Cookies

A cookie is a small file that can be placed on your device's hard drive or on a website server. We use cookies to obtain some of the automatically collected information described above. Most browsers automatically collect cookies, but you do not have to accept a cookie, and you can in fact modify your browser so that it will not accept cookies. For more information about cookies including how to set your internet browser to reject cookies please go to www.allaboutcookies.org; this will open in a new window.

By continuing to use this website, following display of our pop-up cookie notification banner, you agree to our use of cookies.

Different types of cookies are used for different purposes on our website, these are known as: strictly necessary cookies, performance cookies, and functionality cookies. Some cookies may be provided by an external third party to provide additional functionality to our website and these are included below. For example, we may use Google Analytics to help analyze how visitors use the Site. Google Analytics and similar tools use cookies to collect standard Internet log information and user behavior information in an anonymous form. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Site (including IP address) is transmitted to our third party providers and then used by us to evaluate visitors’ use of our website and to compile statistical reports on website activity. If you would like to opt-out from the use of your information by Google Analytics, you may use Google’s analytics opt-out browser add-on designed for this purpose.

We also Google reCAPTCHA (“reCAPTCHA”) to check whether the data input on our websites is carried out by a person or an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor by means of various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor accesses the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates certain information (e.g., IP address, dwelling time of the website visitor on the website or mouse movements effected by the user). The data acquired during the analysis are passed on to Google

Strictly necessary cookies
These are cookies that are essential to fulfill an action requested by you, such as identifying you as being logged in. If you prevent these cookies by adjusting your browser settings, we cannot guarantee how our website will perform during your visit.

Performance cookies
These are cookies used to improve our website, for example for analytics that let us see how our website is being used and where to make improvements. These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. The information is collected in an anonymous form and includes the number of visitors, where visitors have come from to the websites and the pages they visited.

Functionality cookies
These cookies enhance the performance and functionality of our website, often as a result of something you’re doing as a user. For instance, we may personalize our content for you or remember your preferences.

Managing and Deleting Cookies
If you want to manage cookies, you can do so from your browser. You can find out how to do this by going to the help menu in your browser. Please see www.allaboutcookies.org for further information; this will open in a new window.