Cookies Policy

We use automated technologies to collect information from visitors to our Platforms, which sometimes includes personal information.

Automated collection technologies such as cookies, beacons, tags, and scripts are used by us in analyzing trends, administering the Platform, and tracking users’ movements around the Platform. We, and our third-party vendors, also use these technologies to gather demographic information about our user base as individuals and in the aggregate.

The information we collect automatically is statistical information and may include personal information, or we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. If you do not want us to collect this information, please do not use the Platform.

What Is A Cookie?

A “cookie” is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer and downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies then send information back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognizes that same cookie.

Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognize a user’s device.

Cookies perform many different jobs, like allowing you to navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, saving items in your shopping cart and generally improving a user’s experience on a website. They can also help to ensure that the advertisements you see online are more relevant to you and your interests.

Cookies We Use

In our continuing effort to walk with you transparently, we have included the cookies we use on the website for your review:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the Platform to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually set in response to a request by you, such as filling in a contact form on our website.

In our case we have two types of these cookies:

Forms related cookies so that when you submit data through a form such as those found on our contact page or comment form the cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
Site preferences cookies. In order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page.

Third Party Cookies

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:

Google Analytics

This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue producing engaging content. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.

Google Adsense

The Google AdSense service we use to serve advertising uses a DoubleClick cookie to serve more relevant ads across the web and limit the number of times that a given ad is shown to you. For more information on Google AdSense see the official Google AdSense privacy FAQ.

Social Media

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 following social media sites including Facebook and Twitter, 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.

New Features

From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site whilst ensuring we understand which optimisations our users appreciate the most.

Cookie Duration

We use both Session cookies (which track a user’s progression during one site visit) and persistent cookies (which track a user over time).

The specific cookies associated with our Platforms may change depending on the type of browsing behavior we are analyzing, the third party we have engaged to perform analytics on our behalf or the third-party advertising company we are working with to generate digital behavioral ads.

All of this technology is used to deliver a more relevant and convenient experience for you. You have the choice to refuse functional and/or advertising cookies by turning them off in your Internet browser.

Please note, if you change Internet browsers, you will need to make the same setting change in your new browser.

Disabling Cookies

If you wish to opt out of allowing certain cookies, you may do so by changing your browser settings so that cookies from our Platforms cannot be placed on your computer or mobile device. Please note that if you delete, block or otherwise restrict cookies, or use a different computer or Internet browser, you will need to renew your cookie management choices.

Please note, if you change Internet browsers, you will need to make the same setting change in your new browser.

More information

If you have questions or concerns about our use of automated technologies with regard to your personal information, please contact us.