As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, 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 the site's functionality.
For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies.
We use cookies for a variety of reasons, detailed below. 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 case they are used to provide a service that you use.
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This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how the site is being used 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. Advertising features implemented:
• Demographics and Interest Reports
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Hopefully that has clarified things for you. As previously mentioned, if there's something that you aren't sure whether you need or not, it's usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it interferes with one of the features you use on our site. Please feel free tocontact usif you require further information.
