What’s in a cookie?

Cookies are small files which are sent by websites and stored locally on your device. They collect information about how the website is being used by those accessing it and allow websites to remember information.

You can find out more about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org

On our website we use cookies to collect information of how many visitors there are to different parts of the site, which helps us keep our site up to date and ensure that the content is relevant to website users. Most browsers will automatically accept all cookies. However, you can change your browser settings so that cookies are refused. Guidance on how to change your browser settings can be found at the website named above or in the “help” menu of your browser. Please be aware however that blocking cookies may hamper our website’s functionality or restrict how much of our website you can access.

Use of cookies on our website

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to anonymously measure visitors on our website, so we can understand which content is being viewed and optimise our site to best meet our visitors’ needs.  You can find out more information on the cookies that Google Analytics sets to enable this measurement here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245  If you want to opt-out of Google Analytics tracking you can do so using the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout   

Facebook 

When we embed Facebook content on our pages or if you use Facebook to comment or share content on our website, then Facebook may set or read cookies to support this functionality.  You can find out more information on the cookies that Facebook uses and how to manage them here: https://www.facebook.com/help/360595310676682 

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy

Instagram

When we embed Instagram content on our pages or if you use Instagram to comment or share content on our website, then Instagram may set or read cookies to support this functionality.  You can find out more information on the cookies that Instagram uses and how to manage them here: https://instagram.com/legal/cookies/   

X (formally known as Twitter )

When we embed ‘X’ content on our pages or if you use ‘X’ to share content on our website, then Twitter may set or read cookies to support this functionality.  You can find out more information on the cookies that ‘X’ uses and how to manage them here: https://twitter.com/privacy 

YouTube

When we embed YouTube content on our pages or if you use YouTube to comment or share content on our website, then YouTube may set or read cookies to support this functionality.  You can find out more information on the cookies that YouTube use and how to manage them here: https://www.google.co.uk/intl/en-GB/policies/privacy/ 

Google Maps

We use Google Maps to provide map functionality on our website. When we embed Google Maps then Google sets cookies to enable this functionality. You can find out more information about the cookies that Google sets and how to manage them here: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/types/

Hotjar

We use Hotjar in order to better understand our users’ needs and to optimize this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users’ experience (e.g. how much time they spend on which pages, which links they choose to click, what users do and don’t like, etc.) and this enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users’ behavior and their devices. This includes a device's IP address (processed during your session and stored in a de-identified form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only), and the preferred language used to display our website. Hotjar stores this information on our behalf in a pseudonymized user profile. Hotjar is contractually forbidden to sell any of the data collected on our behalf. For further details, please see the ‘about Hotjar’ section of Hotjar’s support site.

Cloudflare

https://www.cloudflare.com/cookie-policy/ AddThis http://www.addthis.com/privacy