Cookies are text files with small pieces of data — like a username and password — that are used to identify your computer as you use a computer network. Specific cookies known as HTTP cookies are used to identify specific users and improve your web browsing experience.
Data stored in a cookie is created by the server upon your connection. This data is labeled with an ID unique to you and your computer.
When the cookie is exchanged between your computer and the network server, the server reads the ID and knows what information to specifically serve to you.
Cookies help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide better user experience. When our website is visited, we may collect information from you through cookies or other similar technology.
These cookies allow us to ensure that our site functions correctly and operates efficiently when you use it. Session cookies expire once you have closed our website and are not stored once your visit has ended, they are generally not considered to be invasive of your privacy.
This type of cookie allows us to recognise and count the number of visitors to our site and to see how visitors move around our website 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.
These cookies are used to help us understand how you engage with our website so we can tailor content based on your interests.
You can learn more about the individual cookies we use and how to recognise them below.
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WordPress sets a cookie named wordpress_test_cookie to check if the cookies are enabled on the browser to provide an appropriate user experience to our users.
Google Analytics
These analytical cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. Click here for an overview of privacy at Google
Trustpilot
We use the independent review site Trustpilot to collect feedback on our services, and link to our page on Trustpilot from our website. The Trustpilot widget is displayed throughout our site using cookies.
Cookie Law Info
These cookies store your cookie acceptance preferences for 1 year.
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These cookies indicate viewing of an important message and store your cookie acceptance preferences for 1 day.
It is possible to stop your browser and/or mobile device accepting cookies either generally or from specific websites. However, you may find that some aspects of our website stop working or work less well if you do this. For this reason, we do not recommend turning cookies off when using our website.
All modern browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. These settings will typically be found in the ‘options’ or ‘preferences’ menu of your browser. In order to understand these settings, you should use the ‘Help’ option in your browser for more details.
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org