Explaining Cookies

Our Website's Use of Cookies: Our site employs cookies to enhance your user experience by distinguishing you from other visitors. These small files help us tailor your browsing experience and improve the site's functionality. By continuing to navigate our site, you consent to our use of cookies.

A cookie is a tiny text file stored on your browser or your computer's hard drive, containing data that helps us optimize your experience on our site.

- 1 - The Role of Cookies on Our Website

For example, like many companies, we use Analytics, a web analytics service provided by third party analytics service, to help us monitor our site traffic. Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the site analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the site (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by them. They will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the site, compiling reports on site activity for site operators and providing other services relating to site activity and Internet usage. They may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information. Analytics will not associate your IP address with any other data held by them.

Nevertheless, performance cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous and it does not affect your privacy. It is only used to improve how a site works. We might also use these cookies to highlight our products or services which we think will be of interest to you based on your use of our sites. By using Organization’s sites you agree we may place these types of cookies on your device.

Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site. Without these cookies services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided. As these cookies are strictly necessary, we do not need to ask for your consent to use them.
Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use a site, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. Some of these are analytics cookies, set using third-party web analytics software, which allow us to understand more about how our site is used.
Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the site to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, these cookies can be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other sites. By using Organization’s sites you agree we may place these types of cookies on your device.
Targeting or advertising cookies: These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the site operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a site and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisation. Our Sites do not use targeting cookies. We will ask for your consent before we use targeting cookies.

- 2 - Consequences of Adjusting Cookie Settings in Browsers

Upon your initial visit to our site, and as required by law, you'll have the option to consent to various types of cookies we use such as analytics, advertising, and functional, or to decline them.
You can change or withdraw your cookie consent anytime. Manage cookie settings via your browser by following the instructions typically found under "Help", "Tools", or "Edit".
Note that refusing cookies might prevent the full functionality of our site, restricting access to certain features.

Be aware that disabling cookies might limit access to specific functionalities on our site, such as your profile/account and personalized content. Completely removing cookies can affect how you interact with various websites, possibly requiring re-entry of login details on subsequent visits. Despite these changes, you will continue to see advertisements, but they may not be tailored based on your interests.

- 3 - Further Regulations

Automated Usage Data Acquisition

We automatically collect Usage Data through your interaction with our Service or its infrastructure elements, such as the length of time you spend on a page. This encompasses information like your IP address, type and version of browser, the specific pages you visit on our service, the timestamps of your visits, how long you spend on those pages, and other similar diagnostic details.

- 4 - Modifications to This Privacy Framework

This Notice is subject to updates, which may occur occasionally to meet new legal standards or reflect changes in our policies. Updates will be made available on this Site. We encourage frequent reviews of this Cookie Notice to remain informed about how we manage Cookies. Should you have any questions, please contact us.