Cookie Essentials
We use cookies to help effectively offer our System. A cookie is a small piece of information which is sent to your computer’s hard drive by the web server so that the System can
remember who you are. This information may include information relating to your use of our System, information about your computer such as the computer’s IP address and browser type,
demographic information and, if you arrived at our System via a link from a third-party site, the URL of the linking page. If you are a registered user, this may include your login
information for verification purposes.
Our Approach to Using Cookies
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.
Further Online Tracking Systems
Web Beacons in Our System
Certain areas of our System may contain electronic images known as web beacons (sometimes referred to as clear gifs) that allow us and our third-party providers or affiliates to count
and track users who have visited certain sections of our System.
Cookie Control
If your browser settings are adjusted to accept cookies, we interpret this as your consent to our use of cookies. If you decide to remove or disable cookies, please be aware that our
site may not function as expected.
Supplementary Information
Automated Usage Data Acquisition
We automatically collect Usage Data through your interaction with our Service or its infrastructure elements, such as the length of time you spend on a page. This encompasses
information like your IP address, type and version of browser, the specific pages you visit on our service, the timestamps of your visits, how long you spend on those pages, and other
similar diagnostic details.
Enhancements to This Policy
From time to time, we may amend this Cookies Policy to mirror changes in our operational, legal, or regulatory circumstances. We encourage you to periodically revisit this policy to
stay informed about any modifications.