Cookies Website Statement
What cookies are?
Cookies
Cookies are small text files which a website may put on your computer or mobile device when you first visit the website. The cookies will help the website recognise your device the next time you visit. Web beacons or other similar files can also do the same thing. We use the term “cookies” in this policy to refer to all files that collect information in this way.
We use cookies to distinguish you from other users of the website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you use the website and allows us to improve the services we provide to you. On revisiting the website, we will be able to obtain information about your previous visits and about your computer including where available, your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about your browsing actions and patterns and does not identify you. For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer.
We use the following cookies:
l Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Disabling them may mean you are not able to access parts of our website.
l Analytical or performance cookies. We use these cookies to collect information about how visitors use the website, for instance which pages visitors go to most. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. Some of these cookies are known as analytic cookies which allow us to monitor website traffic using industry accepted third parties.
l Functionality cookies. These cookies are used to recognise you when you return to our website and to remember changes you have made to things such as text size, fonts and other parts of the website you can change so we can personalise our content for you.
l Targeting cookies. We use these cookies to record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may share this information with third parties for this purpose.
For more details on the specific cookies we use, why we use them and when they will expire, please see Part 1 of Appendix 1 of this Cookie Policy.
[Please note that third parties (such as advertising networks and providers of external services) may also use cookies on the website, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical cookies, performance cookies or targeting cookies. Part 2 of Appendix 1 of this Cookie Policy provides a list of the third parties who may use these cookies and the reasons for which they use them.
Most browsers accept cookies automatically, but you can change your cookie preferences by adjusting your browser settings to refuse the setting of all or some cookies if you prefer. You can usually do this by visiting the “options” or “preferences” menu on your browser. Please note, however, that if you do this and choose to block all cookies (including essential cookies) we cannot guarantee that your experience will be as fulfilling as it would otherwise be, and you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.
Where we collect personal data as part of our use of cookies on the website, we will do so in accordance with our Privacy Policy click here.
Appendix 1
Appendix 1
Part 1 – Cookies used
Cookie Title
Cookie Name |
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More Information |
Expiry
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Comments
| When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. If you leave a comment on our site you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. |
| These cookies will last for one month after last visit to the website if you agree to the cookies. If you decline the cookies they will last for one hour.
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Login page
| If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices.
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| These cookies will last for one month after last visit to the website if you agree to the cookies. If you decline the cookies they will last for one hour.
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Article
| If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day. |
| These cookies will last for one month after last visit to the website if you agree to the cookies. If you decline the cookies they will last for one hour.
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Media | If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website. |
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Embedded content from other websites
| These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. |
| These cookies are subject to the policies of the host website. |
Data | For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile.
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| All users can request at anytime to see their own data from Administration. Control of this data is by the individual user. |
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What rights you have over your data
| If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
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| You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. |
Google Analytics | Google Analytics – Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exist. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. Google Analytics – Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exist. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. Google Analytics – Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. Google Analytics – Used to throttle request rate. Google Analytics – Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
| These cookies will last for two year.
These cookies will last for 30 minutes
These cookies will last for a session.
These cookies will last for 10 minutes. These cookies will last for 6 months |
Pa rt 2 – Third-party cookies
Third-Party Name | Purpose |
Google Analytics]
Automated spam detection service.
| Web analytics service that allows you to analyse in-depth detail about the visitors on your website. It provides valuable insights that can help you to shape the success strategy of business. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. |
Note: All Policies are reviewed annually, more frequently, or as necessary.