Cookie Policy

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information that are created when you land on a web page. They are automatically saved on your browser, or hard drive of your computer, smartphone or tablet.

Cookies are used to help track visitor behaviour around a website. They help us understand how you interact with our website and how we can make improvements to the website to enhance user experience, eg by improving functionality or delivering personalised or targeted content.

A session cookie is stored temporarily in the browsers memory and is erased when you close your web browser or if you stay inactive for a certain period of time. When you restart your browser and go back to the visiting website that created the cookie, the website will not recognise you. Session cookies enable the website to track your behaviour from page to page remembering any information you have entered.

Persistent cookies have expiry dates and are stored on your hard drive until the cookie expires or a user manually deletes the cookie. These cookies are reactivated when you return to the website that created that particular cookie. They remember your password/log in information so you don’t have to re-enter these details every time you load a page.

A cookie created by the domain that the user is visiting which you can see in the browsers address bar. Once set, it can only be read by the domain it was set up by.

A cookie by a web site, other than the one you are currently visiting is referred to as a 3rd Party Cookie. These cookies are stored by third party websites such as online advertisers. They gain data about your browsing habits and track across multiple websites.

Some cookies are essential for the functionality of the website so blocking them may impact your experience across our sites. In your browser settings you will find options to manage, disable and delete cookies. For further information on how to do this please visit http://www.aboutcookies.org/.