Applying Cookies for Site Optimization

Cookies are small pieces of data stored on your device (computer or mobile device). To enhance site responsiveness for our users, we may utilize “cookies” or similar electronic tools. These help gather information by assigning each visitor a unique, random number as a User Identification (User ID) to comprehend individual interests using the Identified Computer. Unless you voluntarily identify yourself (through registration, for instance), we cannot personally identify you, even if we assign a cookie to your device. Cookies cannot read data from your hard drive. Additionally, our advertisers may assign their own cookies to your browser (if you click on their ads), a process beyond our control. Our web servers automatically capture limited information about your device’s internet connection, including your IP address, upon visiting our site. Your IP address does not personally identify you but helps in delivering requested web pages, tailoring our site to user interests, measuring site traffic, and informing advertisers about visitor locations.

Understanding the Use of Cookies on Our Website

Essential cookies: These are necessary for our website to work. If you choose to disable cookies for our website you will not be able to use many of the features. Examples include:

• Session cookies that remember your actions as you navigate our websites.
• Security cookies that check the validity of your actions during your visit helping to keep our websites and services safe and secure.

Analytics and Performance cookies These cookies help us collect information about how you use our websites over time; the areas you visit, the time spent on our websites and issues and errors you may encounter. This information helps us to continually improve the information we provide and the performance of our websites and services.

Operational Limitations Without Cookies

In regions requiring explicit consent for cookie storage on devices, it's crucial to obtain and verify user consent before using any tools that access cookies or other data on the user’s device.

Other Information

Do we track whether users open our emails? Our emails may contain a “web beacon pixel” to tell us whether our emails are opened and verify any clicks through to links or advertisements within the email. We may use this information for purposes including determining which of our emails are more interesting to users, and to query whether users who do not open our emails wish to continue receiving them. The pixel will be deleted when you delete the email. If you do not wish the pixel to be downloaded to your device, you should read the email in plain text view or with images disabled.