Website visitors

We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors and service users; in this notice we explain how we will handle your personal data. We will ask you to consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this notice when you first visit our website.

Use of Cookies

Our website uses cookies. If you wish to use this website, then you will have accepted the cookie warning the first time you accessed the website.

About Cookies

A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit.

To learn more about cookies you can visit this website which has an article about them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_cookie .

Types of Cookies

There are two main types of cookies used by web servers. They are persistent and session cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your computer system and expire at a date in the future unless they are updated or deleted from your system. They are used to retain information about preferences. The second type of cookie is a session cookie which remains on the computer system until the browser is closed.

The Cookies We Use

Google Analytics

These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages, what searches they may have done on the website. These cookies do not collect personally identifiable information. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.

This data helps us to understand:

• Which pages people visit on the site
• Which internet browsers are being used
• What is popular on the site

You can find out more about Google’s cookies on their privacy policy:http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ . You can also install the Google Analytics Opt-out tools in your browser:https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Google maps

These are session cookies that remember preferences you have when viewing a map which is on the website.

WordPress

The website is built with WordPress which uses a number of plugin applications. Some of these applications use cookies and some of them are persistent and remember choices you have made on the website. Others are session cookies which expire on exit from the browser.

3^rd Party cookies

We do not use any cookies through third parties for advertising or pushing advertising content to you. This is an advert free website.

Removing and Managing Cookies

You will find details on how to block and delete cookies from your computer as well as browsing history by exploring the setup of the browser you are using. All browsers offer the ability to block cookies or remove them. It is beyond the scope of this article to provide information on every browser in use on all devices. But below are some possible up to date links

(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);

(b)       https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);

(c) http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);

(d)       https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);

(e)       https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari); and

(f)        https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).

Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.

If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.

Third party websites

Our website includes hyperlinks to, and details of, third party websites. This privacy notice only governs our websites and we are not responsible for the privacy policies that govern third party websites even where we have provided links to them.  If you use any link on our website, we recommend you read the privacy notice of that website before sharing any personal or financial data

Other

We may process any of your personal data identified in the other provisions of this notice where necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the protection and assertion of our legal rights, your legal rights and the legal rights of others.

In addition to the specific purposes for which we may process your personal data set out in this section, we may also process any of your personal data where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person. Please do not supply any other person’s personal data to us unless we prompt you to do so.

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