Cookies Policy
Cookies Policy
Our website uses cookies to enhance your user experience, provide essential functionality, and improve our services. Below is a detailed explanation of the types of cookies we use, their purpose, and how you can control them.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer or mobile) when you visit websites. They contain information about your interactions with our site, such as preferences, language settings, and login details.
Why Do We Use Cookies?
We use cookies to:
- Personalize your experience by remembering your preferences
- Improve security by storing session IDs for secure logins
- Enhance functionality with features like password managers and auto-completion forms
- Collect performance metrics, such as page load times, error rates, and browser compatibility issues
- Support advertising partners to deliver targeted content
Essential Cookies
Essential cookies are necessary for our website's core functions. They do not require consent and cannot be disabled:
- Session management: These cookies manage your login sessions, ensuring secure access.
- Password managers: Securely store passwords, auto-filling forms as needed.
Non-Essential Cookies
Non-essential cookies can be controlled or blocked by users:
Session Cookies
These temporary cookies are deleted when you close your browser:
- Login persistence: Allows us to remember your login details between sessions.
- Browser language selection: Stores your preferred language for a session.
Persistent Cookies
These remain on your device until expiration or deletion:
- Analytics and performance metrics: Track our website's traffic, trends, and issues.
- Preference settings: Store user preferences like theme choice or sound preferences.
- Third-party integrations: Enable advertising partners to deliver targeted content.
Functional Cookies
These enhance specific features on the site:
- Password managers: Securely store passwords for auto-filling forms.
- Browser storage technologies: Allow us to remember user-specific settings.
- Device recognition and login/session continuity.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You can control cookies through your browser's privacy settings or by configuring our cookie preference tool:
- Cookie consent management: A banner may appear on the site, asking for permission to set non-essential cookies. This allows you to decide which types of cookies we use based on your choices.
- You'll be able to choose between:
- Accepting all cookies (including analytics and marketing)
- Disabling only non-essential cookies
- Enabling or disabling third-party cookie integration
Browser Cookie Controls
Most modern browsers offer the option to control and manage cookies:
- Blocking specific types of cookies: Choose which you want to block, such as all third-party cookies.
- Clearing existing cookies: Remove stored cookies from your browser for increased privacy.
- Enabling or disabling cookies on a case-by-case basis.
Site Functionality with Cookies Disabled
Disabling certain types of cookies can impact functionality:
- You may encounter issues logging in securely
- Features relying on non-essential cookies (like preference settings) will not function as expected
- Content delivery networks might fail due to missing third-party cookies, impacting site performance or user experience.
Technical Diagnostics and Performance Optimisation
Cookies aid our technical team:
- Analytics insights: We can identify performance bottlenecks and optimize them.
- Error tracking: We promptly address issues with precise data from browser logs.
This helps us enhance the overall efficiency of your interaction, improve platform responsiveness and speed up problem resolution processes in real-time.
Aggregated Analytics Information
For a better understanding:
- User behavior across multiple visits
- Clickstream analysis on websites to enhance content relevance
- Browsers used by our users (for technical diagnostics)
- Geographic information for language or regional targeting of the platform