Cookies are small data files placed on your computer or internet enabled device by websites in order to add functionality. A cookie can be used to identify a user’s computer or internet enabled device to the Website, or to other third party websites.   Cookies help to improve the usage and effectiveness of the Website, for example by remembering preferences expressed by a user or tracking a user’s use of the Website for statistical analysis. The data collection and reporting behind this analysis is currently provided by Google Analytics. Your continued use of the Website will indicate your agreement to the use of a google analytical cookie. 

More information on this cookie and advice on how to stop this cookie being used is set out below.

The cookies in use to deliver Google Analytics service are described in the table below.

​Cookie	​Title	​Description
​utma __utmb __utmc __utmv __utmz	​Google Anaytics  Hotjar.	​These cookies are used to store information, such as what time your current visit occurred, whether you have been to the site before, and what site referred you to the web page. These cookies contain no personally identifiable information but they will use your computer's IP address to know from where in the world you are accessing the Internet. Google stores the information collected by these cookies on servers in the United States of America. Google may transfer this information to third-parties where required to do so by law, or where such third-parties process the information on Google's behalf.

 

These cookies are used to store information, such as what time your current visit occurred, whether you have been to the site before, and what site referred you to the web page. These cookies contain no personally identifiable information but they will use your computer's IP address to know from where in the world you are accessing the Internet. Google stores the information collected by these cookies on servers in the United States of America. Google may transfer this information to third-parties where required to do so by law, or where such third-parties process the information on Google's behalf.

We also use the following System Cookies to allow the site and portals to function as required and provide security:

In order to provide website visitors with more choice on how data is collected by Google Analytics, Google has developed the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. The add-on communicates with the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js) to stop data being sent to Google Analytics. The Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on does not affect usage of the Website in any other way. A link to further information on the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on is provided below for your convenience.

For more information on the usage of cookies by Google Analytics please see the Google website. A link to the privacy advice for this product is provided below for your convenience.

Disabling Cookies

If you would like to restrict the use of cookies, you can turn off the cookie acceptance option in your browser settings. Links to advice on how to do this for the most popular Internet browsers are provided below for convenience and will be available for the Internet browser of your choice either online or via the software help (normally available via key F1).

Internet Explorer

Google Chrome

Mozilla Firefox

Apple Safari

 

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