We use Statcounter, an online service, to help us to understand our visitors; for example, how visitors find our website, how long they spend on our site, which web pages they are most interested in etc. A better understanding of how visitors are interacting with our website helps us to improve it’s content, design and functionality.

Statcounter uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on visitors and visitor activity on our website. This data includes:

· Time and date of visit
· IP address (this is a numerical label assigned to a device by an Internet Service Provider to enable the device to access the internet)
· Browser and Operating System (this can help us to make sure that our website functions correctly in the browsers/operating systems used to access our site)
· Device Information e.g. device type and screen size (this can help us to make sure that our website functions correctly in the devices used to access our site)
· Referring Data e.g. a search engine link (this can help us to understand which search engines are helping visitors to find our website)

Furthermore, when you visit our website a Statcounter cookie (called “is_unique”) may be placed in your browser. This cookie is used only to determine whether you are a first-time or returning visitor and to estimate unique visits to the site.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer.