Privacy & Cookies

This website's use of cookies

We use cookies on our website for a number of reasons. This policy explains which types of cookies we use, their functions, and the choices you have concerning their use. In continuing to use our website, you are indicating your agreement with our use of cookies.

What are cookies?

A cookie—also known as a browser cookie or Internet cookie—is a small text file that is automatically downloaded from a website and stored on your computer/device when you browse the website. They collect and record information about your device and your activity on the website, which allows for a smooth and more personalized browsing experience and for website improvements.

The types of cookies we use

Session cookies and persistent cookies are both used on our website:

Session cookies: These are temporary cookies used to collect data about your activities while browsing our website. They expire when the browsing session ends.

Persistent cookies: These are permanent cookies that expire after a predefined period of time. They gather information about your preferences so that you can enjoy a personalized browsing experience on later visits to the website.

Our website makes use of the following cookies for the reasons specified:

Required cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary for our website to operate. These enable identification of registered users and account-related functions, for example.

Performance cookies/analytics cookies: These cookies collect information on your interaction with our website. They serve the purpose of evaluating and enhancing your experience of our website by ensuring such things as relevant content, for example.

Functionality cookies: These cookies help us to remember you the next time you visit our website and to record your preferences so that you can have a personalized experience on each visit without having to re-renter your information/choices.

Targeting cookies. These cookies collect information about your browsing activity so that we can make the advertising you see more relevant to you. They are also used to determine how effective the advertisements on our website are.

Third-party cookies

Third parties may also set cookies when you visit our website. These third-party cookies may collect information about your device and your usage patterns. We do not have any control of these cookies.

Your choices regarding cookies

You can block cookies by using the browser setting that allows you to refuse all or some cookies; however, if you block all cookies in this way, you may not be able to access some parts of the website.