What is a Cookie and why do we use them?
A cookie is a small text file that is sent to your device from a website when you first visit it. Cookies are used to analyze the user’s interests on our website and help make our website simpler. We use cookies for the purpose of improving the service to website visitors. When you visit our site, you can consent to the use of this technology. It allows us to record visits and activity on the site, which helps us to better understand and navigate the information you are most interested in.
We use Google Analytics to help us generate statistics to understand the needs of our visitors.
What cookies do we use?
We use Google Analytics to measure and generate statistics to help us understand how our visitors move around the site and use our applications. With the information we collect, we try to optimize the site to adapt to your needs and provide you with easy and quick access to the information you are looking for.
These cookies do not collect information that can individually identify visitors. We only collect general information about your computer settings, your internet connection, your operating system, and platform, browsing patterns and interaction with our site.
However, you may choose to change your browser settings.
Setting or removing cookies
You can delete cookies from your browser at any time or disable their storage altogether via the relevant browser settings. Please note however, that the functionality of the site may be limited if cookies are deactivated.
How do I change my cookie settings?
We only use cookies if you agree to it. Your consent and the extent of your consent is given to us when you first visit our website, depending on your browser settings, each time your browser has been set for a certain period or each time it is re-launched. In addition, you can delete cookies from your device after you have given your consent, either via your internet browser or directly from the relevant directory on your device.
Your browser settings are deemed to be your consent to the use of cookies on our website within the meaning of Section 55 (5) of the Electronic Communications Act. Consent to the use of cookies is not required for “technical storage of or access to data whose sole purpose is to transmit or facilitate the transmission of a message over a network” within the meaning of this provision. In short, this means that we do not need to obtain your cookie consent for so-called cookies that enable the technical operation and functioning of our website.
You can set the management of cookies and the corresponding permissions in each internet browser. Instructions on how to adjust the cookie policy settings and procedures for deleting cookies in the most used internet browsers can be found on the following pages:
A list of links to manage cookies in browsers:
Internet Explorer
For information on the different versions of Internet Explorer, please visit the following address: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835
For mobile versions: http://comparitech.net/cookies
Chrome
http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=95647
Safari
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Safari/5.0/en/9277.html
For mobile versions: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677
Firefox
http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Enabling%20and%20disabling%20cookies
You can also opt out of the use of your cookies directly from Google Analytics cookies here:
http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
List of cookies used
Google Analytics – collects aggregate data about user behavior on the website to improve the quality and usability of the website. Cookies are used to identify a given user using a random string of numbers that is created for that user on the first visit.