Cookie Settings

Cookie Settings

Cookies have recently been pushed into national consciousness by the new 'cookie law'. If you've arrived at this page, it's for one of two reasons. You either want to know what a cookie is, or you already know what they are and want to turn them off. Hopefully, we can explain this simply enough so you can make an informed decision.

What IS a cookie?

Cookies are small files, which your web browser stores on your computer. Cookies help a website identify that you have visited before. This is useful to remember any settings you may have chosen on a particular website. Website owners also use cookies to see how many visits their site is getting, and which pages are most popular. The information stored is very unlikely to be anything personal or sensitive. The vast majority of ways in which cookies are used is to benefit your user experience, but the new law acknowledges that users should be informed to make a choice. You may decide you feel uncomfortable knowing that websites are using even non-personal information to identify you. If this is the case, you can disable cookies in your browser for all websites.

I want to turn off cookies, please show me how I can do this!

Every browser works slightly differently. Below you'll find some links which should help you locate your cookie settings, to be able to turn them off. Please be aware, disabling cookies is likely to adversely affect your user experience of sites you visit regularly. Click the link below appropriate for the browser which you are using:

The browser I'm using is...

... Mozilla Firefox.

... Internet Explorer.

... Google Chrome.

... Apple Safari.