How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that websites use to perform certain technical functions put on your computer, if you agree. Web servers can recognise a computer via a cookie. This enhances your website browsing experience as website elements will download more quickly. We use cookies to improve the website, services we offer and working relationships. The cookies we use are for research purposes and to understand the use of the website, including pages visited and time on a page. We will monitor and analyse this data to improve the website for the user. Data can be accessed by the host provider, a trusted source who will not trade, sell or offer free of charge any personal data, usage information or contact you for any promotional purposes. We use session cookies which are temporary cookies that remain on your browser during your session. We use persistent cookies that remain in your browser file between sessions and are used to recognise you when you return to the site. We also use analytical cookies which recognise and count the number of visitors, how they move around on the website and when and where they leave. The web browser cookies we use may store information such as your IP address, browser type, information about what is viewed and interaction information. The tracking technologies we use enable us to understand how a visitor interacts with the website. This information is used to help us improve the services we offer.Types of cookie used
Strictly Essential cookies
Performance cookies
Targeting and advertising cookies
Functionality cookies
Google Analytics cookies
The firm uses Google Analytics. This service is provided by Google, Inc. A Google Analytic cookie will monitor your use of the website and the findings will be analysed by the firm for research purposes. Google may use the information collected for their own research and customer servicing purposes. By using this website you are consenting to Google using data gathered about you. Google Analytics shows us how visitors find and use our website, which helps us to make informed site design and content decisions, with the aim of improving the site experience for you and other visitors. Virtually all websites use this tracking technology, either from Google or another provider.You can read more about Google’s privacy policy by clicking here. You can also opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites by visiting https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Strictly necessary and persistent cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are classified as cookies that must be present for the website to provide the basic functions of the website. They are essential to be able to access features of the website and could include signing in, presenting content and stylising the website. We also use a piece of software known as Passle. Passle is an expert-to-expert Sales and marketing platform used to create content and share posts and insights across the web and social media platforms. It is a blogging tool that we use to create and share information with.
Hotjar cookies
We use software, Hotjar, supplied by Hotjar Ltd in order to better understand our users’ needs and to optimise our website. Hotjar is a technical service that helps us to better understand our user’s experience of our website (for example, how much time they spent on which pages, which links they choose to click and what users do and do not like) and this enables us to build and maintain our website. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users’ behaviour and their devices (in particular, the device’s IP address (captured and stored only in anonymised form), device, screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only) and preferred language). Hotjar stores this information in a pseudonymised user profile. Neither Hotjar Ltd nor we will ever use this information to identify individual users or to match it with further data on an individual user.
You can view HotJar’s privacy policy or opt-out of having your anonymised browsing activity within websites recorded by Hotjar using the links below. www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy www.hotjar.com/legal/compliance/opt-out
Third-party social sharing cookies
When you share an article using a social media sharing button, the social network that has created the button will record that you have done this. Sharing buttons are included in our site on all pages. Social media sites have their own policies on how they use information gained from activity on this site. Their policies can be found at the links below:
You can also change how many cookies you allow to access your computer in your browser settings. For further details, review the information supplied by your preferred browser supplier:
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- Firefox – Change here.