Cookie Policy

What are cookies?

This website, along with most other major websites, uses cookies. Cookies are small text files which are stored on your computer or device when you visit a website helping the site remember information about you and your preferences.

What do cookies do?

Cookies help to make the interaction between users and websites faster and easier. Some of the cookies we use, help us understand how you use our website, for example the pages you visit and the links you click on, while others enable us to learn which advertisements bring users to our website. What our cookies don’t do is store any personal or confidential information about you.

Are cookies safe?

Yes, cookies are harmless text files. They can’t look into your computer or read any personal information or other material on your hard drive. Cookies can’t carry viruses or install anything harmful on your computer.

What are essential and non-essential cookies?

'Essential' cookies are automatically placed on your computer or device when you access our website or take certain actions on our website as long as your browser settings permit them, these enable our tools and charts to function correctly, server routing to be consistent and for us to store your preferences in relation to non-essential cookies. 'Non-essential' cookies and other technologies are only placed on your computer or device if you have consented to us doing so.

Types of cookie you can consent to

Below are the listed types of cookies you can consent to via our cookie manager and what they are used for.

Necessary
These cookies are required to enable the basic features of the site to work and cannot be switched . These enable tools and charts to function correctly

NamePurpose
functionality_storageEnables storage that supports the functionality of the website or app e.g. language settings.

 

Tracking
These cookies allow us to understand how visitors interact with the website.  This data is collected and reported on anonymously and allows us to measure and improve the performance of the site

NamePurpose
analytics_storageEnables storage (such as cookies) related to analytics e.g. visit duration, pages viewed.

 

Marketing
These cookies are used to track visitors across the website. These allows us to store cookies that related to advertising

NamePurpose
ad_user_dataSets consent for sending user data related to advertising to Google.
ad_storageEnables storage (such as cookies) related to advertising.

 

Personalisation
These are cookies that record your visit to our website, the pages you’ve visited and the links you’ve followed. They may be used to build a profile of your interest and show you relevant adverts on other sites. These will also be used to display ads that are relevant and engaging for individual users. These may be set on the site by our advertising partners

NamePurpose
ad_personalizationSets consent for personalized advertising.
personalization_storageEnables storage related to personalization e.g. video recommendations

 

To find out more about cookies, you can visit www.allaboutcookies.org

Use of cookies on this website

Cookies help us analyse site traffic and personalise content to returning visitors. Read about how we use cookies on our Cookie Policy and see how you can control them in cookie settings.