Cookie policy
Our website uses ‘cookies’ to help you navigate efficiently.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files which are saved on your computer or in your browser’s memory when you visit a website. They help speed things up when you return to the site by remembering information such as which parts of the site you visit, what you like and what’s most relevant to you. They do not remember any personal or confidential information about you.
The types of cookies used on websites?
Session cookies
These account for the majority of cookies used, but they only last for the duration of your visit and are deleted when you close your browser. No data is collected which could personally identify you, They are used by web developers to help users navigate the websites efficiently and perform certain functions.Persistent cookies
These account for the majority of cookies used, but they only last for the duration of your visit and are deleted when you close your browser. No data is collected which could personally identify you, They are used by web developers to help users navigate the websites efficiently and perform certain functions.Cookies also have, broadly speaking, four different functions and can be categorised as follow: ‘strictly necessary’ cookies, ‘performance’ cookies, ‘functionality’ cookies and ‘targeting’ or ‘advertising’ cookies.
Strictly necessary cookies
These are essential to navigate around a website and use its features. Without them, you wouldn’t be able to use basic services like registration or shopping baskets. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you’ve been on the internet.
Examples of how we use ‘strictly necessary’ cookies include: Setting unique identifiers for each unique visitor, so site numbers can be analysed. Allowing you to sign in to The Independent website as a registered user.
Performance cookies
collect anonymous data for statistical purposes on how visitors use a website, they don’t contain personal information, and are used to improve your user experience of a website.
Here are some examples of how we use performance cookies: Gathering data about visits to the Website, including numbers of visitors and visits, length of time spent on the site, pages clicked on or where visitors have come from.Don’t want to use cookies?
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Further information
For more information on cookie management and how they work, please refer to allaboutcookies.org.