Cookie Policy

Cookies are small pieces of information sent by a web server to a web browser which allows the server to uniquely identify the browser on each page. Other tracking technologies are also used, which are similar to cookies. This can include pixel tags and tracking URLs.

All these technologies are referred to in this Policy as "Cookies."

The types of Cookies that we use on our website, and the purposes for which they are used, are set out below:

• Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential to enable you to move around our website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of our site. Without these cookies, any services on our website you wish to access cannot be provided.

• Analytical/performance cookies: These cookies collect information about how you and other visitors use our site, for instance, which pages you go to most often, and if you get error messages from web pages. We use data from these cookies to help test designs and to ensure a consistent look and feel is maintained on your visit to the website. All information these cookies collect is aggregated. It is only used to improve how a website works.

• For example, we use Google Analytics to track website usage and activity anonymously. Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc.
  ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information
  generated by the cookie about your website use (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. In case of activation of the IP anonymisation, Google will truncate/anonymise the last octet of the IP address for Member States of the European Union and other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases the full IP address is sent to and shortened by Google servers in the USA. On behalf of the website provider, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website provider. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. Furthermore, you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB.

• You can refuse to use Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set on the computer, preventing future data collection when visiting this website: Disable Google Analytics.

• Further information concerning the terms and conditions of use and data privacy can be found at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html or  https://www.google.de/intl/en_uk/policies/. Please note that on this website, Google Analytics code is supplemented by "anonymizeIp" to ensure an anonymised collection of IP addresses (so-called IP-masking).

• Functionality cookies: These cookies allow our site to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for, such as watching a video or commenting. Additionally, these cookies can be used to allow an optional service to function, such as offering a live chat session. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

• Targeting cookies: These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. These cookies are dropped only with your consent. You can give your consent by closing the cookie banner displayed at the bottom of the landing page of our website or browsing the website outside the cookie banner and clicking on any of its items. Please note that we track your consent using a technical cookie; therefore, if you delete any cookies stored on your devices, you will see the cookie banner again. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website, and this information is shared with other organisations, such as advertisers. Often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisation.

• Social media cookies: These cookies allow you to share what you’ve been doing on our Site on social media such as Facebook and Twitter. These cookies are not within our control. Please refer to the respective privacy policies for how their cookies work.

• Pixel tags: Also known as a clear GIF or web beacon. These are invisible tags placed on certain pages of our Site but not on your computer. When you access these pages, pixel tags generate a generic notice of that visit. They usually work in conjunction with cookies, registering when a particular device visits a particular page. If you turn off cookies, the pixel tag will detect an anonymous website visit.

• Tracking URLs: These are used to determine from which referring website the website is accessed.

Please refer to your browser settings if you do not want to allow the Cookies at all or only want to allow use of certain Cookies. You can also use your browser settings to withdraw your consent to our use of Cookies at any time and delete Cookies that have already been set. Please note that by deleting our cookies or disabling future Cookies, you may not be able to access certain areas or features of our site.

To learn more about Cookies, please visit: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/or see http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/, which contains further information about behavioural advertising and online privacy.

Any changes we may make to this policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our policy.

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer by websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites work, or workmore efficiently, as well as to provide information to the site owners. The table below explains the cookies we use and why.

You have the right to ask us for a copy of your personal data; to correct, delete or restrict (stop any active) processing of your personal data; and to obtain the personal data you provide to us for a contract or with your consent in a structured, machine readable format, and to ask us to share (port) this data to another controller.

In addition, you can object to the processing of your personal data in some circumstances (in particular, where we don’t have to process the data to meet a contractual or other legal requirement, or where we are using the data for direct marketing).

These rights may be limited, for example if fulfilling your request would reveal personal data about another person, or if you ask us to delete information which we are required by law to keep or have compelling legitimate interests in keeping.

To exercise any of these rights, you can get in touch with us using the details set out below. If you have unresolved concerns, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office.