Cookies are very small text files that are stored on your computer when you visit websites. We use cookies to help identify your computer so we make our site work well for you and also track your usage of our site. Other services we use may also use cookies to provide their functions.
Our sites use two types of cookie:
- Cookies we set (strictly necessary cookies):
- if you leave a comment as a guest (using your email address)
- Cookies set by third parties:
- we use website analytics services to track your usage of our site. This is provided by Google Analytics: you can see Google’s privacy policy
- we use the Jetpack service, owned by Automattic Inc., to provide various functions of our site including commenting. If you leave a comment you may login with your WordPress.com, Twitter, Google+ or Facebook account. Those services may set their own cookies to provide this function.
- we use social media services such as Facebook and Twitter to enable you to share parts of our site. Those services may set their own cookies to provide this function. You can find out more about Facebook’s cookie policy and Twitter’s privacy policy.
- we use video services such as YouTube to embed videos on our site. YouTube is owned by Google and shares its privacy policy.
You can disable any cookies stored on your computer but these may prevent our website from functioning properly. You can find out more about cookies including how to delete them here: http://www.allaboutcookies.org