Cookies on this website
The EU's Privacy and Communications Directive came into force on 26 May 2012. This requires us to tell you how our website uses cookies, and to ask for your consent to use any which are not essential to providing the services you have asked for. Cookies are text files that help organise and store browsing information.
Our use of cookies:
This site uses StatCounter, a web analytics service, to track visitor activity. These stats show how people are interacting with the website, which in turn helps me to develop it in a way which is useful to visitors. The information collected is non-personal statistical information such as pages visited on the site, the duration of individual page views, paths taken by visitors through the site, data on visitors' screen settings.
When you visit the website, a StatCounter analytics cookie (called "is_unique") may be placed in your browser. This cookie is used only to determine whether you are a first-time or returning visitor and to estimate unique visits to the site. No personal information is stored in this cookie.
I also embed some links or content from other websites (such as the Facebook like boxes). These are clearly identified, but as a result you may be presented with cookies from these other sites. I cannot control the dissemination or operation of these cookies and you should check with the third party websites for more information.
Choosing not to accept cookies:
If you choose not to accept cookies, this may impact or reduce the functionality of some areas of this website.
You can find out more about StatCounter, and set your browser to refuse their cookies by clicking this link: http://statcounter.com/about/set-refusal-cookie/
Google ads on my pages use the 'DART' cookie which enables Google and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet. You can opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google advertising opt-out page. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
Alternatively, if you prefer not to deal with cookies on a 'site by site' basis you can use your browser to control which cookies you accept. http://www.aboutcookies.org/ will advise you if you do not know how to do this.If you want to ask any questions about my use of cookies, please contact me.
