This website's use of cookies

As you navigate our website, we may occasionally place cookies on your device. This document explains which cookies we store, the diverse reasons why we store them and the choices that you have regarding their storage and use. Your continued use of our site indicates your acceptance and authorization of our use of cookies.

What are cookies?

Cookies are tiny files that are commonly placed on your computer/mobile device by most of the websites you visit. They gather data about the device you use to browse our website and what you do during your visit. This data allows us to offer a personalized experience and to identify areas of the website and service where improvement is needed.

How we use cookies

Our website uses session cookies and persistent cookies:

Session cookies: These cookies are temporary and get deleted when you close your browser or log out of our website. They are used to gather data about your activities while you are browsing our website.

Persistent cookies: This cookies are permanent. They remain on your device for a predetermined period of time and are employed to collect data about your preferences that enables us to offer a more personalized experience on following visits.

Our website makes use of the following cookies for the reasons specified:

Strictly necessary (essential) cookies. These cookies are necessary for the proper operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into our website and perform account-related functions.

Performance cookies/analytics cookies: These cookies collect information on your interaction with our website. They serve the purpose of evaluating and enhancing your experience of our website by ensuring such things as relevant content, for example.

Functionality cookies: These cookies allow our website to recognize you on return visits. This enables us to remember your username and chosen preferences so we can offer an enhanced experience whenever you use our website.

Targeting cookies: These cookies collect information that allows us to serve advertisements that are relevant to your interests and to judge the effectiveness of our ad campaigns. They measure such things as which pages of our website you view, the length of time you spend on each page, and any links you follow.

Third-party cookies

Third parties may also set cookies when you visit our website. These third-party cookies may collect information about your device and your usage patterns. We do not have any control of these cookies.

Your choices regarding cookies

You may choose to either block or delete cookies. You will find the option to do this in your browser settings. You should be aware, however, that such action may prevent you from accessing parts of the website or make some functions unavailable to you.