In common with other websites, our website uses cookies and other technologies to store or access information on a device and distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site and the service we offer.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer or device if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s or device’s hard drive. The text file is then sent back to the server each time your browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser you are using. We use the following types of cookies and other technologies:
- Strictly necessary – these are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping basket or make use of e-billing services.
- Analytical and performance – 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.
- Functionality – these are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (such as your password and login details, your search history and adverts you have posted to our website, the types of alerts and newsletters you have opted to receive and the types of adverts you are interested in hearing about), thereby giving you an enhanced experience.
- Targeting – these record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links that you have followed. We will use this information to make our website [and the advertising displayed on it] more relevant to your interests. [We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
How do I change my cookie settings?
If you do not want us to install cookies or use other technologies on your computer for these purposes, you can change and block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. These settings will typically be found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser. In order to understand these settings, the following links may be helpful:
- Cookie settings in Internet Explorer;
- Cookie settings in Firefox;
- Cookie settings in Chrome;
- Cookie settings in Safari
However, if you use your browser setting to block all cookies (including strictly necessary cookies) you may not be able to access all parts of our website.