Cookies

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.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

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. Cookies within our site are related to Google Analytics, a very popular tool used to analyse sites usage and traffic. You can find more about the specific cookies we use in the Google Analytics cookies section of this notice.

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 and delete old ones if you prefer. This can prevent you from taking full advantage of the website. Your browser provider will provide help pages and FAQs that will help you find out how to do this.

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Cookies used

• OptanonConsent
• OptanonAlertBoxClosed
• ASP.NET_SessionId
• RequestVerificationToken
• ai_user
• ARRAffinity
• ARRAfinitySameSite
• ASLBSACORS
• ASLBSA

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site and will not be able to monitor its performance.

Cookies used

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• hjIncludedInPageviewSample
• gat
• hjid
• hjFirstSeen
• hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress
• hjTLDTest
• gid
• ai_session

These cookies can be set through our site by our advertising partners. They can be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

• siteintercept.qualtrics.com
  • cfduid
• doubleclick.net
  • test_cookie
• ads.linkedin.com
  • lang
• linkedin.com
  • lidc
  • bcookie
  • AnalyticsSyncHistory
  • bscookie
  • UserMatchHistory
  • lang
  • li_gc
• youtube.com
  • CONSENT
  • VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
  • YSC

Cookies within our site are related to Google Analytics, a very popular tool used to analyse site usage and traffic. It helps us refine the site and tailor its content. The cookies we use are listed below:

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This cookie is used to establish and continue a user session within this site. When you view a page on this site, the Google Analytics code attempts to update this cookie. If it does not find the cookie, a new one is written and a new session is established. Each time you visit a different page on this site, this cookie is updated to expire in 30 minutes, thus continuing a single session for as long as your activity continues within 30-minute intervals. This cookie expires when you pause on a page on this site for longer than 30 minutes.

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This cookie is typically written to the browser on your first visit to this site. If the cookie has been deleted by the browser operator, and the browser subsequently visits this site, a new cookie is written with a different unique ID. This cookie is used to determine unique visitors and it is updated with each page view. Additionally, this cookie is provided with a unique ID that Google Analytics uses to ensure both the validity and accessibility of the cookie as an extra security measure.

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This cookie stores the type of referral used to reach this site, whether via a direct method, a referring link, a website search or a campaign such as an ad or an email link. It is used to calculate search engine traffic, ad campaigns and page navigation within this site. The cookie is updated with each page view to this site.