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cookie

ˈkʊki/

noun

noun: cookie; plural noun: cookies

1. NORTH AMERICAN

a sweet biscuit.

2. INFORMAL

a person of a specified kind.

“she’s a tough cookie”

3. SCOTTISH

a plain bun.

4. COMPUTING

a packet of data sent by an Internet server to a browser, which is returned by the browser each time it subsequently accesses the same server, used to identify the user or track their access to the server.

A cookie is a small text file that is temporarily stored on your computer by a web server. The file is specific only to the domain which writes the file and contains information which can only be read by the same domain at a later date.

Some cookies are always used, where as some cookies are only used if you perform a particular action on our site.

Does our website use cookies?

Yes, we use cookies – and from here on we are talking about the ones explained above under #4.

They are a fundamental part of modern websites that require information to made available to the server at a later date, for example, to store if a user has performed a certain action.

Performance Cookies are also placed to understand your use of our site so that we can make improvements where necessary, for example they show us which pages are are the most popular and help us improve our advertising.

Session Cookies exist to store preference about some of the choices you’ve made – for example whether you’ve completed necessary actions to obtain a promotion. There cookies typically take 12 months to expire.

From time to time we will use other trusted third party services and plugins to enable services which may use cookies for other reasons; these may include, but are not restricted to, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. They are used to provide functionality, for example if you ‘Like’ our page on Facebook.

These plugins will send information about the web page you visited, your IP address, and other browser related information. We are not responsible for any content or cookies served by these third parties. If you wish to understand how these third party services treat your personal data, you should refer to the individual Privacy Policy on their website.

We employ cookies and similar technologies to keep track of your local computer’s settings such as which account you have logged into and notification settings. Cookies are pieces of data that sites and services can set on your browser or device that can be read on future visits. We may expand our use of cookies to save additional data as new features are added to the Service. In addition, we use technologies such as web beacons and single-pixel gifs to record log data such as open rates for emails sent by the system.

We may use third party web site analytic tools such as Google Analytics on our website that employ cookies to collect certain information concerning your use of our Services. However, you can disable cookies by changing your browser settings. Further information about the procedure to follow in order to disable cookies can be found on your Internet browser provider’s website via your help screen.

How do I disable cookies?

You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. If you disable cookies, you may still visit our Websites, but your ability to use some features or areas of the Websites may be limited.

Your web browser normally has the ability to control cookies. To learn more about how to control cookie settings through your browser:

Google Chrome

Click here for information about “Incognito” mode, and managing cookie settings in Chrome;

Mozilla Firefox

Click here for information about the “Private Browsing” settings and managing cookies in Firefox;

Internet Explorer

Click here for information about “InPrivate” and managing cookie settings in Internet Explorer

Safari

Click here to learn more about “Private Browsing” and managing cookie settings in Safari.

If you want to learn more about cookies, or how to control, disable or delete them, please visit aboutcookies.org for detailed guidance. In addition, certain third party advertising networks, including Google, permit users to opt out of or customize preferences associated with your internet browsing. To learn more about this feature from Google, click here.