Cookie Policy
Who we are
The pages on the website (“the Website”) are published by Aferian plc, a company registered in [England and Wales] with company registration number 5083390, whose registered address is at Botanic House, 100 Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 1PH. GBR (“Aferian plc”, “We”, “Us”).
What are cookies?
When you visit Aferian’s Website, We use cookies to maintain your connection to the Website. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.
Cookies help Us to provide you with a good experience when you browse the Website and also allow Us to improve the Website. By continuing to browse the Website, you are agreeing to the use of cookies.
The cookies which are used
We use the following cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of the Website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log in to secure areas of the Website.
- Analytical/performance cookies. These allow Us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the Website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way the Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
- Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to the Website. This enables Us to personalise content for you and remember your account preferences.
- Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to the Website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make the Website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
The following cookies may be placed on your computer or device:
AWSALB – set by Amazon Web Services Load Balancer to preserve server session stickiness
XSRF-TOKEN – set by Laravel PHP framework to protect against cross-site exploits
laravel_session – set by Laravel PHP framework to preserve session data
cartalyst_sentinel – set by Cartalyst Sentinel security package for protecting session data
Google Analytics
The Website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies (text files placed on your computer) to help website operators analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. By using this Website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
Sharing tools
This Website uses sharing tools. Sharing tools allow you to share content through social networks such as Facebook or Twitter. When you use one of these buttons, the social networking site may place a cookie on your computer. This would be a third-party cookie set by the social networking site. If you have any questions about the use of these third-party cookies, you should check the relevant social networking site’s cookie policy.
How to refuse the use of cookies
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser. However, if you do this you may lose some useful functionality such as personalisation and “keep me signed in” and “remember me” features.