As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience.
This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the site’s functionality.
A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without disabling some of the functionality and features they add to this site. However, if you wish to do so, instructions on how you can disable cookies are detailed below.
When you first visit this site, we ask you for your permission to store cookies on your device. If you do not accept, you can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). You can also revoke permission to store cookies by deleting the cookies in your browser’s memory or clearing the cache. Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit.
If you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process, debugging issues and to remember if you have logged in previously. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out. This site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site. Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or pages you visit which helps us to understand how we can improve the site for you. We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the social media sites such as Facebook will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.