What Are Cookies
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the sites functionality.
For more general information on cookies visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
This site uses cookies to store information on your computer. Some of these cookies are essential, while others help us to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used.
Disabling Cookies
Clicking on "I Accept" will allow all cookies. Alternatively you can select or revoke which individual cookies are allowed by using the preferences below and closing the window off. These preferences can be changed at any time using the gear icon in the lower left corner of the screen.
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). You can also remove existing cookies in most browsers by pressing the Ctrl + Shift + Del keys on your keyboard simultaneously. Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this website. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
The Cookies We Set
Necessary Cookies
Necessary cookies enable core functionality such as page navigation and access to secure areas. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences.
This site offers a newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users. When you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence. To find out how we process and store any personal data you share with us via this website, please visit our Privacy Notice.
Third Party Cookies
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
Analytical cookies help us to improve our website by collecting and reporting information on its usage
This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page (click here).
Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or pages you visit which helps us to understand how we can improve the site for you.
We use marketing cookies to help us improve the relevancy of advertising campaigns you receive.
As well as Google Analytics we also use a number of third-party platforms across various parts of our website. These include (but are not limited to) Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google, YouTube, HubSpot, and Hotjar. These third-party platforms may place additional cookies in your browser when you view or interact with their embedded functionality on our website. You can find out more about how these platforms use cookies by visiting their website and checking out their cookie and privacy policies.
Preference cookies enable us to remember information that changes how this website looks and behaves, like your preferred language choice or the region you are visiting the website from.
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how we use your personal data, please email dataprotection@cdegroup.com or get in touch via our contact form.