Cookie Policy
What are cookies?
As is common practice with almost all professional websites, this site uses cookies, which are small text files that are downloaded to your device, to improve your experience. This page explains what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. It also explains how you can prevent these cookies from being stored, although doing so may affect or “break” certain elements of the site’s functionality.
How we use cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons set out below. In most cases, there are no standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to the site. It is generally recommended that you leave cookies enabled if you are not sure whether you need them, in case they are used to provide a service or feature that you use.
Cookies We Set
- Necessary Cookies — These cookies are essential for the website’s functionality. They enable users to navigate the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site and submitting forms. Without these cookies, services you have requested cannot be provided and the functionality of our website may be limited.
- Statistic / performance cookies — Statistic or performance cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information on an aggregated basis. Website interactions may include which pages are visited most often, how long users spend on the website, and whether any error messages are generated. These cookies do not generally collect information that directly identifies a visitor. The information collected is used to help us improve how the website works.
- Marketing cookies — These cookies may be used to deliver content or communications more relevant to you and your interests, and to help measure the effectiveness of any campaigns we run. They may be set by us or by third-party service providers whose services we use on our website. These cookies may track your browsing activity across websites. Where used, they help us better understand engagement with our content and communications.
- Third-party cookies — In some cases, we may also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section describes third-party cookies you may encounter through this site.
This site may use Google Analytics, which is one of the most widely used analytics solutions for helping website operators understand how visitors use their site and identify ways to improve the user experience. These cookies may track information such as how long you spend on the site and the pages you visit, so that we can continue to improve the content and performance of the site.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, please see Google’s own policies.
From time to time, we may test new features and make changes to the way the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features, cookies may be used to ensure that users receive a consistent experience while allowing us to understand which changes and improvements are most useful.
We may also use third-party tools or integrations, such as embedded content, website analytics providers, or social media links. Where those services set cookies through our site, those cookies will be governed by the relevant third party’s own privacy and cookies policies.
If we include social media features on this site, such as links or integrations relating to LinkedIn or other professional networking platforms, those providers may set cookies through our site.
Disabling Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser. Please refer to your browser help settings for information on how to do this.
Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in disabling certain functionality and features of this site. It is therefore recommended that you do not disable cookies entirely.
More information
We hope this has clarified things for you. As noted above, if there is something you are not sure whether you need or not, it is usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case they interact with one of the features you use on our site.
If you would like more information about our use of cookies, you can contact us.