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This Cookie Policy (“Policy”) explains how our website uses “cookies” and web server logs. This Policy should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.

By visiting our Website and providing your Personal Data to us and/or continuing to use our Website or any of our services, you accept and consent to the practices described in this Policy and in our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.  Click the links below to go directly to these topics:

What are Cookies and how do we use them?
Disabling the use of our Cookies
The types of Cookies do we use

1. What are Cookies and how do we use them?

A cookie is a very small text document which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a website, a computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies.

Like many websites, we use “cookies” and we obtain certain types of information when you access our Site, or our advertisements, or other content provided by us or by others on our behalf from other sites. Information we gather through cookies may include the date and time of your visits to our Site, the pages viewed, and the time spent at our Site. Most of our cookies expire within 30 days, although some of our analytics cookies may persist longer.

We use cookies to:
  • Personalize your experience with our Website;
  • Collect aggregate information about Website usage by all of our users;
  • Offer other products, services, and functionalities personalized to you; and
  • Improve the performance of our Website to provide you with a better experience.

For further information on cookies, please visit All About Cookies where you can find comprehensive information on cookies and similar technologies.

If you do not consent to the use of cookies as described in this Policy, then you may disable the use of cookies as described in the following section.

2. Disabling the use of our Cookies

In order to use certain features and functionality offered through our Website, your web browser must accept certain cookies. If you are unsure as to whether you need certain cookies or not, we recommended that you leave all cookies enabled.

If you choose to block the use of cookies on this Website, some aspects of the Website may not work properly, you may not be able to access all or part of our Website, and you may not be able to use all of the features available.

Because cookie settings are different in different browsers, if you choose to block the use of cookies through settings in your browser, we recommend that you visit All About Cookies, where you can find comprehensive information on how to manage and block cookies for a wide variety of browsers.

3. The Types Of Cookies We Use

Account related cookies

We use cookies to manage the registration process and general administration of online programs and other products including when you log into the Website to access pages, files, tools and features that are exclusive to members. These cookies are usually deleted when you log out however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.

Payment processing related cookies

This site offers online payment facilities and some cookies are essential to ensure that your order is remembered between pages so that we can process it properly.

Form & Survey related cookies

When you submit data through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence. In addition to general contact forms, from time to time we may offer member surveys and questionnaires to understand the requirements of our member base more accurately. These surveys may use cookies to remember who has already taken part in a survey or to provide you with accurate results after you change pages.

Site preferences cookies

In order to provide you with a great experience on this Website, 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 is affected by your preferences.

Analytics Cookies

We use “analytics” cookies, which, in conjunction with our web server’s log files, allow us to calculate the aggregate number of people visiting our Website and which parts of our Website are most popular. They allow us to gather information such as the time you visit our website, whether you have visited before, and the website that you visited prior to visiting our website. This helps us gather feedback so that we can improve our Website and offer the best user experience. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.

Other Cookies

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.

 

Last updated January 2019