Information about our use of cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our site. This helps us to provide you with a better experience when you browse and also enables us to improve our website. By continuing to use our site, you consent to our use of cookies.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer, provided you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.

We use the following types of cookies:

• Strictly necessary cookies. These cookies are essential for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of the site, use a shopping basket, or make use of e-billing services.

• Analytical/performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to observe how users navigate our website. This assists us in improving the way our website functions, for example, by helping users find what they are looking for more easily.

• 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 (such as your choice of language or region).

• Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We use this information to make our site and any advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services such as web traffic analysis) may also use cookies over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting 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 block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.