Cookie Usage

This page discusses how cookies are used by this site. If you continue to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your computer by your web browser at the request of a site you're viewing. This allows the site you're viewing to remember things about you, such as your preferences and history or to keep you logged in.

Cookies may be stored on your computer for a short time (such as only while your browser is open) or for an extended period of time, even years. Cookies not set by this site will not be accessible to us.

Our cookie usage

This site uses cookies for numerous things, including:

Registration and maintaining your preferences: Ensures that you can stay logged in and that the site remains in your preferred language or appearance.
Analytics: Allows us to determine how people are using the site so we can improve it.
Advertising cookies (possibly third-party): These may track ad views. If set by third parties, we cannot access or control them.
Other third-party cookies: For example, social sharing buttons like Facebook or Twitter. These are typically set independently by the third party.

Standard cookies we set

These are the main cookies we set during the normal operation of the site/software to maintain session state and user preferences.

Additional and third-party cookies

Additional cookies may be set during use of the site to store information while performing certain actions or saving specific preferences.

Third-party service providers may also set cookies to track anonymous user visits or from embedded content such as YouTube or other media services.

Removing/disabling cookies

Managing your cookies and cookie preferences must be done from within your browser's settings. Here are links to guides for popular browsers:

More information about cookies

To learn more about cookies and how to manage or block them, please visit the ICO website's Cookies page.