What are cookies

Cookies are short pieces of text that websites place on the computers or other devices of users who browse them. Depending on your browser, this information is either placed in small individual files or in a common file of cookies placed by different websites. Cookies can only be placed if your device settings allow it.

Types of cookies

Strictly necessary cookies – used to allow you to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website.

Statistics cookies – these cookies collect information about how users use a particular website, such as which pages are visited most often and whether visitors receive error messages from websites. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor to the website. Any information collected by these cookies is of a general nature and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve the performance of the website.

Functional cookies – these cookies allow the website to remember things you choose (such as your name, language or region) and to offer you enhanced, personalised features. The information collected by these cookies can be made anonymous and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

Targeting or advertising cookies – cookies are used to show you advertisements that should be of interest to you and relevant to your interests. They are also used to ensure that you only see certain advertisements a certain number of times and to help measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign.

How to control cookies

You can control or remove cookies at your discretion. You can delete any cookies that are already on your device by changing the security settings on your browser to prevent cookies from being stored on your device. However, in this case, you may need to reset some options each time you visit the website and some services and features may not work.