How Our Website Utilizes Cookies
We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and for aggregate marketing reporting purposes. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.
For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file that is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They help us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalised service.
■ Categories of Cookies We Utilize and Their Functions
We use the following types of cookies:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionalities such as security, network management, and accessibility. You cannot opt-out of these cookies.
- Analytical/Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users find what they are looking for easily.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences (such as your choice of language or region).
- Marketing Cookies: These cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.
■ Ensuring Site Security and Maintaining Integrity
Social Media Usage Disclosure: When you interact with our content via social media, such as liking or sharing our posts, the respective platforms may use cookies to track these interactions. To opt out of this tracking, adjust your settings on the specific social media platform.
■ Allowing Cookie Usage
You always have a choice over whether or not to accept cookies. When you first visit our website, we will ask you to consent to either our recommended settings, or choose which cookies to switch on.
You can manage cookies and chose to block or restrict cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your internet browser. However, if you choose not to accept certain cookies, you may impair certain functionality on our website or may cause it not to work at all. Please note, strictly necessary cookies will always be set as they are essential for our website to operate. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies but some parts of the website will then not work.
■ Additional Guidelines
General Questions
If you have any general questions, please contact us directly. We are here to assist you.