What is a cookie?

A “cookie” is a bit of data that your computer stores on your hard drive and which keeps track of how you move around on a site so it can greet you with specific options when you go back to the site a second time. Cookies can also be employed to track traffic and advertising and marketing goals.
Cookies are employed by almost all websites and won’t damage your system.
In order to view or disable what kind of cookies you get, this is often achievable by changing the settings on your browser. You can prevent cookies at any time by enabling the option on your browser which lets you decline the installation of all or certain cookies. But if you are set to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to use all or some parts of our site and this will hinder our ability to enhance in order to introduce more improved free content in the future.

How do we use cookies?

We also use cookies to monitor your usage of our site. This will enable us to see how you use the site and identify any patterns in the way you are using our site. This aids us in creating and refining our site and the free content that we offer and products and/or services based on what you may require or want.
Cookies are either:
– Session cookies: these are held on your computer for the duration of your web session and are erased automatically when you close down your browser – they typically hold an anonymous session ID so you can surf a site without logging in to every page but they don’t take any personal information from your computer; or

– Persistent cookies: a persistent cookie is a stored file on your machine that stays there even after you shut down your web browser. The cookie can be retrieved by the original site if you revisit it. [We use persistent cookies for Google Analytics, Clicky, Momently and other web metrics services.]

Cookies may also be divided below:
– Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are necessary to allow you to use the site efficiently, for example to purchase a product and / or service, and thus cannot be disabled. The services we can offer you on our site are not capable of being delivered if you do not receive these cookies. These cookies do not collect information about you for marketing purposes or remembering what you have been viewing on the internet.

– Performance cookies: These cookies help us track and enhance the performance of our website. For instance, they help us count the visits, understand where the visitors are coming from and see what parts of the website are accessed most.

– Functional cookies: These enable our website to remember your preferences and offer improved functionality. An example is that we might be able to offer you news or an update which is relevant for the service you are accessing. They can also be used to render services you’ve requested, like playing a video or leaving a comment on a blog. Information gathered by these cookies is often anonymised.

Third-party advertisers on our website (like, for instance, advertising networks and providers of external services such as web traffic analysis services) may also drop cookies, for which we have no control. These cookies will likely be performance/analytical cookies or targeting cookies such as Facebook’s tracking pixel or affiliate marketing cookies – these cookies allow the operation of this site and we couldn’t afford to invest in quality content for you to consume (for free) without them. Learn more in our disclosure.