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Cookies

Please read this cookie policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are and how we use cookies on our Services. This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy which set out who we are, how to contact us, what data is collected, how and why we collect, store, use and share personal information generally, as well as your rights in relation to your personal information and details of how to contact us and supervisory authorities if you have a complaint.

Cookies

A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your device (e.g. your smartphone or other electronic device) when you use our Services. When we use cookies on our Services, you will always be informed by a pop-up within the Services.

Cookies help us to recognise you and your device and allow us to store some information about your preferences or past actions.

For example, we may monitor how many times you use our Services, which parts of the Services you go to, etc. This information helps us to understand use of the Services by our users. Some of this data will be aggregated or statistical, which means that we will not be able to identify you individually.

For further information on our use of cookies, including a detailed list of your information which we and others may collect through cookies, please see below.

For further information on cookies generally, including how to control and manage them, visit the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

Consent to use cookies

We will ask for your consent to place cookies or other similar technologies on your device, except where they are essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested (e.g. to allow you to remain logged-in to the Services as you navigate within the Services and use the Services functionalities).

Our use of cookies

We use the following cookies:

Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
Targeting 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 the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.

The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why:

The cookies we use	Name	Purpose	Whether cookie is essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested and whether we will seek your consent before we place the cookie
‘Universal Analytics (Google)’]	_ga, _gali, _gat, _gid	This is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc which uses cookies to show us how visitors use our Services, and how we can enhance their experience. It provides us with information about the behaviour of our visitors (eg how long they stayed on the Services) and also tells us how many users we have had.] This cookie collects information in an anonymous form including: [insert] OR personal information including: [insert]. [Insert details of how long the cookie will remain]	Yes/ No

The cookies we use

Name

Purpose

Whether cookie is essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested and whether we will seek your consent before we place the cookie

‘Universal Analytics (Google)’]

_ga, _gali, _gat, _gid

This is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc which uses cookies to show us how visitors use our Services, and how we can enhance their experience. It provides us with information about the behaviour of our visitors (eg how long they stayed on the Services) and also tells us how many users we have had.]

This cookie collects information in an anonymous form including: [insert] OR personal information including: [insert].

[Insert details of how long the cookie will remain]

Yes/ No

How to turn off all cookies and consequences of doing so

If you do not want to accept any cookies, you may be able to change your device settings so that cookies (including those which are essential to the services requested) are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of our Services and of other Servicess you use on your device. For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

Changes to this policy

This policy was published 24 June 2022 and last updated on 24 June 2022. We may change this cookies policy from time to time, when we do we will inform you via the Services or by sending an email to the email address you provided when you signed up to the Services.