Last updated: 10 June 2020
1. What is a cookie?
Cookies are small text files that are stored by your browser on your device (e.g. computer, mobile phone, tablet) when you browse websites. Other technologies, including data we store on your web browser or device, identifiers associated with your device, and other software, are used for similar purposes. They are widely used in order to make websites work or work in a better, more efficient way. In this policy, we refer to all of these technologies as cookies.
2. Why do you use cookies?
We use cookies to:
- make our Website work as you would expect;
- improve the security and speed of the site;
- continuously improve our Website for you;
- analyze how users browse our Website.
3. What types of cookies are there?
We use the following types of cookies:
(a) strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are essential to the Website in order to enable a user to move around and to use features, such as remembering information entered on forms when a user moves between pages within a browser session. Without strictly necessary cookies, certain services on the Website may not be made possible and the Website may not perform as smoothly as it should. These cookies don’t gather any information for marketing purposes or to remember where you have been on the internet.
(b) analytical cookies
Analytical cookies collect information about the use of the Website and help improve performance of the Website. For example, analytical cookies can show us which pages are visited most often, help you keep track of the issues on your site, and show whether your site is performing well. Analytical cookies do not collect personal information from users and all information collected by these cookies is generalized and anonymous.
(c) functional cookies
Functional cookies allow the site to memorize your choices and provide enhanced and more tailored features. Functional cookies also remember your changes, such as customizing a particular web page, as well as other occasions, such as watching a video or leaving a comment on our Website. Functional cookies do not follow your actions on other sites.
(d) advertising cookies
Advertising cookies are used to show you more interesting ads that are more relevant to your interests, or to limit the number of ads on the same ad impressions on your site. This type of cookies are also used to measure the effectiveness of our campaigns. These cookies can be used to memorize what you have seen on the site.
4. Which cookies do you use?
We use these cookies:
| Cookie category | cookie name | cookie expiracy | cookie purpose |
| HTTP | _ga | 2 years | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website |
| HTTP | _gat | 1 day | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate |
| HTTP | _gid | 1 day | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website |
| Pixel | collect | Session | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels |
5. How can I manage cookies?
Strictly necessary cookies are a condition of using our Website. If you reject these types of cookies then we cannot predict how our Website will perform when you visit it.
You can control the use of other types of cookies by adjusting your browser settings.
Please note that by deleting cookies or disabling them you may be unable to access certain areas or features of our Website. If you adjust your cookie settings this will also affect the other websites you visit.