A "cookie" is a piece of data stored on your computer's hard drive during your visit to the website. Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system.

If you want to check or change what types of cookies you accept, you can do it within your browser settings. You can block cookies at any time by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of this website.

I use cookies to track your use of our website. That's how I understand how you use the website. This helps me improve this website in response to your preferences.

Session cookies are only stored on your computer during your web session, and they are deleted after you close your browser. Session cookies store an anonymous session ID allowing you to browse a website comfortably, and they do not collect any personal data from your computer. 

A persistent cookie remains as a file on your computer even after closing your web browser. I use persistent cookies for Google Analytics.

These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features effectively and therefore you cannot turn them off. This includes cookies from third-party analytics services as long as the cookies are for the exclusive use of the owner of the website visited. These cookies do not gather information used for marketing purposes.

These cookies enable me to improve the performance of my website. For example, they allow me to see which parts of the site are most popular. These cookies monitor only the performance of the site as the user interacts with it.

These cookies allow this website to remember your choices (such as your language or region) and provide enhanced features. The information these cookies collect is usually anonymised.