COOKIES POLICY
We use cookies to personalise content, to provide social media features and to analyse website traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners
1. WHAT ARE "COOKIES"?
When you visit this website, it will store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of “cookies”. These “cookies” are very small text files that may be downloaded to your computer or mobile device.
The information is used mostly in order to make this site work as you would expect. The information does not usually identify you directly, but it can give you a more personalised web experience.
Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some cookies. However, please be advised that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of this site and the services that we are able to offer.
2. CAN COOKIES HARM MY COMPUTER OR MOBILE DEVICE
No. Cookies cannot harm your computer and cannot carry viruses. Cookies are intended to enhance your experience of a website, rather than obstruct it.
3. WHAT COOKIES ARE ON THIS WEBSITE?
Sections 3.1 to 3.4 below describe the cookies which are installed upon this website. If you review these and decide that you would prefer us not to use cookies, you can set your browser to reject cookies or to let you know when a website tries to put one in your browser software - for further information, see section 4 below.
Cookie List
A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
| Cookie | Type | Description | Duration |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample | Necessary | Issued by Microsoft's ASP.NET Application, this cookie stores session data during a user's website visit. | Session |
Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
| Cookie | Type | Description | Duration |
| _hjid | Analytics | This is a Hotjar cookie that is set when the customer first lands on a page using the Hotjar script. | 1 year |
| _hjFirstSeen | Analytics | Hotjar sets this cookie to identify a new user’s first session. It stores a true/false value, indicating whether it was the first time Hotjar saw this user. | 30 minutes |
| _GA | Analytics | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. | 2 years |
| _GID | Analytics | Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. | 1 day |
| _gat_gtag_UA_36455087_1 | Analytics | Set by Google to distinguish users. | 1 minute |
| _hjIncludedInPageviewSample | Analytics | Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's pageview limit. | 2 minutes |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | Analytics | Hotjar sets this cookie to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie. | 30 minutes |
Advertising Cookies
These cookies are set through our site by our partners. They are generally used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.
| Cookie | Type | Description | Duration |
| mc | Advertising | This cookie is usually provided by Quantserve to track anonymous information about how website visitors use the site. | 1 year 1 month |
| __qca | Advertising | This is a cookie usually associated with Quantcast, a digital advertising company. They provide website rankings, and the data they collect is also used for audience segmentation and targeted advertising. | 1 year 3 weeks 6 days |
| _p_hfp_client_id | Advertising | This cookie is set for providing the Instagram feed. | 15 seconds |
| YSC | Advertising | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Session |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Advertising | This cookie allows Youtube to check for bandwidth usage. | 5 months 4 weeks 1 day |
| IDE | Advertising | Cookie from Double Click (Google) which helps us to analyze and optimize our advertising campaigns. | 1 year 3 weeks 4 days |
| CONSENT | Advertising | Third party cookies. They provide certain features of Google and may store certain preferences according to usage patterns and personalize the ads that appear in Google searches. | 16 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 15 hours 22 minutes 57 seconds |
| iutk | Advertising | Recognises the user's device and what Issuu documents have been read. | 5 months 4 weeks 1 day |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample | Advertising | This cookie is set in relation to Hotjar tracking | 2 minutes 28 seconds |
4. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT COOKIES
To learn more about cookies, including how to manage them and how they affect your online activities, please visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org You can also learn how to control cookies on different browsers at www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-control-cookies/, or if you want to know how to delete cookies, visit www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-delete-cookies/.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, you can visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
The Internet Advertising Bureau website (Your Online Choices) which you can visit at www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/ allows you to install opt-out cookies across different advertising networks.
New technologies such as Mozilla's Do Not Track ( www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/dnt/) allows you to tell websites not to track you.
It is noted however that blocking cookies may, on occasion, reduce the functionality of a website or prevent access, depending on the browser options which are selected.