Cookies

Introduction

When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, your computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.

These pieces of information are used to improve services for you, for example, by:

  • Enabling a service to recognise your device so you don't have to give the same information several times during one task.
  • Recognising that you may already have given a username and password so you don't need to do it for every web page requested.
  • Measuring how many people are using our services, so they can be made easier to use and to ensure there is enough capacity to ensure they are fast.
  • Analysing anonymised data to help us understand how people interact with our services so we can make them better.

You can manage these small files and learn more about them from the GOV.UK Cookie article.

For more information on deleting and controlling cookies visit aboutcookies.org.

 

First-party cookies

We use a session cookie which is used to identify users on the website. This is anonymous, unless the user is a registered user logged into the site.

 

Third-party cookies

We use a supplier who may also set cookies on their websites' on its behalf. The purpose of the cookies are for web analytics only, no information from the user is obtained. Google Analytics software is used to do this Google privacy policy.

 

Cookies for social media

We have a Twitter account (@the_gnatwork) and a Facebook page (www.facebook.com/gnatwork/).  Both Twitter and Facebook use cookie technology. For more information, please see the Twitter Privacy Policy and Facebook Privacy Policy.

 

How to control and delete cookies

We will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you.

However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our websites, or indeed any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. The ‘Help’ function within your browser should tell you how.

Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your machine as well as more general information about cookies.

Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of our website.

If you wish to view your cookie code, just click on a cookie to open it. You'll see a short string of text and numbers. The numbers are your identification card, which can only be seen by the server that gave you the cookie.

For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone you will need to refer to your handset manual.

To opt-out of third-parties collecting any data regarding your interaction on our website, please refer to their websites for further information.

 

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 24 May 2018.