Notice on Our Use of Cookies
Cookie Policy and User Control: This section of our Cookie Notice informs you about the cookies we use for personalizing content, targeting advertisements, and analyzing site usage. You will also find information on how to restrict cookie usage if you prefer. This policy should be considered alongside our Privacy Policy, which provides additional details on how we handle personal information.
Explaining the Cookies We Use
We use the following types of cookies on our website for the following purposes:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the core functionality and operation of our website such as page navigation and cannot be switched off in our systems. They also include cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website. If you disable these cookies via your browser settings certain parts of the website will not function for you. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
- Analytical/performance cookies and third party cookies. These cookies help us improve or optimise the experience we provide, improve the performance of our website and help us better understand our users experience and needs. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors to our website, to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it (including what links are chosen to click and how much time is spent on which pages) and see if you get any error messages. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring any errors are fixed and that users are finding what they are looking for easily. We use third party analytics service on our website, which provide third party web analytics services and user behaviour analytics services, to help us analyse user behaviour including how visitors use the website so as to optimise the user website experience and create a better overall experience. Further information about these partners can be found here and via the link set out below in relation the individual cookies we use on our website.
- Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website, for example by remembering the cookies you have consented to. This enables us to personalise our content for you and to check that certain functionality is working on our website.
- Marketing cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and any advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests and also show you relevant adverts on other sites. We may also share this information with third party service providers for this purpose so that when you are on another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website.
Visiting Websites Linked Externally but Not Owned
You have the option to opt out of cookie-based advertisements from various organizations by visiting Your Online Choices, where you can switch off behavioural advertising from a multitude of companies.
Complementary Tracking Methods
Some of the areas of our System may contain electronic images known as web beacons (sometimes known as clear gifs) that allow us, and its third-party providers or affiliates, to count and track users who have visited certain portions of our System.
Strategies for Effective Cookie Handling
You can configure your device to accept all cookies, to notify you when a cookie is issued, or not to accept any cookies. Refusing cookies may limit your ability to fully enjoy our website's features and prevent personalized experiences. As browser settings vary, consult the 'Help' menu of your browser to learn how to modify your cookie preferences.
Additional Regulations
Personal Data Retention Strategy
We keep your Personal Data only for as long as needed to serve the purposes outlined in our Privacy Policy. Usage Data is preserved for internal analysis, to improve our security frameworks, enhance functionality, or meet legal obligations.
Cookie Setting Modifications
We might update this Cookies Policy periodically to reflect changes in our operational strategies or to meet legal and regulatory requirements. We encourage you to review this policy regularly to stay informed about our most recent updates.