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We make use of analytic cookies to analyse how our visitors use our Website and to monitor Website performance. This allows us to provide a high-quality experience by customising our offering and quickly identifying and fixing any issues that arise. For example, we might use performance cookies to keep track of which pages are most popular, which method of linking between pages is most effective, and to determine why some pages are receiving error messages. In limited use cases, we might also use these cookies to highlight articles or site services that we think will be of interest to you based on your usage of our Website. Except for the previous use case, these cookies do not collect any information that could identify you directly. All the information collected is anonymous. It is not compulsory to agree to the use of these cookies.

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In addition to the above cookies, we may use “Local Shared Objects”, also referred to as “Flash Cookies,” on our Website. These are used to enhance your user experience (for example, by storing your user preferences and settings, such as your volume/mute settings), and in connection with animated content on our Website. Local Shared Objects are similar to browser cookies, but can store more complex data than simple text. By themselves, they cannot do anything to or with the data on your computer. Like other cookies, they can only access personally identifiable information that you have provided on this Website, and cannot be accessed by other websites. To find out more about Flash cookies or how to disable them, please click here http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/disable-local-shared-objects-flash.html. It is not compulsory to agree to the use of these cookies.

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We may also use your IP address and browser type to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer our Website and to improve the service we offer to you. An IP address is a number that identifies your computer on the internet. Your IP address might also be used to collect information on your broad geographic location (e.g. country or city). This data will be removed 2 years from your last activity.