What are cookies?

Cookies and other online tracking technologies are small data files used to identify your devices when interacting with our website and services. They store information to remember your preferences, identify popular pages, ensure the website functions properly, enhance security, improve user experience, and analyse website performance for necessary improvements.

Types of Cookies We Use

• Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic functionalities such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the site. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

• Performance Cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. They allow us to monitor and analyse website performance, helping us identify and fix issues

• Functional Cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make, such as your username, language, or the region you are in, providing enhanced and personalised features.

• Targeting Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver content that is more relevant to you and your interests. They may be used to deliver targeted advertising or to limit the number of times you see an advertisement.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies to:

Ensure Website Functionality and Security:

• Basic Operations: Cookies are essential for the proper functioning of our website. They allow you to navigate the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas.

• Security: Cookies help us maintain the security of our website by enabling us to detect and prevent potential security threats. They ensure that any data you enter or submit is protected from unauthorised access.

Remember Your Preferences and Settings:

• Customisation: Cookies remember your preferences, such as language selection, font size, and other customizable elements of the website, to provide a personalised browsing experience.

• User Sessions: They retain information about your session, making it easier for you to return to the site and pick up where you left off without having to re-enter information.

Improve Website Performance and User Experience:

• Performance Tracking: Performance cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This allows us to identify any issues users might encounter and improve the overall user experience.

• Feedback and Testing: We use cookies to conduct tests on new features and gather feedback on their performance, ensuring any new additions to the site are user-friendly and beneficial.

Analyse Traffic and Usage Patterns:

• Visitor Analytics: Analytical cookies help us track the number of visitors to our site, the pages they visit, and how long they spend on each page. This data is crucial for understanding what content is most popular and how users navigate our site.

• Behaviour Analysis: By analysing usage patterns, we can identify areas of the site that may require improvements or adjustments, ensuring a smoother and more intuitive browsing experience for all users.

Deliver Relevant Content and Advertisements:

• Targeted Content: Cookies allow us to deliver content that is relevant to your interests and preferences. This includes personalised recommendations and tailored content that enhances your engagement with our site.

• Advertising: We use cookies to serve targeted advertisements that are more likely to be of interest to you. These cookies also help us limit the number of times you see the same ad and measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaign.

Managing Cookies

You have the option to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. However, please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality and performance of our website.

Third-Party Cookies

We may also use third-party cookies from trusted partners to help us analyse website usage, deliver advertisements, and improve user experience. These cookies are subject to the respective privacy policies of these third parties.

We do not control third-party cookies or other technologies. Their use is governed by the privacy policies of third parties using such technologies. You should make sure you are aware of how third parties will use cookies by checking the third party’s cookie policy.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.