COOKIE POLICY
What’s a cookie?
- A “cookie” is a piece of information that is stored on your computer’s hard drive and which records how you move your way around a website so that, when you revisit that website, it can present tailored options based on the information stored about your last visit. Cookies can also be used to analyse traffic and for advertising and marketing purposes.
- Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system.
If you want to check or change what types of cookies you accept, this can usually be altered within your browser settings. You can block cookies at any time 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.
How do we use cookies?
Lawful Basis for Analytics Cookies
In accordance with the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) as amended by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, we do not require your explicit consent to deploy analytics cookies (i.e., those used for statistical audience measurement and website improvement). Instead, we rely on our legitimate interests to process this data. However, we are required to provide you with:
(i) clear information about these cookies (set out below); and
(ii) a simple mechanism to object to or opt out of these cookies.
You may exercise your right to opt out of non-essential analytics cookies via our Cookie Preference Centre [Link] or your browser settings.
- We use cookies to track your use of our website. This enables us to understand how you use the site and track any patterns with regards how you are using our website. This helps us to develop and improve our website as well as products and / or services in response to what you might need or want.
- Cookies are either:
– Session cookies: these are only stored on your computer during your web session and are automatically deleted when you close your browser – they usually store an anonymous session ID allowing you to browse a website without having to log in to each page but they do not collect any personal data from your computer; or
– Persistent cookies: a persistent cookie is stored as a file on your computer and it remains there when you close your web browser. The cookie can be read by the website that created it when you visit that website again. [We use persistent cookies for Google Analytics.]
- Cookies can also be categorised as follows:
– Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential for the operation of our website. Under the DUAA 2025, this exemption now explicitly includes cookies used for: (i) preventing or detecting fraud; (ii) preventing or detecting technical faults; and (iii) automatically authenticating users for security purposes. These cookies do not require consent and cannot be turned off.
– Analytics (Performance) Cookies: [Previously required consent; now exempt under DUAA] These cookies enable us to monitor and improve the performance of our website. Under the DUAA 2025, we may deploy these cookies without prior consent, provided they are used solely for statistical purposes to improve website functionality. They allow us to count visits, identify traffic sources, and see which parts of the site are most popular. You have the right to object to these cookies at any time.
– Functionality cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced features. For instance, we may be able to provide you with news or updates relevant to the services you use. They may also be used to provide services you have requested such as viewing a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect is usually anonymised.
[Please note that third parties who advertise on our website (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]
Instigation of Third-Party Cookies
Please note that where third-party advertising networks or social media platforms (e.g., Meta, LinkedIn, Google) deploy tracking technologies via our website, we may be considered to have “instigated” the storage of those cookies under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025. Consequently, we share joint responsibility for ensuring those cookies comply with the law. We have conducted a Legitimate Interests Assessment (LIA) where applicable and require our third-party partners to adhere to strict data processing agreements.
Regulatory Compliance and Penalties
We are committed to compliance with the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) as amended. Users and third-party advertisers are hereby notified that the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) now has the power to impose penalties for serious breaches of PECR (including improper cookie deployment) of up to £17.5 million or 4% of total annual worldwide turnover, whichever is higher.
10 April 2026