What are Cookies and how do we use them?
A 'cookie' is a piece of information which is placed onto your computer (or another electronic device) when you access our website so that the website can remember who you are. A cookie will typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the 'lifetime' of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number.
Our website uses cookies to record the preferences of visitors, to enable us to optimise the design of our web site. Cookies are small files which are stored on your hard drive. They ease navigation and increase the user-friendliness of a web site. Cookies also help us to identify the most popular sections of our web site. This enables us to provide content that is more accurately suited to your needs, and in so doing improve our service. Cookies can be used to determine whether there has been any contact between us and your computer in the past. Only the cookie on your computer is identified. Personal details can be saved in cookies, provided that you have consented to this, for example, in order to facilitate secure online access so that you not need to enter your user ID and password again
If you visit our website when your browser is set to accept cookies, we will interpret this as an indication that you consent to our use of cookies and other similar technologies as described in this website cookie policy. If you change your mind in the future about letting us use cookies, you can modify the settings of your browser to reject cookies or disable cookies completely.
Description of essential cookies
We use essential cookies on our website to provide you with the best possible experience. Without these cookies, the services you have asked for cannot be provided.