Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other website users. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our online product.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer or mobile device if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer or mobile device. We use different types of cookies for different reasons as explained below. You don’t have to accept our use of NON-ESSENTIAL COOKIES described below and you can choose to disable these if you wish.

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

These cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website (and our app) when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

The only non-essential cookie that we use is the Google Analytics cookie. You can choose to block these Google Analytics cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. Most browsers allow you to disable Google analytics cookies through: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

For more information about how we hold your personal data, please see our privacy notice.

In addition to cookies, we may also use tracking pixels (sometimes called web beacons) in our emails. These tiny images help us understand if you open our emails and click on any links within them. This information allows us to personalise future email content and improve the overall effectiveness of our marketing efforts. You can opt out of our emails at any time but clicking the ‘unsubscribe’ button at the bottom of the email.