Cookies are small data records that are stored on your terminal. These data records are produced and sent to you by the web server which you connected to using your web browser. We generally use cookies to analyse interest in our web pages and to make our web pages more user-friendly. You can also essentially access our web pages without enabling cookies. However, you must accept the cookies described below to make full use of all features. We use cookies, for example, to ensure you do not have to re-enter your username and password for every new page accessed in areas requiring login.

By using our web pages with your browser set to accept cookies, you agree to the use of cookies. Most browsers are set by default to automatically accept cookies. However, you can adjust your browser settings to ensure that cookies are displayed before being saved, or are declined as standard.

Please note that any changes made to browser settings only affect the specified browser. If you use different browsers, the settings must be changed separately for each browser. You can also delete cookies from your data storage device at any time. Further information on this can be accessed using the Help function in your browser or operating system.

 

An explanation of the most frequently used types of cookies is provided in the following for your reference:

1. Session cookies

While you are active on a web page, a session cookie is temporarily stored in your computer's memory. This contains a session ID so, for example, you do not have to log in again for each page you access. Session cookies are deleted when you log off, or cease to be valid upon the automatic expiration of your session.

2. Persistent or stored cookies

Persistent cookies save files on your computer until the scheduled expiration date. The cookies enable web pages to remember your information and settings the next time you visit. This makes it easier and quicker to access the web pages; for example, there is no need to re-adjust the language settings for our portal each time you visit. When the expiry date elapses, the cookies are automatically deleted when you visit the web page that created them.

3. Third-party cookies

Third-party cookies come from providers other than the operator of the web page. They may be used for example to collect information for advertising or generate custom content and web statistics.

4. Flash cookies

Flash cookies are stored on your computer as data elements of websites that use Adobe Flash Player. Flash cookies are not time-limited.