Cookies Policy

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another. First-party cookies are cookies set by the website you’re visiting. Only that website can read them. In addition, a website might potentially use external services, which also set their own cookies, known as third-party cookies. Persistent cookies are cookies that are saved on your computer and are not deleted automatically when you quit your browser, unlike a session cookie, which is deleted when you quit your browser.

How do we use cookies?

We mostly use ‘first-party cookies’. These are cookies set and controlled by our website, not by any external organizations. However, to view some of our pages, you will have to accept cookies from external organizations. You can delete or block these cookies, but if you do that, some features of this site may not work as intended. These cookies are used to remember:

• your display preferences, such as browsing language, contrast colour, font size, device used, search results preferences and notification preferences;
• your latest visit to the website (for statistical purposes) and the three most recent pages visited (to help our helpdesk if you send a request);

How can you manage cookies?

Removing cookies from your device You can delete all cookies that are already on your device by clearing the browsing history of your browser. This will remove all cookies from all websites you have visited. Be aware though that you may also lose some saved information (e.g. saved login details, site preferences). Managing site-specific cookies For more detailed control over site-specific cookies, check the privacy and cookie settings in your preferred browser. Blocking cookies You can set most modern browsers to prevent any cookies being placed on your device, but you may then have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site/page. And some services and functionalities may not work properly at all (e.g. logging in to your profile).