COOKIES

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are sent to your device when you visit a website. They stay on your device and are sent back to the website they came from whenever you visit it again. Cookies collect data about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies, which are cookies from a different domain than that of the website you’re visiting. These can help us improve our advertising and marketing. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:

How to manage your cookies preferences?

We have set out below the ways you can manage your cookie preferences across your browser and your mobile device.

You are welcome to block the use of some or all of the cookies and similar technologies we use on our website. However, please be aware that doing so may impair some features and/or services on our website and its functionality or may even render some or all of it unusable.

You should also be aware that clearing all cookies from your browser will also delete any cookies that are storing your preferences, for example, whether you have accepted cookies on a website or any cookies that are blocking other cookies.

You can accept or reject non-essential cookies by clicking to amend your cookie settings using our cookie management tool. You can choose not to allow some types of cookies by clicking on the different cookie categories and you will also find out more information about what each cookie category is used for.

You can accept or reject some or all cookies (for example, blocking all third party cookies) by adjusting your browser settings. Most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable existing cookies. However, please be aware that when you disable cookies, some features and services on the website may not function properly. If you do not know how to do this, the links below set out information about how to change your browser settings for some of the most commonly used web browsers:

Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en-GB

Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-browsing-search-download-history-firefox?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Clear+Recent+History

Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4468242/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy-microsoft-privacy

Microsoft Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/278835/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer

Apple Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042?locale=en_US

Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/

Some browsers, such as Chrome and Firefox, allow you to change your settings to browse in ‘incognito’ mode, limiting the amount of data placed on your machine and automatically deleting any persistent cookies placed on your device when you finish your browsing session.

To clear cookies that have previously been placed on your browser, you should select the option to clear your browsing history and ensure that the option to delete or clear cookies is included when you do so.

By setting your email account to display emails as text only, you may be able to prevent the use of some web beacons, however please be aware that our emails won’t look as pretty and some functionality may be disabled. Please consult the "Help" section of your email client for more information.

For your mobile device, you can understand which third parties have currently enabled cookies on your mobile device and how to opt-out of some of those cookies by accessing the Network Advertising Initiative's website at http://www.networkadvertising.org/mobile-choices from your mobile device. On your mobile device you may also select “Limit Ad Tracking” (on iOS devices) or “Opt out of Interest-Based Ads” (on Android) which allows you to limit the use of information about your use of apps for purposes of serving ads targeted to your interests.

Changes to this Notice

From time to time we may update this Cookie Notice due to changes in applicable law, in our business or for better clarity. When we make these changes, the updated Cookie Notice will be posted on our website with its effective date. Please check back frequently for changes and updates. Your continued use of our services and/or our website(s) constitutes your acceptance of these changes.