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Like most websites we use Google analytics to provide information on all of our users. This obtains, technical information not personal information but it does establish the internet protocol (IP) address of the computer you are using. Other information this cookie gathers are things like, your operating system, web browser type and version and what pages you visited and how long you stayed on them. We can also see how you found your way to our website, i.e. from a Search Engine.
We then analyse this information closely to help improve the website for our users both in terms of content and functionality. Without this information we would just be guessing as to what content was working and we certainly wouldn’t know anything about the type of devices that are being used to access our website.
This website is powered by the popular content management system WordPress. WordPress uses several cookies in order to function correctly. These cookies are not directly related to our website and any questions you have regarding them can be found on this WordPress codex page.
If you don’t want to receive cookies, you can modify your web browser so that it notifies you when cookies are sent to it or you can refuse cookies altogether. You can also delete cookies that have already been set. The way in which you control cookies differs from browser to browser but the settings are generally found within the browsers options usually under security or privacy. For comprehensive details please visit AboutCookies.org. Please note that if you do decide to block cookies certain functionality may not work as intended or even not at all.