Cookies

Cookies

Like many websites we use "cookies" to enable us to remember your password, to help us identify the portions of our Site that may be the most relevant for your needs, and to help us identify other products or services that may be of interest to you or others. A cookie is a small piece of information that a website can store on your web browser and then retrieve at a later time. We use cookies to track the portions of our Site you visit. However, we do NOT use cookies to examine your surfing behavior before or after you leave our Site. There are products commercially available that are designed to help you disable cookies. Although we want you to be aware that such products exist, please note that if you choose to use them we will not be able to provide you with a personalized service, and it may result in certain features and services not being available to you.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer's hard drive or mobile device. These files are created by a website's server which is a computer that provides the website you are viewing. Only the website that creates a cookie will be able to retrieve and read the contents of its cookies.

 

What do cookies do?

Cookies are used for many different jobs such as remembering options and preferences you have chosen, or if you are shopping online, remembering items you have saved to your shopping basket. Some cookies remember choices you have made for the duration of your visit, these are known as ‘session cookies’, while ‘persistent cookies’ remember settings made from previous visits.

 

Cookies set by the website you are visiting are also known as 'first party cookies'. 'Third party cookies' are set by other websites that may have content embedded into the site you visited. Examples include YouTube and Twitter.

 

The cookies we create do not store any personal or confidential information about you.

Can I disable cookies?

Yes, most web browsers will have an option that allows you to block cookies from all websites or add exceptions so you can accept cookies from specific websites. Some browsers also allow you to view the contents of cookies so you can see what information they contain.

We recommend that you keep cookies enabled as our website may not function correctly without them.

For more information and further reading on cookies, visit:

· Aboutcookies.org