Cookie Policy

What are cookies?

Cookies are small data files that websites place on your computer, laptop, or mobile device. We use the term cookie to describe cookies and similar technologies such as tags and pixels.

How we use cookies

We use cookies to:

  • improve the performance of our websites by understanding which parts work well, and which don’t
  • measure how effective our online advertising and marketing communications are
  • enable us to collect information about how you and other people use our websites
  • improve your experience on our websites, for example by enabling you to complete forms.

What types of cookies do we use?

In our partner Portals we only use strictly necessary cookies: These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They are necessary for the safety, security, and integrity of the site. For example, they help support the structure of the pages that are displayed to you, help to improve navigation, and allow you to return to pages you have previously visited. This type of cookie only lasts for the duration of the time you are visiting the website. When you leave the website, they are deleted automatically.

Performance cookies or analytical cookies: These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. The data is grouped together and anonymised, which means we cannot identify you as an individual.

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
_cf_bm To read and filter requests from bots 30 minutes
OptanonConsent To store cookie consent preferences 1 year
OptanonAlertBoxClosed This is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. 1 year
_stripe_mid This cookie is necessary for making credit card transactions on the website. The service is provided by Stripe.com which allows online transactions without storing any credit card information. 1 year