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Cookie Policy and Settings

This page describes how our website uses cookies to improve the visitor experience and how you can manage which cookies are placed on your computer.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files which are transferred from our website and stored on your computer's hard drive. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide general usage information to website owners. We use cookies for these reasons only and do not use them to collect any personal information about you.

Are any of these cookies necessary?

Yes. Some of the cookies we set are absolutely necessary to the website. Without them the website would simply stop functioning. We have listed these as 'Strictly necessary cookies'. You cannot disable our strictly necessary cookies.

How can I manage other types of cookie?

Not all cookies are strictly necessary. An explanation of the purpose and benefit of all of the other cookies used on our website is provided. If you wish to disable any of these cookies then a link has been provided to allow you to do so. In some cases, you may need to visit a third-party website operated by one of our service providers to disable the cookies.

The cookies we use:

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies perform important functions on our website. Without them we cannot provide you with basic features and normal website behaviour which you will expect us to. For this reason, you cannot disable these cookies.

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Description

Purpose

ASP.NET_SessionId
ARRAffinity
Session cookies These are temporary cookies which are erased when you close your web browser.
When you restart your browser and revisit our site, the website will not recognise you.
CookieConsent
This cookie is to help us remember that you have seen the cookie message required by law and also stores your choice.
It will have one of two values: true/false and by default the value will be set to allow.

Performance cookies

These cookies collect general information about how visitors use our website to help us improve our website for everyone. For instance, we track which pages visitors go to most often and if they get error messages or broken links. These cookies don't collect personal information that identifies a visitor. All the information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.

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Description

Purpose

CMSLandingPageLoaded Kentico CMS Cookie Indicates that the landing page has already been visited and prevents user activity being logged multiple times. Expires after 20 minutes and the expiration period of the key is renewed every time the website is accessed again.
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Google Analytics Google Analytics is a third-party traffic analysis service that helps us understand how visitors use our website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
You can opt-out of all Google Analytics cookies by installing a browser add-on provided by Google.

If you wish to disable any cookie listed above for which we have not provided a specific means of disabling, you can also use your browser settings to disable cookies. An explanation of how to do this can be found here.

Please note: By disabling cookies in your browser, you may render some of the functionality on our website (and other websites you visit) unusable and we make no guarantees as to the performance of our website when cookies are disabled.