Privacy Statement



Use of cookies on this website

On 26th May 2011, new laws came into force in the UK that affect most web sites. If cookies are used in a site, the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (UK Regulations) provide that certain information must be given to that site’s visitors and the user must give their consent to the placing of the cookies.

This website uses cookies for the purposes listed below. A cookie is a small text file which is saved in your browser such that your computer can be recognized when you return to the site.

No personal information is stored in our cookies and the cookies cannot contain a virus.

Technical Functionality: Both our own and external cookies

Visitor usage measurement: Both our own and external cookies

External Advertising: None

Behaviour based tracking: None

 

Why we use cookies on our website

Cookies are used to generate statistics with regard to the number of users, as well as information concerning the geographical location and interests of our users in order to customise content and advertising.

Google Analytics


We use Google Analytics cookies to track visitor interactions. This data is used to generate statistics concerning the use of the website and to find problems and inconsistencies on the website.

The cookie contains a randomly generated ID which is used to recognise your browser when you read a website that uses Google Analytics. The cookie does not contain any personal information and is used solely for web analysis.

You can opt out of cookies from Google Analytics by clicking on the following link:

http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

How long do cookies last?

Cookies are automatically deleted after a certain number of months (may vary), although they are renewed following every visit.

How do I delete cookies?

See guidelines here:

http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/

How do I block cookies?

If you do not wish to receive cookies, you can block them. See guidelines here:

http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/.

Data protection and confidentiality

Some services on this website require us to collect personal information from you. To comply with the Data Protection Act, we have a duty to tell you how we store the information we collect and how it is used.

Any information you do submit will be stored securely and will never be passed on or sold to any third party.

Links to other websites

This privacy notice does not cover the links within this site linking to other websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit. Please read the ICO’s reciprocal linking policy for more information.

YouTube cookies

We embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode. To find out more please visit YouTube’s embedding videos information page.