This page explains how and why we collect, and use, your personal information when you visit our site.

For site security and performance

When you visit our website, we use cookies and page-tagging techniques to collect the request made by your browser to the server hosting the website. This includes your IP address, the date and time of connection, the version of the web browser you are using, and the page you ask for. We use this information to ensure the security of our websites and we delete it after a maximum of three months. We may need to use and disclose it as necessary in the event of a security concern or incident.

To improve our service to you

When you visit our website, we use the third-party Google Analytics service to collect standard internet log information, which includes your IP address. We do this to find out how visitors use our website and to improve its usability. The data is anonymised before it is stored and before we see or use it for analytics processing. We do not make, and do not allow Google to make, any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our site. If you have sent a ‘do not track’ request from your web browser, we will respect it and will not collect analytics data.  For more information about how Google Analytics uses this information, please see the Google privacy policy.

We are committed to respecting the information you trust us with and to making sure that we keep it safe. Our websites collect very little personal information and we use it in ways that are compatible with your individual rights and freedoms.

The use of your personal information in the ways described above is necessary for the legitimate interests of improving our websites, analysing their use and ensuring their security, or is carried out with your consent when you accept certain cookies.

Our services are not designed for, or intentionally targeted at, children 13 years of age or younger. We do not intentionally collect or maintain data about anyone under the age of 13.

Transferring your information outside the United Kingdom or European Economic Area (EEA)

We may need to transfer your personal information outside of the UK or EEA in order to provide you with the services and products you require or as necessary for our legitimate interests. This will most likely occur when our third-party providers are based outside the EEA. Any such transfers are carried out with appropriate safeguards in place to ensure the confidentiality and security of your personal information.

For full details of how we use cookies on our website, including those that do not collect personal data, please contact us.