Cookie Policy
Discover how we use cookies to enhance your browsing experience.
What Are 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. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
Types of Cookies We Use
1. Strictly Necessary Cookies
These are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website and use e-billing services.
2. Analytical / Performance Cookies
These allow us to recognise 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 find what they are looking for easily.
3. Functionality Cookies
These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. 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).
4. 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.
Third-Party Cookies
Please note that third parties (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.
Managing 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.
Cookies in Use
| Provider | Cookie | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics | __utma | Tracks visitor paths through the site | 1 year |
| Google Analytics | __utmb | Determines new sessions/visits | 30 minutes |
| Google Analytics | __utmc | Determines new sessions/visits | Session |
| Google Analytics | __utmz | Stores the traffic source or campaign | 6 months |
| AddThis | __atuvc | Social sharing functionality | 2 years |