What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file placed on your device by the websites that you visit. Cookies are then sent back to the website on each subsequent visit, or to another webpage that recognizes that cookie. Cookies are used in order to make the website work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website. Such information may be used to provide a more personalized and responsive service. Cookies may be either first and third party cookies. Any cookies that are set by the website that you are visiting are called first-party cookies, whilst any cookies which are from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting are called third party cookies. These cookies are placed by someone other than us. For example, we may allow Google to set a cookie on your browser while you visit our website, and that would be a third-party cookie. Whenever you use this system, information may be collected through the use of cookies and other similar technologies.

This Cookie Notice is a part of the Privacy Policy. For more information about us, and how we process personal information, please see our Privacy Policy.

Cookies we use and why

This system uses cookies that are classified into the following categories:

Strictly necessary cookies
These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website and use of its features, and therefore cannot be switched off in our systems. The information collected relates to the operation of our website and enables us to provide you with the service you have requested. 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 personal data. The use of these cookies is based on our legitimate interest to ensure the proper technical functioning of, access to and use of our websites and to provide you with the services you have expressly requested.

Functional cookies
These cookies are optional and are used to remember the choices you have made, for example the country you visit our website from, your language and any changes you have made to text size and other parts of the web pages that you can customise to improve your user experience and to make your visits more tailored and enjoyable. They enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation based on your interaction with the website.

Analytical and performance cookies
These cookies are optional and are used to collect information on how visitors use our website, for example which pages they visit most often, whether they receive any error messages and how they arrived at our website. They allow us to track analytics by counting visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our website. These cookies are sometimes placed by third party providers of web traffic and analysis services. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.

Advertising and targeting cookies
These cookies are optional and record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We may use this information to make our website and the information (including marketing information) displayed on it more relevant to your interests and to measure the effectiveness of and marketing or information initiatives. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
a. Information we receive through our website (the “Website”); and
b. Information we receive through or in connection with the provision of our products and services ("Services").

How long will cookies remain on my device?

The length of time cookies will stay on your device will depend on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. A persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiration date, unless deleted by you before the expiration date. A session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of your web session, when the web browser is closed.

How can I manage cookies?

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve your experience.

Upon entry to our website, a cookie banner will be displayed asking for your consent to the use of cookies. We use this express consent as the lawful basis for the use of cookies in addition to those that are essential for basic website functionality.

You can manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind, removing or disabling certain cookies may impact your user experience and parts of this system may no longer be fully functional.

You can change your cookie preferences and settings for non-essential cookies at any time by clicking on the “Update your cookie preferences” option at the top of this Cookie Notice. You may also be able to change your browser settings to manage cookies. You can find detailed information on how you can manage cookies at the All About Cookies and Your Online Choices websites.