Cookie Policy
By using this website, you signify your acceptance of the use of cookies on this website, as set out in this cookie policy. If you do not accept the use of cookies on this website as described, please stop using this website or disable the relevant cookies. Your continued use of this web sites following the posting of changes to this cookie policy will mean that you accept those changes.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are text files generated by a website and placed on your computer or on any other device you are using to access the website. Section 2 and the table below contain further details about the cookies used on this website and their purposes.
No cookies on this website capture a user’s name or other information that would identify the user personally. They merely identify a computer or other device. All information collected by cookies on this website is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
Information collected by the cookies on this website will not be disclosed to third parties.
Session cookies do not store information on the hard disk of your computer or other device and they expire at the end of your browsing session i.e. when you close your browser window the session cookie and information it collected is deleted. Persistent cookies are stored on your computer or other device and they remain there after you close your session until you delete them manually or until your browser deletes them based on the pre-determined period contained within the persistent cookie’s file. This website uses Session cookies and not Persistent cookies.
This website uses both first party and third party cookies, see the table below. Section 2 below contains more detailed information about the use of third party cookies in particular analytics cookies.
- Cookies “strictly necessary” for functionality of this website’s platform. These cookies are essential in order to enable users to move around this website and use its features.
- “Performance” cookies which collect information about how users navigate this website, for instance which pages users access most frequently.
- “Functionality” cookies which allow this website to remember choices you make.
- “Targeting or advertising” cookies used to deliver adverts relevant to an identified machine or other device (not a named or otherwise identifiable person) which are tailored to interests associated with the website activity tied to that machine or device. These cookies are also used to limit the number of times a user sees an advertisement as well as to help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They may also remember that this website has been visited from a device and share that information with marketing organisations.
For more general information about cookies and how to disable them through your browser, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
2. This website uses the following cookies:
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
| Cookie |
Duration |
Description |
| visid_incap_* | 1 year | Incapsula sets this cookie to provide cloud-based website security services. |
| incap_ses_* | session | This is an Incapsula DDoS Protection and Web Application Firewall cookie that is used to relate HTTP requests to a certain session. |
| wt_consent | 1 year | Used for remembering users’ consent preferences to be respected on subsequent site visits. It does not collect or store personal information about visitors to the site. |
| li_gc | 6 months | Linkedin set this cookie for storing visitor's consent regarding using cookies for non-essential purposes. |
| wpEmojiSettingsSupports | session | WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user's browser can display emojis properly. |
| __cf_bm | 1 hour | This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. |
| _cfuvid | session | Cloudflare sets this cookie to track users across sessions to optimize user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalized services |
| _GRECAPTCHA | 6 months | Google Recaptcha service sets this cookie to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.
| Cookie |
Duration |
Description |
| lidc | 1 day | LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection. |
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
| Cookie |
Duration |
Description |
| ___utmvc | less than a minute | The ___utmvc cookie is installed by Google Analytics to gather data on the user's site usage. This data is then used to compile reports and improve the site. |
| _ga | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. |
| _ga_* | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
| vuid | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Vimeo installs this cookie to collect tracking information by setting a unique ID to embed videos on the website. |
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.
| Cookie |
Duration |
Description |
| _gcl_au | 3 months | Google Tag Manager sets this cookie to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. |
| test_cookie | 15 minutes | doubleclick.net sets this cookie to determine if the user's browser supports cookies. |
| receive-cookie-deprecation | 6 months | Google sets this cookie to enable Privacy Sandbox testing and preview how site behaviour and functionality work without third-party cookies. |
| IDE | 1 year 24 days | Google DoubleClick IDE cookies store information about how the user uses the website to present them with relevant ads according to the user profile. |
| _ttp | 3 months | TikTok set this cookie to track and improve the performance of advertising campaigns, as well as to personalise the user experience. |
| sa-user-id | 1 year | StackAdapt sets this cookie as a third party advertising cookie to record information about a user's website activity, such as the pages visited and the locations viewed, to enable us to provide users with interest-based content and personalised advertisements on external websites. |
| sa-user-id-v2 | 1 year | StackAdapt sets this cookie as a third party advertising cookie to record information about a user's website activity, such as the pages visited and the locations viewed, to enable us to provide users with interest-based content and personalised advertisements on external websites. |
| bcookie | 1 year | LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser IDs. |
| _fbp | 3 months | Facebook sets this cookie to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting the website. |
Other cookies are those that are being identified and have not been classified into any category as yet.
| Cookie |
Duration |
Description |
| sa-user-id-v3 | 1 year | Description is currently not available. |
3. Does the policy apply to linked websites?
Our websites may contain links to other websites. This cookie policy only applies to this website so when you link to other websites you should read their own cookie policies.
4. How do we update this cookie policy?
We keep our cookie policy under regular review and we will place any updates on our webpage.
5. How do I update my cookie preferences?
Manage your consent settings by selecting the cookie preferences below
Consent Preferences
6. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies
You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser.
Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our websites again.