Explaining Cookies
Our Website's Use of Cookies: Our site employs cookies to enhance your user experience by distinguishing you from other visitors. These small files help us tailor your browsing experience and improve the site's functionality. By continuing to navigate our site, you consent to our use of cookies.
A cookie is a tiny text file stored on your browser or your computer's hard drive, containing data that helps us optimize your experience on our site.
Cookies: Definitions, Types, and Purpose
- To ensure that we give you the most relevant information in a timely fashion.
- They help us know who you are, and so we can present content that's personalised.
- This will improve your overall experience.
- They help us to improve products and services, so you can do things like see which friends are online to chat, use buttons to share information.
- They help make more secure, informing us if someone tries to access your account or participates in an activity that violates our terms and conditions.
Analysis & Research
uses third party analytics service to collect information about how the site is used by visitors. We use the information to prepare reports and to help us to improve the site. The cookies collect information anonymously. The data collected includes the number of visitors to a site, the route taken by visitors to get to and the pages they have visited.
Authentication
Cookies help us identify our members, so that when you start a session you can enjoy offers, experiences and various benefits such as accessing our learning content. They also enable us to make the changes you have asked for. For example: when you have requested to see the site in a certain language or when you request that "remember my password".
Accessing Websites through Third-Party Connections
Our website may contain links to other websites for your convenience and to provide additional resources. If you navigate to a third-party website, you are thereby agreeing to that website's privacy practices and use of personal information.
Our website utilizes advertising marketing platforms to display ads on third-party websites to previous visitors of our site. This means we may advertise to former visitors who have interacted with our site, such as filling out a contact form. This could result in an advertisement being displayed on a search results page. Third-party vendors use cookies to serve ads based on a user's past visits to our website. Any data collected will be treated according to our own privacy statement.
Deciding on Your Cookie Settings
You always have a choice over whether or not to accept cookies. When you first visit our website, we will ask you to consent to either our recommended settings, or choose which cookies to switch on.
You can manage cookies and chose to block or restrict cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your internet browser. However, if you choose not to accept certain cookies, you may impair certain functionality on our website or may cause it not to work at all. Please note, strictly necessary cookies will always be set as they are essential for our website to operate. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies but some parts of the website will then not work.
Additional Information
Privacy Practices Insight
Visit our Privacy Policy page for an in-depth view of how we manage, use, store, and disclose your personal information. If you have concerns about your data or wish to access it, please contact our Privacy Officer via the provided email address.