Cookie Policy

About cookies

9.1 A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

9.2 Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.

9.3 Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

Cookies that we use

10.1 We use cookies for the following purposes:

(a) whether your browser can accept cookies – WordPress may write a test cookie to your browser to check that it can accept cookies for the purposes of logging in. We do not currently host any services on our website that require you to login – WordPress may however still write this cookie under certain circumstances. The relevant cookie is: wordpress_test_cookie.

(b) whether you have dismissed the cookie notice banner at the foot of the site – we write a cookie to your browser when you have dismissed this notice to ensure that we do not display it again. This cookie expires 1 month after being set. The relevant cookie is: cookie_notice_accepted.

Cookies used by our service providers

11.1 Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website. For example, like many companies, we use analytics to help us monitor our traffic, to get a sense of how many visitors the Website receives every day, the type of individual visiting the website and which sections of the site users typically look at. It’s a key way of knowing how well we’re doing and what we can do better.

11.2 We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: ​https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/​. The relevant cookies are: _ga, _gid & _gat_gtag_UA_4666434_1

11.3 We pay for advertising from marketing partners on other sites, for example Facebook/LinkedIn. These third parties sometimes require that we put a tiny image (“pixel”) from their site on any landing pages that users might arrive at. These pixels can create cookies for the third party so we can work with them to understand how successful their marketing campaign was. We also need to understand where a user came from, so that, if the user goes on to sign up on our Website, we can pay the correct marketing partner for their service. This website uses retargeting services from the social networks Facebook and LinkedIn. Facebook and LinkedIn collect certain information via cookies to determine which web pages are visited. This data is then used to associate your browser with interest and demographic categories, and serve Facebook and LinkedIn ads based on your past visits to this website. Please note that any information collected by Facebook and LinkedIn via cookies are not linked to any customer’s personal information collected by us.

Managing cookies

12.1 Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:

(a) ​https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en​ (Chrome);

(b)​https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);

(c) ​http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/​ (Opera);

(d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-co okies​ (Internet Explorer);

(e) ​https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411​ (Safari); and

(f) ​https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy​ (Edge).

12.2 Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.

12.3 If you block cookies, you may not be able to use all the features on our website.