These are small files that are downloaded to your computer to improve your browsing experience. Here we will describe what information is gathered, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of our sites functionality.

We use the following cookies:

• Account related cookies: If you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your browsing preferences;
• Login related cookies: We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you only have access to the restricted features and areas where you were logged in;
• Email newsletters related cookies: Our site offers subscription service to our email newsletter and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users;
• Survey-related cookies: From time to time, we offer surveys and questionnaires to provide you with relevant insights, helpful tools, or to understand our user base more accurately. These surveys may use cookies to remember who has already taken part in a survey or to provide you with accurate results after you change pages;
• Form-related cookies: When you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence;
• Site preferences cookies: In order to provide you with a great browsing experience we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how our site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences, we need to set cookies so that this information is remembered whenever you interact with a page on our website.

Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not.

In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. These are:

• Google Analytics, which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web, for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content. For more information on these cookies, see the official Google Analytics page;
• Third-party analytics are used to track and measure usage of our site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or the pages that you visit, which helps us to understand how we can improve your browsing experience;
• From time to time, we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that our site looks. When we are testing new features these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on our site whilst ensuring we understand which optimisations our users appreciate the most.