larger groups, which will help us to develop and improve our site and services in response to what our visitors want and need; and
The cookies are:
- Session cookies: These are only stored on your computer during your web session and are automatically deleted when you close the browser - they usually store an anonymous session ID allowing you to navigate a site without having to log in to each page, but they do not collect any information from your computer; or
- Persistent Cookies: They are stored as a file on your computer and are kept when you close your Web browser. The cookie can be read by the site that created it when you return to that site. We use persistent Google Analytics, Facebook, Twitter and Mailchimp cookies.
- Strictly needed cookies: These are essential to allow you to use the site effectively, they can not be disabled. Without these cookies, the services that are available to you on the site can not be provided. These cookies do not collect information about you that can be used for marketing.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to monitor and improve the performance of our site. For example, they allow us to track visits, identify traffic sources, and see which parts of the site are most popular.
- Cookies of functionality: Allow our site to remember the choices it makes (such as your username, language or region you are) and provide improved functionality. For example, we may provide you with relevant news or updates on our website. These cookies can also be used to remind you of changes you made to the size of the text, typeface, and other parts of the Web pages that you can customize. They can also be used to provide services you have requested, such as viewing a video. The information that these cookies collect is usually anonymized.
- Customization cookies: These cookies are persistent (while registered with us) and mean that when you sign in or return to the site you may see ads similar to the ones you browsed before.