1.1 A cookie is a small file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to your web browser and is stored by the browser if you agree. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.

1.2 Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.

2. Cookies that we use

2.1 We use cookies for the following purposes:

(a) analysis – we use cookies to help us to analyse the use and performance of our website and services (cookies used for this purpose are analytic cookies). These cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily; and

(b) cookie consent – we use cookies to store your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally.

How do we use cookies?

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them below: