Cookies Policy
What is a Cookie?
A "cookie" is a small file that is stored on your computerā€™s hard drive and helps websites remember information about your visit. This can include your movements around the website and any preferences you set. Cookies can also help analyze website traffic and support marketing activities.
Cookies are widely used across the internet and do not harm your system.
If you wish to manage your cookie preferences, you can do so through your browser settings. You can block cookies at any time by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you do block all cookies, including essential ones, you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies to understand how you interact with our website. This enables us to track usage patterns, which helps us improve our website and the services we offer. Cookies help us tailor the website to better meet your needs and preferences.
Types of Cookies We Use
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Session Cookies
- These are temporary cookies that remain on your device until you close your browser. They do not collect personal data from your device and are used to allow you to navigate the website without having to log in repeatedly.
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Persistent Cookies
- These cookies remain on your device after you close your browser and can be used by the website that created them on your subsequent visits. For instance, we use persistent cookies for Google Analytics to help us understand how you use our site over time.
Categories of Cookies
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Strictly Necessary Cookies
- These cookies are essential for the operation of our website. They enable you to move around the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided. These cookies do not collect information for marketing purposes.
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Performance Cookies
- These cookies collect information about how you use our website, such as which pages you visit most often and any error messages you receive. These cookies do not collect information that identifies you. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how our website works.
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Functionality Cookies
- These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personal features. For example, they can be used to remember your username, language, or the region you are in, and provide more personalized features. The information these cookies collect is usually anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
Third-Party Cookies
Please note that third partiesĀ who advertise on our website (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.