Cookies

Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improve the user experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests.

The cookies used on this website have been categorised based on the categories found in the ICC UK Cookie guide. A list of all the cookies used on this website by category is set out below.

CATEGORY 1: STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES

These cookies enable services you have specifically asked for.

These cookies are essential to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies’ services, you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.

An audit of the cookies that we use on our site, as of 23rd July 2012, included the following category 1 cookies:

Squarespace Cookies: Used by our content management system to allow administrators and editors to log in and edit the site.

CATEGORY 2: PERFORMANCE COOKIES

These cookies collect anonymous information on the pages visited.

These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance, which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.

An audit of the cookies that we use on our site, as of 23rd July 2012, included the following category 2 cookies:

Google Analytics: This site uses Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use using cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store and use this information. Google’s privacy policy is available at:http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.

By using our website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.

CATEGORY 3: FUNCTIONALITY COOKIES

These cookies remember choices you make to improve your experience.

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website may be able to provide you with local weather reports or traffic news by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently located. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

An audit of the cookies that we use on our site, as of 23rd July 2012, included the following category 3 cookies:

No category 3 cookies found

CATEGORY 4: TARGETING COOKIES OR ADVERTISING COOKIES

These cookies collect information about your browsing habits to make advertising relevant to you and your interests.

These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisation.

An audit of the cookies that we use on our site, as of 23rd July 2012, included the following category 4 cookies. Google Adwords: Google uses cookies which contain a randomly generated 18-digit ID number to uniquely identify a web browser on a specific computer, this isn’t used to identify an individual person and is only used to serve you relevant advertisements on sites other than this one. 

For us to place these cookies on your device/computer, you will have had to “opt-in”, otherwise these cookies will not have been placed on your device/computer.

HOW DO I TURN COOKIES OFF?

If you so wish, you can set your browser so that it stops accepting cookies, or stops accepting cookies from certain websites.

All modern browser manufacturers have settings to allow you to do this. The following links may help you understand how to do this within your browser. In addition, we recommend that you use your browser's “Help” files normally located in your browser's “Help” or “About” menu.

Internet Explorer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196955

Mozilla Firefox: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Cookies

Google Chrome: http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647

Safari Web: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042

Safari iOS: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677

OTHER USEFUL LINKS

Your Online Choices: http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk

Network Advertising Initiative: http://www.networkadvertising.org/

Microsoft Cookie Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.mspx

All About Cookies: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/

IAB: http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/

Data Protection Act 1998: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/ukpga_19980029_en_1

The Information Commissioners Office: http://www.ico.gov.uk/