Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website or application. Your web browser (such as Google Chrome, Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox) then sends these cookies back to the website on each subsequent visit so that they can remember things like preferences.
Cookies are very useful and do lots of different jobs. For example, they enable you to move between our web pages efficiently, they remember your preferences when you visit us again and generally improve your experience when browsing with us.
Cookies last for different lengths of time depending on the job they do. There are session cookies and persistent cookies:
Session cookies only last for your online session and disappear from your device when you close your browser
Persistent cookies stay on your device after the browser has been closed and last for the period of time specified in the cookie
NOTE: These settings will only apply to the browser and device you are currently using.
Strictly necessary cookies
Strictly necessary cookies let you move around the website and use essential features like secure areas.
We use these strictly necessary cookies to:
– Rember information you’ve entered on forms when you visit different pages in a single web browser session
– Identify you as being logged in to our website
Cookies we have defined as strictly necessary will NOT be used to:
– Gather information that could be used to advertise products or services to you
– Remember your preferences beyond your current visit
Performance cookies
Performance cookies collect information about how you use our website. For example, which pages you visit and if you experience any errors. These cookies are essential to us being able to operate and maintain our website.
These cookies don’t collect any information that could identify you – all the information collected is anonymous.
If you prevent them we cannot guarantee how our site will perform for you.
In some cases, some performance cookies are managed for us by third parties, but we don’t allow the third party to use the cookies for any purpose other than those listed below.
We use performance cookies to:
– Provide statistics on how our website is used
– Help us improve the website by measuring any errors that occur
Cookies we have defined as performance will NOT be used to:
Gather information that could be used to advertise products or services to you on other websites
– Remember your preferences or username beyond your current visit
– Target adverts to you on any other website
