Use of Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your computer. They relate to a specific site, and can be used to enhance that site’s functionality and your interaction with it; they may also be used for usage tracking, research, targeting, etc. Find out below which cookies are used on our website.
You can control the use of cookies on your computer by adjusting your web browser preferences, choosing to allow them, to block them, to only allow them from selected sites or to only allow certain types of cookies. Restricting cookies for a site may interfere with some of the functionality of that site, though. For more information about cookies please see www.allaboutcookies.org.
There are two main types of cookies, first and third party: First Party Cookies are those set by the website that you are viewing. Third party cookies are set by other sites; for example if a video has been embedded from YouTube, YouTube may set a cookie of its own.
Cookies can also last for different durations. Session cookies last until you leave the site, others may last for days or months so the site can recognise you and your preferences on subsequent visits.
We use a number of different cookies on this site, these are:
- necessary cookies that are essential in helping users to move around the website and use its features; such as filling in forms
- and performance cookies, which collect information about how users use the site, such as which pages are the most visited. These cookies collect anonymous information only and only use any information to improve the site.
We use Google Analytics on the site that uses cookies to collect this sort of information. Please click here for more information on Google’s privacy policy, or to opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics on all sites please visit: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
We use a number of third party service providers on this site, some of which may set cookies on your computer when you use the facility. For each providers’ privacy policies please see the below links:
Twitter: twitter.com/privacy
Drupal: drupal.org/privacy
Youtube: google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
Information Collected
Our website contains hyperlinks to websites owned and operated by third parties. These third party websites have their own privacy policies, and are also likely to use cookies, and we therefore urge you to review them. They will govern the use of personal information that you submit, which may also be collected by cookies whilst visiting these websites.
Google Analytics
We use a third-party product, ‘Google Analytics’, to help us to understand how our site is used. For this to work, cookies are used and information about your use of our site, including your IP address, may be transmitted to, and stored by, Google. This information is subject to Google’s Privacy Policy. As with other cookies, you can control the use of cookies on your computer by adjusting your web browser preferences. Google also provide a browser plug-in which allows you to opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites.
Other Websites
Our website may contain links to other websites, which are outside of our control and are not covered by this Privacy Policy. If you access other sites using the links provided, the operators of these sites may collect information from you which will be used by them in accordance with their privacy policy, which may differ from ours.
We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of such third party websites and your use of such websites is at your own risk.
