Cookie Policy

It is common practice with almost all professional websites, including this one, to use cookies. Cookies are tiny files downloaded to your computer to improve your experience. 

This page will describe what information they gather, how that information is used, how it might be used, and why we might need to occasionally store these cookies. 

This site uses cookies for various reasons detailed below. There are no industry standards for disabling cookies without disabling the features and functionality of this site. Therefore, it is recommended to leave cookies on if you are not sure whether you might need them in case they are used to provide a service that you use.

The Cookies We Set

This site offers the option to subscribe to our newsletter and email subscription services. Cookies might be used to remember if you have already registered, which might include notifications which may only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users. 

Data submitted through a from such as those found on contact pages or comment forms, may cause cookies to be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.

In some special cases we use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The section below details which third party cookies might be encountered through this site.

This site uses Google Analytics, one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web. Google Analytics helps us understand how you use the site and ways we can improve user experience.  This might include things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages visited , so we can continue to produce engaging content.

For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.

Occassionally, new features and slight changes will be made to the way the site is delivered. During testing of these new features, these cookies might be used to ensure a consistent user experience while ensuring we understand which optimizations users appreciate most. 

In some cases, we may provide you with custom content based on what you tell us about yourself, either directly or indirectly by linking a social media account. These types of cookies simply allow us to provide you with content we feel may be of interest to you.

We use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to function the following social media sites including; Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Pinterest, will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.