Cookie Policy
Last Updated: January 1, 2024
Introduction to Cookies
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device’s hard drive or browser to store information for future use. They are widely used to make websites function more effectively, as well as to provide information to website owners about users’ browsing habits and to offer targeted advertising. Cookies can be “session cookies,” which are temporary and automatically deleted once you close your web browser, or “persistent cookies,” which remain on your device for a set period of time or until manually deleted.
Types of Cookies Used on Our Website
This website uses several types of cookies to enhance the user experience and improve the performance of our site. These include:
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Necessary Cookies: These are essential for navigating around our website and using its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website or logging in. Without these cookies, services like commenting cannot be provided.
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Performance Cookies: These collect data for the purpose of optimizing a webpage, for example, analytics solutions, or to store your preferences in terms of the type of browsing or language selection you have chosen.
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Functionality Cookies: These allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your user name) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These can be used to remember changes you’ve made to text size, fonts, and other customizable aspects of the site.
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Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These are used to deliver content that is more relevant to you and your interests. They may be used to deliver advertisements tailored to your interests, both within and beyond our website.
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Third-Party Cookies: Our website also uses third-party cookies from partners like Google Analytics to help us understand how users interact with our site by collecting and reporting information regarding the use of our website.
Managing or Deleting Cookies
You have the right to refuse the use of cookies on our website. You can exercise your rights to accept or reject cookies using your browser settings. You can set your web browser to notify you when cookies are placed on your computer or to refuse cookies altogether. The way in which you can manage your cookie settings varies from one browser to another, but common settings can typically be found in the ‘Preferences’ or ‘Tools’ menus of your browser. For more detailed information about managing and deleting cookies, visit aboutcookies.org.
Consent and Control
We ask for your consent to place cookies on your device when you first visit our website. You can give or withdraw your consent to the use of optional (non-essential) cookies at any time directly from our website’s cookie consent tool, which will be displayed when you first visit our site. If you choose not to receive certain types of cookies, you may find that some features of our website are not functional, or not functioning as effectively as if those cookies were present.
Third-Party Cookies and Their Usage
We use third-party cookies from trusted vendors to enhance user experience and gather insights on how our website is used. These third-party services may use cookies to collect information about your browsing habits in order to provide advertisements or other forms of content that are more relevant to you. You can opt out of these cookies at any time by updating your preferences using our website’s cookie consent tool, or by visiting the respective vendor’s privacy policy for more information on how to manage their cookies.
Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, you can contact us at:
- Email: [email protected]
Please note that this Cookie Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in laws, regulations, or the manner in which we operate. Your continued use of our website after any such updates constitutes your acceptance of the revised Cookie Policy. We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy regularly for any alterations.
Note: This Cookie Policy is intended to comply with GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, CCPA, and UK GDPR. It is tailored to our website’s specific functionality and user interactions. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that you have control over the information we collect through the use of cookies on our site.