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.
Types of cookies we use
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 or make use of e-billing services.
Analytical/performance cookies. These 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.
Cookies we use
| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Functionality | PHPSESSID | This cookie is essential for our site to recognize you when you return. It is native to PHP and enables websites to store serialized state data. It has no timed expiry and disappears when the client is closed. |
| Strictly necessary | _csrf | This cookie protects you from CSRF (cross-site request forgery) attacks. |
| Analytical/performance | _ga | Google Analytics cookie used to estimate our audience size and usage pattern. |
| Functionality | _language | Stores information about your preferences to allow us to customize our site for your interests. |
| Functionality | Optimize | Allows you to use our site in a way that makes your browsing experience more convenient, such as storing items between visits. |
Third-party cookies
Please note that third parties (including 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.
Blocking cookies
You can 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, all cookies will expire after 30 days.