Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile) when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognize your device and remember if you've been to the website before. Cookies are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the website owners.

Cookies can be "first-party cookies" (set by the website you are visiting) or "third-party cookies" (set by a third-party service that the website uses).

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for a variety of reasons:

• Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and account access. You cannot opt out of these cookies.
• Performance and Analytics Cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve the way our website works.
• Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features.

Third-Party Services and Cookies

We use certain third-party services on our website, which may place cookies on your device:

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our users engage with our website. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about how visitors use our site. This information is used to compile reports and help us improve the site.

The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors came from, and the pages they visited. Google Analytics may set the following cookies:

• _ga: 2-year expiration, used to distinguish users
• _gid: 24-hour expiration, used to distinguish users
• _gat: 1-minute expiration, used to throttle request rate

For more information about Google Analytics cookies, please visit Google's cookie usage page.

Google Search Console

We may use Google Search Console to monitor and maintain our site's presence in Google Search results. This service might use cookies to help Google identify your browser and analyze how you interact with our website from Google search results.

Bing Webmaster Tools

We may use Bing Webmaster Tools to understand how our site appears in Bing search results. This service might set cookies to collect information about how you found and interact with our website.

Managing Cookies

Most web browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences. You can:

• Delete cookies from your device
• Block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse all or some cookies
• Set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie

Please note that if you choose to block or delete cookies, you may not be able to access certain areas or features of our website, and some services may not function properly.

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org or www.aboutcookies.org.

How to Opt Out of Google Analytics

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, our use of cookies, or other stakeholder feedback. All changes will be posted here and will apply from the time they are posted.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies, please contact us at: