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Cookies Policy

Cookies Policy

Cookies are small files or data stored on your device by websites to help personalise and improve your browsing experience.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are simple text files that websites place on a visitor's computer or mobile device when they visit a website. These files can be used for various purposes, such as remembering preferences, tracking user activity, or providing customized content.

Why Do We Use Cookies?

Our website uses cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience possible. By using our website without adjusting your cookie settings (e.g., through blocking or removing them), you consent to our use of cookies as described below.

Essential Cookies

We use essential cookies on our website to enable us to provide our services and make it easier for you to navigate and interact with our content. These essential cookies are typically short-lived, session-based, and do not store any personal identifiable information (PII) about you.

  • Session ID: Our server assigns each user a unique identifier stored in an "essential" cookie that lasts only until the browser is closed.

Session Cookies

Our website employs session cookies to temporarily retain your session information as you move through our site. These are usually set upon entry and then expire after 30 minutes of inactivity, or sooner if the visitor closes their web session.

  • Username: Helps identify active sessions while logged-in for enhanced security features.

Persistent Cookies

Persistent (also called 'permanent') cookies remain on a user's device until they're manually deleted. We use persistent cookies to track various items like how users interact with content, save preferences for ease of access next time they visit us.

  • Registration Status: Toggles visibility based on whether you've signed in; if not logged-in, some content will be unavailable or have restricted functionality.

Functional Cookies

These are used by the website to remember visitor input and selections (e.g., language choice, display preferences) when a user goes back later during their stay.

  • Language Settings: Automatically adjusts based on browser settings for optimal experience; if no default found, will prompt visitors with choices of available languages.

Analytics and Performance Cookies

We collect data to improve the user’s interaction with our website. This information includes pages visited and how they navigate through content sections, which is essential in making improvements.

  • Google Analytics: Collected anonymous data on user traffic patterns for analytics purposes only; individual users remain entirely private since identifiers aren't retained.

Preference and Language Settings

Cookies help tailor your experience by storing language settings or visual display preferences. Your selections are used to deliver content that best suits you without re-configuring.

  • Layout Options: Users can save layout choices such as displaying larger images or text size for improved readability; once saved, this setting persists.

Login/Session Continuity

We use cookies to keep track of your active session during login and ensure continuity between page loads within the same visit. This adds a layer of convenience by minimizing delays that come from needing to re-authenticate upon every link click.

  • Autologin: Allows seamless transition through sessions while staying logged-in, so users won’t encounter interruptions in their workflow.

Device Recognition

By tracking cookies on devices across multiple visits, we enhance our content offerings according to specific visitor patterns. This enables more precise personalisation of content and reduces redundant data collection.

  • Browser type/version: Used for tailoring the layout based on device capability.

Security-Related Cookies

Security cookies may be employed as part of protecting account or session information against unauthorized use, including suspicious login attempts from known malicious IP addresses.

  • Anti CSRF Token: Dynamically generated token that's verified upon each form submission to combat cross-site request forgery attacks.