Cookie Policy
Last Updated: January 1, 2024
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other devices when you visit a website. They serve several purposes, such as remembering your preferences, enabling functionality, and tracking your interactions to enhance user experience and improve site performance. Cookies do not harm your device; they simply facilitate a more personalized web experience.
Types of Cookies Used on This Website
This website uses various types of cookies to ensure its smooth functioning and to help us understand how our users interact with the site, allowing us to make improvements. The categories of cookies we use are:
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Necessary Cookies: These are essential for the operation of our website and enable you to navigate the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided.
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Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance, which pages visitors go to most often, and if they receive error messages from web pages. These cookies do not collect personal identifiable information and are only used to improve how our website works.
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Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personalized features. They can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other parts of web pages that you can customize.
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Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver content that is more relevant to you and your interests. They may be used to deliver advertisements tailored to you or to limit the number of times you see an advertisement. They remember that you have visited a website and may help us understand your behavior after you see an advertisement.
Managing or Deleting Cookies
If you wish to manage, delete, or disable cookies, you can do so through your browser’s settings. Each browser has its own instructions on how to manage cookies:
- Google Chrome: Click on the ‘Menu’ icon, then select ‘Settings’, ‘Advanced’, and scroll down to ‘Privacy and security’, where you can import or export cookie settings.
- Mozilla Firefox: Go to the menu, select ‘Options’, and click on ‘Privacy’. From there, you can choose to accept, reject, or delete cookies.
- Microsoft Edge: Choose ‘Settings’ > ‘Advanced settings’, and view additional privacy, security, and other settings for more choice about your online experience, including cookie controls.
- Safari (on iOS): Settings > Safari > Privacy & Security. You can also see which cookies and website data the application is storing.
For any browser, you can also visit the About Cookies website, which provides instructions for cookie management and removal on a wide variety of browsers. Please note that if you disable or delete certain cookies, you may experience altered functionality of the site.
Third-Party Cookies and Their Usage
Our website may use third-party service providers to analyze visitor information through their cookies. These cookies can be used to collect data on how visitors interact with our site, which helps us improve and personalize your experience. The third-party providers we use are subject to their own privacy policies and are bound by confidentiality agreements.
Consent and Control
We strive to comply with the GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, CCPA, and UK GDPR with respect to cookies. Your consent is important to us. By using this website, you agree that we can place these cookies on your device. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by adjusting your cookie settings as described above.
We aim to keep our Cookie Policy up-to-date and will update it regularly. Should there be any substantial changes to the way we use cookies, we will update this policy and provide a “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. You can contact us at any time for further information or queries about our use of cookies by emailing [email protected].
Please note that while this policy is tailored to be GDPR, ePrivacy, CCPA, and UK GDPR compliant, it is essential to consult with a legal expert to ensure full compliance with these regulations, especially as they are subject to change and interpretation by jurisdictional authorities.