A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
How we use cookies
They are used by us to help our website users navigate our website efficiently and like most websites we use cookies to capture certain information about our site’s users.
When you visit our website we set Google Analytics cookies which help measure the number of visitors to the site, see how they navigate and which areas they access. We use this information to help us to develop new content and to improve the way the website works. If you want to prevent Google Analytics cookies being set, you may install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On.
Other third party sites which are linked to and can be accessed from our site such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram also set a variety of cookies.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.