Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work better, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. A cookie often contains a

unique number, which can be used to recognise your computer when a user of your computer returns to a website that it visited previously.

We use cookies to enhance the online experience of our visitors, to better understand how our website is used and to monitor how our advertisements perform. Cookies may tell us, for example, whether you have visited our site before or whether you are a new visitor.

Your rights

Our cookies do not store financial information or information which is capable of directly identifying you (such as your name or address). You have the right to choose whether to accept these cookies. You can exercise this right by amending or setting the controls on your browser to reflect your cookie preferences. However, please note that if you choose to refuse cookies you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

Changing your cookie preferences

The "Help" menu in the toolbar of most web browsers will tell you how to change your browser's cookie settings, including how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable cookies altogether.

Cookies that we use:

We use cookies for the following purposes:

(a) authentication - we use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website. Cookies used for this purpose are: ASP.NET SessionId

(b) status - we use cookies to help us to determine if you are logged into our website. Cookies used for this purpose are: MemberLoggedIn

(c) personalisation - we use cookies to store information about your preferences and to personalise the website for you. Cookies used for this purpose are: DisplayName, IDE,  DSID, _ct_rmm

(d) security - we use cookies as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect our website and services generally. Cookies used for this purpose are: __cfduid

(e) advertising - we use cookies to help us to display advertisements that will be relevant to you. Cookies used for this purpose are: IDE,  DSID, _ct_rmm

(f) analysis - we use cookies to help us to analyse the use and performance of our website and services. Cookies used for this purpose are: __utma, __utmz

(g) cookie consent - we use cookies [to store your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally. Cookies used for this purpose are: __unam

Cookies used by our service providers:

Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.

We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google's privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. The relevant cookies are: utma, __utmz, _ga and _gid, _gat_UA-71504265-2