What are Cookies?

 

Cookies are small text files, typically consisting of letters and numbers that are placed onto a device by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

 

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) United Kingdom (UK) Cookie Guide places them into four different categories:

 

1  Strictly Necessary Cookies

 

These cookies are essential to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, services you ask for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.

 

2  Performance Cookies

 

These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages.  These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor.  All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.  It is only used to improve how a website works.

 

3   Functionality Cookies

 

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features.  For instance, a website may be able to provide you with local weather reports or traffic news by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently located.

 

These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise.  They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog.  These cookies cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

 

4  Targeting or Advertising Cookies

 

These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests.  They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign.  They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission.  They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers.  Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisation.

 

Our website does not use targeting cookies.

 

Our Cookie Policy

 

The cookies we use at SyntheSys are as shown in the following table:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings.

 

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.