Cookie policy

February 2021

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.

We use the following cookies:

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Google AnalyticsWe collect anonymous information about all website visitors, such as the number of times a page is visited and searches performed using the search function. This information is used in order to understand how the website is being used and this helps us improve your user experience. For more information please visit http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html
AddThisWe use sharing buttons to allow you to share our content on your social networks. This allows us to understand what our most popular content is. You will need to share a piece of content by logging into a social network via the buttons on our website before we would receive the information. For more information please visit http://www.addthis.com/privacy#.T6qJbehYvFk
OAX CookiesThis cookie allows us to count the number of times advertisements on our site have been clicked through. We use this information to assess the performance of adverts on our site
Has_jsThis cookie records whether the user has javascript enabled on the browser and alters available functionality based on whether the user is using javascript
CxenseThis cookie records your website so that we can offer you suggestions of other relevant content
Persistent cookiesThese cookies allow the website to remember your settings when you visit again in the future. This enables the site to recognise you as a subscriber and to complete and review question sets
AdmedoThis cookie records your visit to enable us to deliver relevant advertisements to you
UsabillaThis cookie records customer feedback survey services

Please note that the following third parties may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These named third parties may include, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services. These third party cookies are likely to be analytical cookies or performance cookies or targeting cookies:

To deactivate the use of third party advertising cookies, you may visit the consumer page to manage the use of these types of cookies include link to consent management solution.

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.

Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after 28 days.