Cookie Policy

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Cookies used on our site

Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

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Google Analytics Tracking Code that logs details about the visitor’s browser and computer.

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Collects data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. Used by Google Analytics.

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Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user accessed the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration of a website visit.

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Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user leaves the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration of a website visit.

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Used to throttle the speed of requests to the server.

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Collects data on where the user came from, what search engine was used, what link was clicked and what search term was used. Used by Google Analytics.

Marketing 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.

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Registers a unique ID that identifies the user’s device for return visits.

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Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor’s on line behaviour across websites.