Cookie Policy
Last revised: February 18, 2019
Information about our use of cookies
The generally available parts of the Website do not use any cookies or similar technologies except for “session storage”. Please see below for more information on session storage.
That part of the Website which requires an account to be set up and a username and password to be accessed uses cookies and other technologies (e.g. local shared objects, web beacons, bugs (including transparent or clear gifs (all references in this policy to cookies includes these other technologies too)) to distinguish you from other users of the Website and also for the other purposes set out below.. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse the 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:
- Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the Website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way the Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. We will use Google Analytics which has some cookies that range in life from 10 minutes to 2 years, including: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage.
- Local storage is used to store encoded, secure tokens, unique for each user. Tokens are removed from local storage on each “log out” action, and will expire after 7 days from “log in” action if no “log out” action was taken
- Session storage is used to keep non personal data only. It is used only to ensure proper working of frontend application and users cannot be identified by those data. Session storage data are constantly created and removed only if needed. Session storage data is also auto removed on browser close.
Social Website Cookies
So you can easily “Like” or share our content on the likes of Facebook and Twitter we have included sharing buttons on our site.
Cookies are set by:
- Facebook – Privacy Policy https://en-gb.facebook.com/policy.php
- Twitter – Privacy Policy https://twitter.com/en/privacy
- LinkedIn – Privacy Policy https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
- Instagram – Privacy Policy https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875
The privacy implications on this will vary from social network to social network and will be dependent on the privacy settings you have chosen on these networks and also where you are located.
Blocking Cookies
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 site.
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit wikipedia.org, or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Do Not Track Signals
Some web browsers may be configured to send Do Not Track Signals to websites, or users may use similar mechanisms to indicate a user’s preference that certain web technologies not be used to track the user’s online activity. The Website does not accept or process Do Not Track signals with similar mechanisms.