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What Are Cookies
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the site's functionality.
For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons, detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases, there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not, in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Disabling Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this site. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
You can find out more about changing cookie settings on your computer by visiting https://www.aboutcookies.org.uk/managing-cookies.
The Cookies We Set
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- Email newsletters related cookies - This site offers newsletter or email subscription services, and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.
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- Forms related cookies - When you submit data through a form, such as those found on contact pages, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
Third-Party Cookies
In some special cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third-party cookies you might encounter through this site.
This site uses Google Analytics, which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web, to help us understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit, so we can continue to produce engaging content.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
We use Umbraco Engage to analyse website visitor behaviour. This allows us to improve the user experience and personalise content.
We process:
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- Your pseudonymised IP address (anonymised by default)
- Cookie ID (umbracoEngageAnalyticsVisitorId)
- Page views and click behaviour
- Browser and device data
- Referral source
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- Only we have access to this data (first-party)
- Cookies expire after 1 year
- Data is retained for 2 years, then anonymised
- Anonymised data is retained for a further 2 years
This data collection is pseudonymous and does not identify individuals.
Changes to our Cookie Policy
We may need to change this Cookie Policy if it’s necessary for legal reasons or to reflect changes to our services or the purpose for which we use cookies. In any case, the provisions of this Cookie Policy may be changed without prejudice to your rights. When we change our Cookie Policy, we will make the updated Cookie Policy available on our site, and we will also update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.
Any changes to our Cookie Policy will come into effect 30 days after we post it on our site. During that period, you’re welcome to contact us if you have questions about the changes. If you have an account for our site, then we may reset your login and seek new consent if there is a change in the purpose for which we may use cookies.
More Information
Hopefully, that has clarified things for you, and as was previously mentioned, if there is something that you aren't sure whether you need or not, it's usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site.
However, if you are still looking for more information, then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods:
Email: [email protected]
We aim to respond to your query within five working days.