A βcookieβ is a type of tracking software. It is a small, unique, text file that is sent to your browser from a web server and which asks permission to be placed on your computerβs hard drive. Once you agree, the cookie helps analyse web traffic. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual.Β The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We run Google Analytics, to aid the management of the site and for the purposes of authentication. We also use cookies to help you access our maps services, store session information and improve the users experience when navigating the website. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes. We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website
Posted 1 January 1970 at 12:00am
