EU Cookie advice
Most websites you visit will use cookies in order to improve your user experience by enabling that website to 'remember' you, either for the duration of your visit (using a 'session cookie') or for repeat visits (using a 'persistent cookie').
Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, storing your preferences, and generally improving your experience of a website. Cookies make the interaction between you and the website faster and easier. If a website doesn't use cookies, it will think you are a new visitor every time you move to a new page on the site – for example, when you enter your login details and move to another page it won't recognise you and it won't be able to keep you logged in.
What is in a cookie?
A cookie is a simple text file that is stored on your computer or mobile device by a website's server and only that server will be able to retrieve or read the contents of that cookie. Each cookie is unique to your web browser. It will contain some anonymous information such as a unique identifier and the site name and some digits and numbers. It allows a website to remember things like your preferences or what's in your shopping basket.
What cookies does this website use?
This website only uses one third-party cookie (Google Analytics) to measure use of the website including number of visitors, how frequently pages are viewed, and the city and country of origin of users. This helps to determine what is popular and can influence future content and development. The information collected will include IP Address, pages visited, browser type and operating system. The data can not be used to identify any user personally.
Users have the opportunity to set their computers to accept all cookies, to notify them when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. The last of these means that certain personalised services cannot then be provided to that user.
Disabling cookies in popular desktop browsers
Firefox version 3.5 or later
- In the "Tools" menu, select "Options"
- Under the "Firefox will:" dropdown, select "Use custom settings for history"
- Uncheck the "Accept Cookies from Sites" box to block all cookies Or
- Click the "Exceptions" button to enter specific websites that you wish to allow/disallow to set cookies
Internet Explorer version 6 or later
- In the "Tools" menu, select "Internet Options"
- Click the "Privacy" tab
- Move the "Settings" slider up or down to adjust your cookie acceptance settings (moving the slider all the way to the top will block all cookies) Or
- Click the "Sites" button to enter specific websites that you wish to allow/disallow to set cookies
Safari version 4 or later
- Click the geared wheel icon in the top right of your browser window.
- Select "Preferences"
- Select the "Security" tab
- Under "Accept Cookies:", click the "Never" option to block all cookies
Chrome version 4 or later
- Click the wrench icon in the top right of your browser window
- Select "Options"
- Click the "Under the Hood" tab
- Click the "Content Settings" button
- Click the option to "Block sites from setting any data" to block all cookies Or
- Click the "Exceptions" button to enter specific websites that you wish to allow/disallow to set cookies
Disabling cookies in popular mobile browsers
Mobile Safari
- From your home screen on your iPhone or iPad, click "Settings"
- Click on "Safari"
- Click on "Accept Cookies"
- Select "Never" to block all cookies
Opera Mini on a Blackberry device
- From within the Opera Mini browser, press the menu key.
- Scroll down to access the drop down menu of options
- Select "Settings"
- Select "Privacy"
- Change the "Accept cookies" option to "Off" to block all cookies
Android Browser
- From within the Android browser, hit the menu key.
- Select "More"
- Select "Settings"
- Uncheck the "Accept Cookies" option to block all cookies
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