Cookies policy
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Our website uses cookies.
- 1.2 By using our website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in
accordance with the terms of this policy.
- 2. Credit
- 2.1 This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal (http://www.seqlegal.com).
- You must retain the above credit, unless you purchase a licence to use this document without the
credit. You can purchase a licence at:
http://www.website-contracts.co.uk/seqlegal-licences.html. Warning: use of this document without
the credit, or without purchasing a licence, is an infringement of copyright.
- 3. About cookies
- 3.1 A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent
by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back
to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
- 3.2 Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be
stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the
user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the
user session, when the web browser is closed.
- 3.3 Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but
personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and
obtained from cookies.
- 3.4 Cookies can be used by web servers to identify and track users as they navigate different
pages on a website and identify users returning to a website.
- 4. Our cookies
- 4.1 We use both session and persistent cookies on our website.
- 5. Analytics cookies
- 5.1 We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website.
- 5.2 Our analytics service provider generates statistical and other information about website use
by means of cookies.
- 5.3 The analytics cookies used by our website have the following names: _utma, _utmb, _utmc and
_utmz.
- 5.4 The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of
our website.
- 5.5 Our analytics service provider's privacy policy is available at:
http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
- 6. Third party cookies
- 6.1 Our website also uses third party cookies.
- 6.2 We publish Google AdSense interest-based advertisements on our website. These are tailored
by Google to reflect your interests. To determine your interests, Google will track your
behaviour on our website and on other websites across the web using the DoubleClick cookie. / We
publish Google AdSense advertisements on our website. To determine your interests, Google will
track your behaviour on our website and on other websites across the web using the DoubleClick
cookie. This behaviour tracking allows Google to tailor the advertisements you see on other
websites to reflect your interests (we do not publish interest-based advertisements on this
website). You can view, delete or add interest categories associated with your browser by
visiting: http://www.google.com/settings/ads/. You can also opt out of the AdSense partner
network cookie using those settings or using the NAI's (Network Advertising Initiative's)
multi-cookie opt-out mechanism at: http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/. However, these
opt-out mechanisms themselves use cookies, and if you clear the cookies from your browser your
opt-out will not be maintained. To ensure that an opt-out is maintained in respect of a
particular browser, you may wish to consider using the Google browser plug-in available at:
https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin.
- 7. Blocking cookies
- 7.1 Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies; for example:
- (a) in Internet Explorer (version 11) you can block cookies using the cookie handling
override settings available by clicking "Tools", "Internet Options", "Privacy" and then
"Advanced";
- (b) in Firefox (version 36) you can block all cookies by clicking "Tools", "Options",
"Privacy", selecting "Use custom settings for history" from the drop-down menu, and
unticking "Accept cookies from sites"; and
- (c) in Chrome (version 41), you can block all cookies by accessing the "Customise and
control" menu, and clicking "Settings", "Show advanced settings" and "Content settings", and
then selecting "Block sites from setting any data" under the "Cookies" heading.
- 7.2 Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
- 7.3 If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.
- 8. Deleting cookies
- 8.1 You can delete cookies already stored on your computer; for example:
- (a) in Internet Explorer (version 11), you must manually delete cookie files (you can find
instructions for doing so at
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11);
- (b) in Firefox (version 36), you can delete cookies by clicking "Tools", "Options" and
"Privacy", then selecting "Use custom settings for history" from the drop-down menu, clicking
"Show Cookies", and then clicking "Remove All Cookies"; and
- (c) in Chrome (version 41), you can delete all cookies by accessing the "Customise and control"
menu, and clicking "Settings", "Show advanced settings" and "Clear browsing data", and then
selecting "Cookies and other site and plug-in data" before clicking "Clear browsing data".
- 8.2 Deleting cookies will have a negative impact on the usability of many websites.