Cookie policy

What cookies are

Cookies are small text files stored by your browser. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, pixels, tags, SDKs, and scripts that remember information or help a website understand how it is used.

Some cookies are necessary for the website to work. Others are optional and are used only where you have consented or where applicable law allows them.

Our consent banner

We use c15t to display the cookie banner, manage preference choices, and remember your decision. The consent manager runs in offline mode on this website, which means your preference record is stored locally in your browser rather than submitted to a c15t backend.

The banner allows you to accept all optional categories, reject optional categories, or customise your choices. Necessary cookies remain active because they are required for site operation, security, and consent storage.

Cookie categories

• Necessary: required for core website functions, page navigation, security, load balancing where applicable, and saving your consent choices.
• Functionality: remembers optional preferences such as language, display choices, and form usability settings.
• Measurement: helps us understand aggregate website performance, page usage, and technical issues so we can improve the site.
• Marketing: supports campaign attribution, remarketing, or advertising integrations only if those tools are configured and you have consented.

Cookies and storage currently expected

• codeblock-consent or c15t-managed storage: stores your consent status, selected categories, timestamp, and related preference metadata.
• Language or interface preference storage: may remember your selected language or UI preference where the website needs it.
• Security and delivery cookies: may be set by hosting, CDN, or security providers to route traffic, maintain availability, or protect against abuse.
• Analytics cookies: only used if a measurement tool is configured and you grant measurement consent.
• Marketing cookies: only used if a marketing or advertising tool is configured and you grant marketing consent.

Third-party services

Some cookies may be set by third-party services we use for hosting, security, analytics, communication, video, maps, social media, or marketing. These providers may process data under their own terms and privacy policies where they act as independent controllers.

We aim to gate non-essential third-party scripts behind consent and to avoid loading marketing or measurement technologies unless the relevant category is accepted.

How long cookies last

Session cookies expire when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain until their set expiry date or until you delete them. Our consent preference storage is configured for up to 365 days unless you update or clear it earlier.

Managing your choices

• Use the privacy preferences trigger on the website to reopen the consent dialog and change optional categories.
• Use your browser settings to block, delete, or limit cookies and local storage.
• Use private browsing or browser privacy extensions if you want additional control over third-party technologies.
• Remember that blocking necessary cookies may affect site functionality, form behaviour, preference storage, or security features.

Global Privacy Control and do-not-track signals

Some browsers and extensions can send privacy preference signals such as Global Privacy Control. Where our tools can detect and honour such signals, we treat them as an opt-out from optional marketing or measurement activity. Browser do-not-track signals are not consistently standardised across the industry.

Changes to this cookie policy

We may update this policy when we add, remove, or change cookies, analytics tools, marketing technologies, hosting providers, or consent management settings. Material changes may cause the banner to ask for renewed consent.