Cookies Policy
We use cookies to distinguish you from other users of our websites and services. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you visit our websites or use our services and also allows us to improve our websites and services. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them
Cookies are small text files that websites store on your computer to help distinguish you from other users. We use cookies to help us provide you with a better experience when you browse our website and help us to improve our site through monitoring visitor interest and behaviour anonymously.
There are a few different types of cookies:
Persistent cookies are used to retain user preferences, relating to a particular website you visit. This can be things like whether you want to be logged in automatically when you visit the website, or whether you've already been asked to take part in a survey for example. Persistent cookies exist on your machine for a pre-set length of time.
Session cookies are used to retain information during a particular time you've used a website; this can be things like storing the contents of your shopping basket on an e-commerce site. They are deleted as soon as you close your browser.
Third-party cookies are used by advertisers and social networks to learn about your browsing habits to help deliver relevant advertising and content to you. This, for example means you could be more likely to see adverts for shops you already shop at.
What cookies do we use on our site?
On our Website we use Persistent and Session cookies. Due to the social media buttons you'll find on our articles and the advertising we use to support the site, you may also receive
Third-party cookies while using the Website.
You may refuse to accept cookies by unchecking the tick box.
Our Website does not store any personal identifiable or sensitive information in its cookie such as names, addresses, email addresses or telephone numbers.
The cookies we use
Which cookies do we use and why?
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Cookie name |
Purpose |
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These cookies enable the function of Google Analytics. This
software helps us to analyse visitor information such as browser usage,
routes through the Website, responses to marketing activities and page
popularity. This information helps us to improve the Website and your
browsing experience. The data stored by these cookies
can be seen only by our relevant teams and never disclosed to any third
party. |
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ASP.NET_SessionId |
This is a simple cookie used to identify your unique visit to
the Website. It is typically used to maintain the integrity of your session
while transacting information (such as posting forms, downloading files),
making sure that a request/data came from you and was not hijacked or
corrupted. This information is discarded when the browser is closed or
the session times out. |
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ASPXANONYMOUS |
This is a cookie that contains an
anonymous (randomly generated) ID for a visitor. |
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wp36382 |
This cookie is associated with the
Act-On marketing automation platform. This software allows us to understand
user behaviour and link activity across the site to marketing campaigns. This
information allows us to improve the quality of the content we provide and associate actions completed on site with
campaigns. |
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This cookie is associated Lucky Orange which is used to identify and record visitor
journeys, and provide anonymous information including who the visitor's
referrer, if any. |
Third party cookies
Some third party cookies may be set on your computer by social media websites and advertising networks. These are used to better understand your interests so that they can market more relevant content to you at another time, in much the same way a supermarket loyalty card analyses your shopping bill and will market relevant discount offers to you based on the products you bought. This is called Behavioural Advertising.
If you would like more information about behavioural advertising and how it affects your privacy, please take a look at www.youronlinechoices.com/uk. You can choose to opt-in or out of a variety of different ad networks on this page; www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices or on this page; www.aboutads.info/choices.
Changing privacy and cookies in your browser
How do I change the privacy setting of my browser?
|
Browser |
Instructions |
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Internet Explorer |
- Choose "Tools" and then "Internet
Options" For more specialised cookie settings click on
"Advanced", check the "Override cookie handling" button
and modify the settings to suit your requirements. |
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Google Chrome |
- Click on the "Tools" menu and select
"Options" Google Chrome allows all cookies by default, but you can
restrict the behaviour of first-party and third-party cookies or even block
them completely. Click on the Close button when you've finished. |
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Mozilla Firefox |
- Click on "Tools", then "Options" (or
"Edit" | "Preferences" on Linux) Choose your preferred settings (You can configure which sites
are allowed to set cookies, how long to keep them for, and view and manage
your existing cookies.). |
|
Safari |
- from the "Home" screen
choose "Settings" then "Safari" |
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Opera |
- Go to "Tools" in the main menu In addition to choosing different settings for first-party ("normal") and third-party cookies,
you may edit cookie settings on a domain/server basis or even edit individual
cookies by clicking the "Manage cookies" button. |
Changes to this Policy
We reserve the right to periodically make changes to this Policy; material changes will be effective immediately upon the display of the revised Policy. The last revision will be reflected in the “Last Updated” section. Your continued use of the Site constitutes your acknowledgment and consent of such changes to the Policy and your agreement to be bound by the terms of such changes
Last updated: June 01, 2023.