As is common with almost all professional websites, this site uses cookies, which are tiny files downloaded onto your computer to improve your experience. This page outlines what information they collect, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also tell you how you can prevent these cookies from being stored, but doing so may degrade or "break" some of the functionality of the site.
For more information about cookies, see the Wikipedia article "HTTP Cookies".
We use cookies for a variety of reasons, described below. Unfortunately, in most cases there is no industry standard way to disable cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to the site. It is advisable to leave all cookies in place if you are unsure whether or not you need them for the services you use.
You can prevent cookies from being set by changing your browser settings (see your browser's help function for details on how to do this). Note that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites you visit. Disabling cookies will usually disable some of the functionality and functionality of this site. We therefore recommend that you do not disable cookies.
Cookies associated with an account
If you create an account with us, we will use cookies to control the registration process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted on logout, but in some cases they may remain to remember your logout preferences.
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We use cookies when you are logged in to remember this fact. This saves you having to sign in each time you visit a new page. These cookies are usually deleted or cleared on logout to ensure that limited functions and areas are only accessed when you log in.
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In some specific cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you may encounter on this website.
This site uses Google Analytics, which is one of the most widely used and trusted analytical solutions on the Internet, to help us understand how you use the site and how we can improve your experience. These cookies can track things like the time you spend on the site and the pages you visit so that we can continue to create interesting content. More information about Google Analytics cookies can be found on the official Google Analytics page. From time to time we test new features and make minor changes to the way the site works. When we test new features, these cookies may be used to ensure consistency in the user experience and to help us understand which optimisations our users value most. The Google AdSense service, which we use to serve ads, uses DoubleClick cookies to serve more relevant ads throughout our site and to limit the number of times a particular ad is shown. For more information on Google AdSense, please read our official Google AdSense Privacy FAQ.
I hope this has cleared things up for you, and as mentioned earlier, if you're not sure if you need something or not, it's usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case they interact with one of the features you use on our site.