Cookie policy
Effective Date: May 20th, 2018
Last Revised: May 20th, 2018
A “cookie” is a piece of information that is stored on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies record how you navigate a website so that, when you visit that website again, it can show tailored options based on the information stored at your last visit. Cookies can also be used to analyze traffic and for advertising and marketing purposes.
Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system.
If you want to check or change the types of cookies this website uses, you can do that in your browser settings. You can block cookies at any time by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse all the cookies or only some of them. However, if you block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access our site or parts of it.
We use cookies to better understand how you use our website and to track any patterns in your usage. This further helps us to develop and improve our website and also to build products and/or services in response to what you might need or want.
(a) Session cookies: these are only stored on your computer during your web session and are automatically deleted when you close your browser – they usually store an anonymous session ID allowing you to browse a website without having to log in to each page but they do not collect any personal data from your computer; or
(b) Persistent cookies: a persistent cookie is stored as a file on your computer and it remains there when you close your web browser. The cookie can be read by the website that created it when you visit that website again. We use persistent cookies for Google Analytics.
(a) Strictly necessary cookies: these cookies are essential to enable you to use the website effectively, such as when buying a product and/or service, and therefore cannot be turned off. Without these cookies, the services available to you on our website cannot be provided. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you have been on the Internet.
(b) Performance cookies: these cookies enable us to monitor and improve the performance of our website. For example, they allow us to count visits, identify traffic sources and see which parts of the site are most popular.
(c) Functionality cookies: these cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced features. For instance, we may be able to provide you with news or updates relevant to the services you use. They may also be used to provide services you have requested such as viewing a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect is usually anonymous.
Please note that third parties who advertise on our website (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.