Cookie Policy

To make this site work properly, we sometimes place small data files called cookies on your device. Most big websites do this too.

What is a cookie?

Cookies are small text files (composed only of letters and numbers) that a web server places on your computer or mobile device when you visit a webpage. When used, the cookie can help make our Services more user-friendly, for example by remembering your language preferences and settings. You can find more information about cookies by visiting www.aboutcookies.org

This data file stores the information you provide us with and in doing so enables us to amongst other things 'remember' you on either for the duration of your visit (session cookies) or for repeat visits (persistent cookies). Furthermore, this small file of data keeps you logged in as you move around the website, effectively letting you move around the website without having to keep reintroducing yourself. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to continually improve our website.

What are the different types of cookies?

A cookie can be classified by its lifespan and the domain to which it belongs. By lifespan, a cookie is either a:

• session cookie which is erased when the user closes the browser or
• persistent cookie which remains on the user's computer/device for a pre-defined period of time.

As for the domain to which it belongs, there are either:

• first-party cookies which are set by the web server of the visited page and share the same domain
• third-party cookies stored by a different domain to the visited page's domain. This can happen when the webpage references a file, such as JavaScript or image, located outside its domain.

We use both session and persistent cookies and first and third party cookies

Why do we use cookies and other tracking technologies?

In our website we may use the following cookies:

• Strictly necessary cookies. These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the Website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the Website
• Analytical/performance cookies. These cookies may collect information about how visitors use our Websites. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our Websites.
• Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, and remember your preferences. For example, we use functionality cookies to remember polls you have voted.
• First or third-party advertising cookies and web beacons. These cookies may be placed by our sites or applications in order to deliver advertisement, which in turn allows us to provide our services free of charge.
• Other third party cookies. As we display content and links from third party websites, those websitea might set their own cookies which we have no control over them so we recommend to read their cookie policies.

Google Analytics

Our websites may use Google Analytics, which is a web analytics service provided by Google.

For more information, including details of how to block these cookies specifically, please see https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/181881?hl=en

Google Adsense

Some of the ads may be served by Google. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to Users based on their visit to our Site and other sites on the Internet. DART uses "non personally identifiable information" and does NOT track personal information about you, such as your name, email address, physical address, etc. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html

How to reject or delete cookies?

The majority of web browsers (Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari etc.) will allow you to reject or delete cookies from being installed on your device via your browser settings.

Depending on your browser, further information can be obtained via the following links:

• Google Chrome – http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647
• Firefox – http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Cookies
• Internet Explorer – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196955
• Safari – http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Safari/3.0/en/9277.html
• Opera – http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/

Mobile phone users may have to refer to their handset manual for details on how to block cookies using their mobile browser.

Please be aware that restricting the use of cookies may impact on the functionality of our website.

For more information on cookies and how they work, please visit: www.aboutcookies.org.