Cookies
Use of cookies
We use a cookie to enhance the functionality of our website as they allow us to recognise a repeat visitor. This amongst other things allows us to continue to offer the visitor a set of services or information requested in a previous visit and confirm that certain disclaimers on the web site have been acknowledged. The cookie lasts only as long as your browser is open and cannot be used to obtain any private data about you.
We also use cookies to monitor visitor's usage of our site during a visit. This helps us understand how visitors use our site and allows us to enhance that experience going forward.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files or pieces of information that a website transfers to an individual's hard drive for record-keeping purposes.
There are two main types of cookie:
- Transient (or per-session) cookies - only last for the duration of your visit to the site. They are used to recognise you as you move from page to page and are deleted when you leave. Such cookies can also help maintain session integrity and security.
- Persistent (or permanent) cookies - remain on your machine until they expire or until they're deleted. This type of cookie is used to store and automatically re-enter log-in information for you so that you do not need to remember and re-key log in details or re-confirm certain acknowledgements when you re-enter a site.
We make use of both types of cookie in order to maximise the security of our services and to ensure you always get an optimal service from our sites. We do not use cookies to track your use of the internet after leaving our websites, nor do we store any information about you in cookies that others outside of our organisation could read and understand.
How can I disable cookies?
Although the majority of browsers are set up to accept cookies you are able to set your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent. Please note that if you do set your browser to refuse cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of some of the features of our web site, and you maybe required to acknowledge certain disclaimers each time you navigate between pages within the web site.
For information about how to disable cookies please visit the www.aboutcookies.org website.
Data Protection
Please refer to the ‘Important Legal information’ for information on Data Protection.