How to accept or reject cookies

How to accept or reject cookies

There are a number of different ways in which you can accept or reject some or all cookies. Some of the main methods of doing so are described below:

You are welcome to block the use of some or all of the cookies we use on our website. However, please be aware that doing so may impair our website and its functionality or may even render some or all of it unusable.

You should also be aware that clearing all cookies from your browser will also delete any cookies that are storing your preferences, for example, whether you have accepted cookies on a website or any cookies that are blocking other cookies.

You can find more detailed information about cookies and adjusting your browser settings by visiting All About Cookies.

Accepting or rejecting cookies

Cookie control tool
You can accept or reject cookies by using our cookie management tool. This tool appears as a static message at the top of the website on your first interaction and requests that you accept the use of cookies, you have the option of refusing cookies.

Browser settings
You can accept or reject some or all cookies (for example, blocking all third party cookies) by adjusting your browser settings. If you do not know how to do this, the links below set out information about how to change your browser settings for some of the most commonly used web browsers:

• Google Chrome: Clear, enable and manage cookies in Google Chrome.
• Mozilla Firefox: Delete browsing, search and download history on Mozilla Firefox.
• Microsoft Internet Explorer: How to delete cookie files in Internet Explorer.
• Apple Safari: Safari 5.1 (OS X Lion): Manage cookies.

Some browsers, such as Chrome and Firefox, allow you to change your settings to browse in incognito mode, limiting the amount of data placed on your machine and automatically deleting any persistent cookies placed on your device when you finish your browsing session.

There are also many third party applications which you can add to your browser to block or manage cookies.