Information about our use of cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.

Consent to the use of cookies on our site

By continuing to use our Website, you are deemed to consent to our use of the cookies described in this Policy. If you do not consent to us using cookies then please read the next section of this Policy entitled “Blocking our Use of Cookies”.

Blocking our use of cookies

You can block our use of cookies by activating the settings in your browser or by following the instructions in the table below. Please visit All About Cookies where you can find comprehensive information on cookie management and blocking for a wide variety of browsers.

What happens if i block cookies?

In order to use certain services offered through our Site, your web browser must accept cookies. If you choose to withhold consent, or subsequently block cookies, some aspects of Site may not work properly and you may not be able to access all or part of our Site.

We use the following cookies:

• Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that 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 cart or make use of e-billing services.
• Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognize 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 cookies. These are used to recognize you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
• Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links 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.

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.

You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

Except for essential cookies and unless stated above, all cookies will expire after 2 years from the date of your last visit or when the cookie is placed.