What cookies are
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the site to recognise your device on later visits, remember preferences, or collect information about how the site is used. Some cookies are essential for the site to work, and others are optional.
A cookie is not a program and cannot run on its own. It carries a small amount of information — usually an identifier and a few settings — that the site reads back on your next visit. Cookies may last for a single browsing session and disappear when you close the browser, or they may be stored for a set period so the site remembers you on a return visit.
Similar technologies, such as local storage, work in a comparable way and are covered by the same choices you make about cookies on this site.
Cookies we use
We use essential cookies to make the site function correctly, for example to remember form submission state. We may use analytics cookies to understand how visitors use the site, such as which pages are viewed and how long visitors stay. Where required, optional cookies are only set after you have given consent.
If you block essential cookies, some parts of the site may not behave as expected — a form may forget what you had entered, or a preference may reset between pages.
Third-party cookies
Some cookies may be set by third-party services we use, such as analytics providers. These providers have their own privacy and cookie policies, and we recommend reviewing them if you want to understand how they handle data. We do not control cookies set by third parties.
Third-party cookies can be limited through your browser settings in the same way as our own. If you have already accepted an optional category and later change your mind, clearing the cookies stored for this site resets that choice.
Managing cookies
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block cookies entirely, delete existing cookies, or be notified when a cookie is set. Blocking essential cookies may affect how the site works. Instructions for managing cookies are available in your browser's help section.
Where a browser offers a private or incognito mode, cookies set during that session are usually discarded when the window closes. That is a useful way to browse without leaving a stored preference behind.
Consent
Where consent is required for optional cookies, we ask for it before those cookies are set. You can withdraw consent at any time by adjusting your browser settings or, where available, through the cookie preferences on this site.
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of anything done before you withdrew it, and it does not remove cookies that are strictly necessary for the site to operate.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy if the cookies we use change. The current version is always available on this page. When a change affects which cookies are set or how they are used, we will publish the revised wording here rather than rely on a separate notice.
