Cookie Policy
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.
We use the following cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
- Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors 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.
- Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
- Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
| Cookie Title / Cookie Name | Purpose | More information |
|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics — [ _ga, _gid, _gat ] | (a) Estimate our audience size and usage pattern — Google Analytics collects anonymous data on the number of visitors, the pages they visit, how long they stay, and how they move through the website. (b) Store information about your preferences and improve experience — While GA cookies don’t store personal data, they help us understand general visitor behavior so we can optimize the website content and layout to provide a better, more relevant experience. (c) Speed up your searches and interactions — By analyzing patterns in how users navigate the site, we can improve load times and streamline navigation for faster access to content. (d) Recognize you when you return to our site — GA assigns a unique ID to each browser so returning visitors can be counted accurately and trends over time can be measured. (e) Allow us to analyze site usage for improvements — The data collected helps us identify areas of the website that work well and areas that need improvement, enabling us to make informed decisions about site design, content, and features. (f) Other purposes — Any aggregated data collected is used solely for performance analysis and site improvement, never for personally identifying you without your consent. | Google Analytics Cookie Usage → |
| Cookie Consent — (cookieConsent) | (a) Store your consent preferences — Remembers whether you accepted or rejected cookies so the popup does not appear repeatedly. (b) Customize your browsing experience — Ensures your previous choices are respected and prevents unnecessary prompts. (c) Speed up interactions — Reduces repeated cookie prompts, making your browsing smoother. (d) Recognize returning visitors — Identifies returning users to maintain their selected cookie preferences. (e) Enable convenient site use — Ensures a consistent browsing experience across multiple visits, respecting your choices for functionality. (f) Other purposes — Supports compliance reporting and auditing for cookie consent management. | Internal (set by this website) |
Please note that the following third parties may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These named third parties may include, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services. These third party cookies are likely to be analytical cookies or performance cookies or targeting cookies:
a) Google Analytics
To deactivate the use of third party advertising cookies, you may visit the consumer page to manage the use of these types of cookies — Google Analytics Opt Out Page
You can also change your consent settings for this website at any time by clicking the button below.
Change Consent SettingsYou can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.
Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after 24 hours to 2 years depending on their purpose.