What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are used widely to make websites work, or work more efficiently, help improve your experience, or to provide information to the owners of the website.

There are two different types of cookies:

1. Essential cookies:these are cookies that are either:
   • used solely to carry out or facilitate the transmission of communications over a network or
   • strictly necessary to provide an online service which you have requested.
2. Non-essential cookies:these are cookies that do not fall within the definition of essential cookies, such as cookies used to analyse your behaviour on a website (analytical cookies), or cookies used to display advertisements to you (advertising cookies).

How do I change my cookie settings?

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, see the following links which set out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Microsoft Edge
• Mozilla Firefox
• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Opera
• Apple Safari

To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website. Please note that disabling cookies via your browser settings could impact your experience on the website.

More Information

If you are looking for more information on how we use cookies, please contact us by email [email protected]

For more general information on cookies, please refer to online resources such as www.aboutcookies.org.