🍪 What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on a browser, computer, phone, or tablet when a visitor opens a website. They allow the website to recognise a browser during a visit or remember certain information between visits.
Cookies can support simple functions such as keeping a page stable, remembering a previous choice, or helping the website load content correctly. They can also help website owners understand how pages are used and where improvements may be needed.
Some cookies are placed by the website itself. Others may be placed by external services used to support performance, security, analytics, or content delivery.
⚙️ Why Cookies Are Used
Cookies are used to make the website easier to use, more stable, and more useful for visitors. They can help pages load properly, remember selected settings, measure general performance, and identify technical issues that may affect browsing.
Cookies may also help improve content structure by showing which pages are visited most often, which sections users interact with, and whether navigation works as expected.
- Website operation. Cookies help core page functions work correctly.
- Preference storage. Cookies may remember selected settings or choices.
- Performance monitoring. Cookies may help identify slow pages or browsing issues.
- Content improvement. Cookies may show which pages and sections are useful to visitors.
- Security support. Cookies may help reduce spam, misuse, or suspicious activity.
🔐 Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are required for the website to function. They support basic features such as page loading, security, consent storage, form protection, and stable browsing.
These cookies are usually active by default because the website may not work correctly without them. Visitors can block them in browser settings, but this may affect how pages, forms, or preferences behave.
| Cookie Type | Purpose | Typical Duration | Effect If Disabled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session cookies | Support browsing during a visit | Until the browser closes | Some page functions may reset |
| Security cookies | Help protect forms and website functions | Session to several months | Security checks may fail |
| Consent cookies | Remember cookie preferences | Several months | Cookie choices may be requested again |
| Performance support cookies | Help deliver pages reliably | Session to several months | Pages may load less consistently |
📊 Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help understand how visitors use the website. They may show which pages are viewed, how users move through sections, what devices are used, and whether visitors leave after certain pages.
This information helps improve layout, navigation, content quality, and page performance. Analytics information is usually reviewed in grouped form rather than as individual visitor activity.
- Pages viewed during a visit.
- Approximate time spent on pages.
- Browser, device, and screen type.
- General traffic source.
- Navigation paths and page performance.
🎛️ Preference Cookies
Preference cookies remember choices that make browsing more convenient. These choices may include cookie settings, display preferences, language options, or other simple user selections.
Without preference cookies, the website may still work, but visitors may need to repeat the same selections during future visits.
| Preference Area | What It May Remember | Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Cookie choices | Accepted or rejected categories | Prevents repeated prompts |
| Display settings | Basic layout or view preferences | Improves browsing comfort |
| Language or region | Selected language or location setting | Makes content easier to use |
| Form settings | Limited non-sensitive form preferences | Reduces repeated input |
🚀 Performance Cookies
Performance cookies help the website understand whether pages load correctly and whether visitors experience browsing problems. They may collect information about loading speed, page errors, device type, and general site behaviour.
This data helps improve technical stability and user experience. For example, it can show whether a page is too slow, whether mobile users face layout issues, or whether certain sections need improvement.
- Page loading time.
- Device and browser behaviour.
- Page errors or failed requests.
- General site stability.
- Navigation and interaction issues.
🧩 Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies may be placed by external services used to support website functions. These services may help with analytics, security, performance, embedded features, or content delivery.
Third-party cookies are controlled by the service that provides them. Their use may depend on the tools active on the website and the visitor’s cookie preferences.
- Analytics tools.
- Security or anti-spam services.
- Performance monitoring systems.
- Embedded content services.
- External scripts used for site functionality.
🗂️ Cookie Categories Summary
The table below summarises the main cookie categories that may be used on this website. Exact cookie names and durations may change when website tools, plugins, or services are updated.
| Category | Purpose | Examples of Use | User Control |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Keep the website functional and secure | Security, page loading, consent storage | Browser settings only |
| Preferences | Remember selected choices | Cookie settings, display options | Cookie settings or browser controls |
| Analytics | Understand website usage | Page views, device type, traffic source | Cookie settings or browser controls |
| Performance | Improve speed and stability | Load time, error checks, page behaviour | Cookie settings or browser controls |
| Third-party services | Support external tools | Analytics, security, embedded content | Depends on provider and browser settings |
⏱️ How Long Cookies Stay on Your Device
Cookies can remain on a device for different periods. Some are deleted when the browser closes, while others remain until they expire or until the visitor deletes them manually.
| Duration Type | How It Works | Common Use |
|---|---|---|
| Session cookies | Deleted when the browser session ends | Temporary browsing and security functions |
| Persistent cookies | Remain until expiry or manual deletion | Preference storage and analytics |
| Short-term cookies | May last minutes, hours, or days | Security checks and session stability |
| Longer-term cookies | May last several months or longer | Preference memory and usage trends |
Cookie duration depends on the purpose of the cookie and the settings applied by the website or service provider.
✅ Cookie Consent and Choices
Visitors may be able to manage cookie preferences through a cookie banner or settings panel. Depending on the available options, visitors can accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or choose specific categories.
Strictly necessary cookies may remain active because they are required for the website to work. Optional cookies should follow the visitor’s selected preferences where a consent tool is available.
- Accept all. Allows all available cookie categories.
- Reject non-essential. Blocks cookies that are not required for basic operation.
- Custom settings. Allows category-by-category selection if supported.
- Browser controls. Allows cookies to be blocked, deleted, or restricted directly in the browser.
🛠️ Managing Cookies in Your Browser
Most browsers allow visitors to view, delete, block, or restrict cookies. These controls are usually found in privacy, security, or site settings.
Browser settings may allow visitors to clear existing cookies, block third-party cookies, prevent future cookies, or manage permissions for specific websites.
| Browser Area | Typical Setting | What It Does |
|---|---|---|
| Privacy settings | Cookie permissions | Allows or blocks cookies |
| Security settings | Tracking protection | Limits certain tracking technologies |
| Site data | Clear browsing data | Deletes stored cookies and cache |
| Third-party cookie settings | Block external cookies | Limits cookies set by outside services |
| Website permissions | Manage individual sites | Creates site-specific cookie rules |
Blocking all cookies may affect how the website works. Some pages, forms, settings, or security features may not behave as expected.
🌐 Similar Technologies
Cookies are not the only technology that can store or access information on a device. Similar technologies may include local storage, pixels, tags, tracking scripts, or device identifiers.
These technologies may support similar purposes, including website functionality, performance measurement, preference storage, analytics, or security.
- Pixels and tags. May help measure page views or interactions.
- Local storage. May remember preferences or technical settings in the browser.
- Scripts. May support interactive features or performance tools.
- Device identifiers. May help external services recognise browser or device behaviour.
🚫 Browser Privacy Signals
Some browsers offer privacy preference signals or tracking protection settings. These tools may limit certain cookies or similar technologies automatically.
Because privacy signals may work differently across browsers and devices, visitors should also use browser cookie controls or available cookie settings to manage preferences directly.
📌 Updates to This Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy may be updated when the website changes, when cookie categories are adjusted, when tools are added or removed, or when privacy requirements change.
The “Last updated” date at the top of the page shows when the policy was last revised. Visitors can review this page from time to time to understand how cookies and similar technologies may be used.
FAQ About Cookies
