Cookie Policy

The use of cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is stored in your browser. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes, and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for analysis purposes, once used the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

List of cookies:

Cookie Name Function Duration
Session This is needed for the website to run on a Windows server, it does not collect any information about the user. Expires when you close the browser or 20 minutes after you leave the website
Google Analytics Google Analytics sets 4 separate cookies to help us accurately determine the number of visitors to the website and overall page usage. - Utma - expires after 2 years- Utmb - expires after 1 hour- Utmc - session cookie which expires at the end of use- Utmz - expires after 6 months

How you can block or remove your cookies?

You have the ability to change the settings on your internet browser to accept all cookies, to notify you when a cookie is set, or to not receive cookies at any time. However, this may mean that some services on our sites cannot then be provided to you.

For help in deleting or blocking cookies please visit www.aboutcookies.org.