How We Use Cookies

When browsing the internet and using online services, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your web enabled device, this includes small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.

Cookies allow us to respond to you as an individual. This helps us to tailor our website 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 webpage 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.

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.

Cookies are used to improve services for you, for example:

• Enabling a site to recognise your web enabled device so you don’t have to repeat information already given

• Recognising that you may already have username and password so you don’t need to enter this every time your requested

• Measuring how many people are using the site, so usability can be improved

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to manage your cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

The cookies we use are listed below with details about why we use them and how long they will last.

Some cookies we use and list below are supplied by third parties who may also set cookies on their websites. We don't control the usage of these cookies. You should check the third party websites for more information about these.