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TYPES OF COOKIES USED ON THIS SITE
Performance cookies – Some of the cookies on our website collect information about how visitors use the website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how our website works.
Functionality cookies – These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personal features. For example, we use cookies for the ‘like’ buttons in the media centre as well when discussing on blog posts.
Third party cookies – Our website also allows third parties to download cookies to your device. For example, cookies from sharethis.com are used to allow you to send a page from our website to your social media account such as Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter. Cookies from Google and YouTube are also used. The YouTube cookie is set on pages that contain YouTube videos. These third party cookies are not under our control. For further information about their use see sharethis.com, www.google.com and www.youtube.com.
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