What are cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics.

Cookies set by this website are called “first party cookies”. Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third party cookies”. Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. like advertising, interactive content and analytics). The parties that set these third party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.

How do we use cookies?

We use first and third party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Websites to operate. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third party cookies are used by services we use on this website like GoogleAnalytics and newsletter service like Mailchimp.

How to control cookies

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.