Introduction
Our site and portals use cookies to distinguish you from other users. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our sites and also allows us to improve them. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them see our Cookie Policy below.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer or handheld device (such as smart phone or tablet). Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s or device’s hard drive.
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not, in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. However, you can change your settings to disable cookies at any time by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. Please note that if you use your browser settings to block cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
Cookies we use
We use the following cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our site. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our site.
- Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our site works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
- Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our site. This enables us to personalise 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 site, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our site and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
If you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.
We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember you. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.
In order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page is affected by your preferences.
Changes to our Cookie Policy
Any changes we may make to our Cookie Policy in the future will be posted on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our Cookie Policy.
Contact
Questions, comments and requests regarding this Cookie Policy are welcomed and should be addressed to:
- Email – [email protected]
- Telephone – 0344 417 6015
- Post – Number One, Great Exhibition Way, Kirkstall Forge, Leeds, LS5 3BF
Version 1.0 19th April 2018