A cookie is a small file which asks your browser permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. When placed, the file is added, and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. Cookies can be both essential or non-essential.

Essential cookies are automatically placed on your device when you access the website or take certain actions. These may include session cookies that keep you logged in, cookies that store your privacy settings, are related to secure operation of the site or hold items in a shopping basket. These cookies are not used to track you after leaving our website. These cookies are considered strictly necessary for the site to work properly and cannot be disabled. These cookies are explicitly not used for direct marketing purposes.

If you give us permission to do so, we may place non-essential cookies on your device. These may for example include third party cookies, like those placed by Google Analytics and Facebook, are used by us to collect anonymous data about the surfing behavior of our visitors and to allow you to share content on our site through social media. This way we can optimize the structure of our website and use social media. We do not manage or place these third party cookies and can not take responsibility for these cookies.

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 non-essential cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. You can also delete cookies stored on your device this way. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website. Please check the Help menu of your browser for further details.