Cookies Policy

Visitors to our website

We use technology to collect anonymous information about the use of our website. We do this in order to provide you with the best possible online service. This technology is called cookies, which we store on your device. You can visit our website without telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself. However, if you give us any personal information about yourself or others we promise to treat it securely, fairly and lawfully. We are committed to protecting your privacy.

If you do provide us with any personal information through our website, we will be up front about how this will be used. We will make it clear when we collect your personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.

What technologies will we use?

We will use cookies and tags to help us enhance your browsing experience. With your consent we may use your personal information gathered on this site to enable us to assist you if you experience any difficulty with any of our applications, for example accessing our client portal.

What is a tag?

A tag is a small piece of code which is placed on our website and collects data. This code would only collect data on our website alone. A tag will not be stored on your browser; however, it may use a cookie which could be placed on your browser.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small piece of information which is sent to your browser and it stays on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. Cookies do not damage your device; they are merely used to 'remember' you when you visit again. Cookies alone cannot be used to identify you.

A cookie will transport information to us about how you use our website. The cookie itself does not keep any of the data it collects.

What do cookies mean for you?

Usually, it is up to you whether you let websites place cookies on your browser or not. But since we only use strictly necessary cookies on this site to keep you safe and make our site work, these cookies cannot be switched off. Above we described to you what we use the cookies for. Below we give you some of what we believe will be the benefits to you. We will also tell you how to refuse cookies being stored on your device through browser settings.

Why do we want to use cookies?

We use cookies to:

  • make our websites work
  • provide effective security

Some benefits to you:

  • security
  • fully working and fast website

Some drawbacks:

  • some cookies are stored on your browser for a certain length of time

What types of cookies do we use?

The following table lists the types of cookies that we use on our site:

How to refuse use of cookies

If you decide to not allow any cookies, you can do that by changing your internet browser settings. Please note, if you refuse the cookies, you may experience slower running times and you may not be able to access all of our website content.

Browser Where to find information about controlling cookies
Internet explorer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835
Chrome https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en-GB
Firefox http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Clear%20Recent%20History
Safari http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042
Opera http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/

Other resources that provide further information on cookies which may be of help:

http://www.aboutcookies.org

http://www.allaboutcookies.org

http://youronlinechoices.com/uk