A cookie is a small file that can be placed on your device that allows us to recognise and remember you. It is sent to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive or tablet or mobile device. When you visit our sites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.
How do we use cookies?
We use cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our site, including:
Keeping you signed in
Understanding how you use our site
Showing you information that is relevant to you
Showing you GRA services that are relevant to you
Ultimately, this allows us to publish information that is more pertinent to you
What types of cookies do we use?
We use three types of cookies, which we describe in this section.
Essential
Cookies that are essential to provide you with services you have requested. For example, these include the cookies that make it possible for you to stay logged into your GRA account. If you set your browser to block these cookies, then these functions and services will not work for you. In particular, we won’t be able to save your preferences about cookies.
Performance
Cookies which measure how often you visit our sites and how you use them. We use this information to get a better sense of how our users engage with our site and to improve our sites and apps, so that users have a better experience. For example, we collect information about which of our pages are most frequently visited, and by which types of users. We also use third-party cookies to help with performance. For example, the Google Analytics cookie gives us information such as your journey between pages and whether you have downloaded anything.
Functionalty
Cookies that are used to recognise you and remember your preferences or settings when you return to our site, so that we can provide you with a more personalized experience. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.