Privacy
and
cookies

Personal data

All personal data is collected and stored in line with the General Data Protection Regulation. See our guidance about the Data Protection Act for more details.

We collect the following data:

• your Internet Protocol (IP) address, and details of which version of web browser you used

• information on how you use the site, using cookies and Google Analytics

We use this data to:

• improve the site by monitoring how you use it

• gather feedback to improve our services

We only use personal information that you provide to us for the purpose stated at the time we request it. We may share your data with third parties who provide services on our behalf, such as those who help us to operate the website.

All our third-party service providers are required to take appropriate security measures to protect your data in line with our policies. We do not allow them to use your data for their own purposes. We permit them to process your data only for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

We may also share your personal data with third parties if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our site terms of use or to protect the rights, property or safety of our site, our users, and others.

Where your data is shared with third parties, we will seek to share the minimum amount necessary.

We retain data for 14 months in Google Analytics before it is deleted.

Cookies

We may put small files (known as ‘cookies’) onto your computer to collect information about how you browse the site.

You may stop or restrict the placement of cookies on your computer by changing your preferences on the cookie banner on our website or by adjusting your web browser preferences. This may interfere with some of the functionality of the site.

We use cookies to:

• provide essential functionality

• measure how you use the website so it can be updated and improved based on your needs

• help us understand the performance of our marketing activity and improve the relevance of the adverts you see

This data is used by us and our agents.

Cookies we use

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies enable the core functionality of the website and help us deliver information and services securely and optimally. These cookies are always activated on the site, and they do not store any personally identifiable information.

You can disable these cookies by changing your browser preferences, but some parts of our website will not function properly without them.