Cookie Policy

A cookie is a small text file the site you visit places in your browser. It lets the site remember you and allows certain functions to work.

Cookies used

Type	Purpose	Duration
Strictly necessary	Session management, security verification, language preference	Session to 12 months
Functional	Preserving form entries, theme preference	12 months
Measurement	Page view counts, referring source	12 months

Without strictly necessary cookies you cannot sign in and security checks will not run. For the other categories you can change your preference.

Where the site embeds a map, a video or similar content, the provider may set its own cookies. Such content is marked on the page.

Every browser lets you view, delete and block cookies. The relevant menus are usually found under:

Blocking cookies entirely may stop some pages from working as expected.

This policy is updated whenever a new function is added to the site. The revision date appears at the top of the page.

For details on how personal data is processed, see the Privacy Notice.

Common questions on this topic

Your browser will let you, but sign in and language preference stop working. You will not be able to log in to the portal.

No. There are no third party ad network cookies on this site.

No. Aggregate figures such as page views and referring source are kept; nothing that identifies you as an individual is stored.

Through the cookie settings link in the footer, or from your browser's privacy menu.

Session cookies are removed when you close the browser. Persistent cookie durations are listed in the table below.