Why do we use cookies?

These files serve several useful purposes for you, including:

  • improving how our website performs;
  • granting you access to restricted content;
  • tailoring our website’s functionality to you personally by letting us remember your preferences, location or device type;
  • understanding who our audience is so that we can provide content most relevant to you;
  • allowing third parties to provide services to our website; and
  • helping us deliver interest-based advertising where appropriate in compliance with the applicable laws.
  • The types of cookies do we use?

    We use different types of cookies on our website. Some of these cookies are placed by us, while others are placed by our third-party plug-ins, suppliers or advertisers.
    These cookies may be deleted from your device at different times, such as at the end of your browsing session (when you leave the website) or after a pre-set amount of time, or they may persist on your device until you delete them.
    We use the following types of cookies on our website:

    Ø Essential cookies

    These are the cookies that allow our website to perform its essential functions. Without these cookies, some parts of our websites would stop working.

    Ø Site analytics cookies

    These are the cookies that monitor how our website is performing; and how you interact with it. We use them to know how best to improve our website or services.

    Ø Functional cookies

    These are the cookies that remember who you are as a user of our website. We use them to remember any preferences you may have selected on our website, like saving your username and password or settings.

    Ø Advertising cookies

    These are the cookies that match your interests or web searches with applicable advertising campaigns on our website. We use them to provide you with advertising that we think you might find useful.

    Ø Social media cookies

    These are the cookies that integrate with social media platforms. We use them to help you share content from our website to your chosen social media platform.

    Ø Flash cookies

    These are the cookies that help your device read content supported by Adobe Flash. We use them to make sure that any Flash advertisements or videos appear properly on your device.

    Ø Third-party cookies

    These are the cookies that some of our business partners use on our website. We have no access to or control over them. Information collected by any of these cookies or widgets is governed by the privacy policy of the company that created it; and not by us.