Cookies

We use cookies to monitor your use of the website, perform analytics and deliver marketing that we believe is relevant to you.  Your continued use of our website and related services will signify your agreement for us to use the cookies described below. 

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your browsing device, e.g. a computer or smartphone, when you visit a website.  Cookies can be recognised by the website that downloaded them, or other websites that use the same cookies. This helps websites know if the browsing device has visited them before.

Cookies do lots of things, like helping us understand how the website is being used, letting users navigate between pages effectively, remembering your preferences, and generally improving your browsing experience.  Cookies can also help ensure marketing you see online is more relevant to you and your interests.

The types of cookies used by us and most websites can generally be put into the following categories: strictly necessary, performance, functionality (described further below).  You can see what cookies we use for what purposes below.

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are essential for the full functionality of our website. They enable you to navigate around our website and use their features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, you may not be able to access all the functions of our website.

Performance cookies

These cookies collect information about how you use our website, e.g. which pages are the most visited and if you receive any error messages from any pages. These cookies do not gather information that identifies you. All information these cookies collect is anonymous and only used to improve how our website works.

We receive reports from our third party analytics partners such as Google as aggregate numbers and trends. To refuse these cookies, please follow the instructions under the heading below “how to control and delete cookies through your browser”. You can also opt out of Google Analytics cookies at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. Information about Google’s cookies is available from: https://policies.google.com/technologies/types. Google’s applicable privacy policy for Google Analytics cookies is available at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Functionality cookies

These cookies allow our website to remember the choices you make, e.g. your user name and region. These cookies can also be used to remember the changes you made to text size, font, and other parts of pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have requested, e.g. watching a video. The information these cookies collect may be anonymous and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites. To refuse these cookies, please follow the instructions under the heading below “how to control and delete cookies through your browser”.

How to control or delete cookies through your browser

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit our website and attempt to use our services, you may not be able to access certain parts of our website or services and some functionalities may not work. You can find out more information about how to change your browser cookie settings at aboutcookies.org.uk.

Third party website cookies

Other websites may use different cookies from those we use. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for any third party websites or applications and you access third party websites and applications at your own risk. Please understand other websites and applications are independent from us so you must inform yourself of their separate cookie policies.

Cookies we use at the date of this GDPR Addendum:

Type of cookie
Strictly necessary cookies

Who serves these cookies
LawVu

How to turn these off and further information
These cookies are essential for our website to work in the way you have requested. These cookies are used to identify trusted web traffic. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website to you, you cannot refuse them. You can block or delete them by changing your browser settings, however, blocking them entirely will prevent certain parts of the website from operating as intended, e.g. access to certain parts of the website.

Type of cookie
Functionality cookies

Who serves these cookies
LawVu
Intercom.io

How to turn these off and further information
These cookies are used to enhance the performance of our website but are non-essential to its use. However, without these cookies, certain functionalities like live chat may become unavailable. To refuse these cookies, please follow the instructions under the heading “how to control and delete cookies”.

Type of cookie
Strictly necessary cookies

Who serves these cookies
LawVu
Google Analytics

How to turn these off and further information
These cookies collect information about how you use our website, e.g. which pages are the most visited and if you receive any error messages from any pages. These cookies do not gather information that identifies you. All information these cookies collect is anonymous and only used to improve how our website works.