Use of cookies

A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your computer (or other electronic device) when you access our website. We use cookies and other online tracking devices such as Google Analytics and HubSpot on this website to:

  • recognise you whenever you visit this website (this enables us to pre-fill forms you choose to complete and remove certain pop ups or repetitive parts of the user experience on our website)
  • obtain information about your preferences, online movements and use of the internet;
  • carry out research and statistical analysis to help improve our content products and services and to help us better understand our visitor OR customer requirements and interests;
  • target our marketing and advertising campaigns and those of our partner more effectively by providing interest-based advertisements that are personalised to your interests; and
  • make your online experience more efficient and enjoyable.

The information we obtain from our use of cookies will not usually contain your personal data. Although we may obtain information about your computer (or other electronic device) such as your IP address, your browser and/or other internet log information, this will not usually identify you personally. In certain circumstances we may collect personal information about you—but only where you voluntarily provide it (e.g. by completing an online form)

In most cases we will need your consent to use cookies on this website.

 

Consent—notification on home page

There is a notice on our home page which describes how we use cookies and which also provides a link to our website privacy policy. If you use this website after this notification has been displayed to you, we will assume that you consent to our use of cookies for the purposes described in this website cookie policy and our website privacy policy.

 

Third-party cookies

We work with third party suppliers who may also set cookies on our website, for example, Google, HubSpot, Twitter, YouTube. These third-party suppliers are responsible for the cookies they set on our site.

If you want further information, please go to the website of the relevant third party. You will find additional information in the table below.

 

Description of cookies

The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why:

Name of cookie: Google Analytics

Owner: Telefónica Tech Marketing

Purpose for the cookie: This is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. which uses cookies to show us how visitors found and explored our site, and how we can enhance their experience. It provides us with information about the behaviour of our visitors (e.g. how long they stayed on the site, the average number of pages viewed) and tells us how many visitors we have had. For more details about this form of tracking, please visit the Google Analytics webpage here: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage

Name of cookie: Hubspot

Owner: Telefónica Tech Marketing

Purpose for the cookie: HubSpot is an inbound marketing and sales platform that helps companies attract visitors and engage with and nurture customers through blogging, SEO, marketing automation, social media and other online activities. For more details about this form of tracking, please visit https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy and review point 5.1.

 

How to turn off cookies

If you do not want to accept cookies, you can change your browser settings so that cookies are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of this website. For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to the Information Commissioner’s webpage on cookies: https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/.