When you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to. The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalised web experience.

This website uses cookies to improve the user experience and ensure that it is functioning effectively and on occasion to advertise online through third party vendors. This Cookie Notice is part of our Privacy Statement. For more information about us, and how we protect your information, please see our Privacy Statement.

What is a cookie?

In order to provide you with a more personalised and responsive service we need to remember and store information about how you use this website. This is done using small text files called cookies.  Cookies contain small amounts of information and are downloaded to your computer or other device by a server for this website. Your web browser then sends these cookies back to this website on each subsequent visit so that it can recognise you and remember things like your user preferences.  Cookies may be either first party cookies set directly by us to your device, or third-party cookies set by a third-party provider on our behalf.  

Whenever you use this website, information may be collected by cookies and other technologies (e.g., web beacons, tags, scripts, local storage). By using this website you agree to our use of cookies and similar technologies as described in this Cookie Notice and to the use of cookies on the other country, regional or practice specific websites contained in deloitte.com that you may visit, as described in their accompanying cookie notices.

What cookies do we use and why?

Some of the cookies we use are strictly necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

We also use functional cookies which enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation for example, to remember your language or region or that you have already completed a survey. This information is usually anonymised and is not used for any other purpose. These functional cookies may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all of these features or third-party services may not function properly.

We or our service providers also use analytic services to help us understand how effective our content is, what interests our users have, and to improve how this website works. In addition, we use web beacons or tracking pixels to count visitor numbers and analytics and performance cookies to allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. These performance cookies help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site.

Please contact us if you would like more detailed information on the cookies we use.

How long will cookies remain on my device?

The length of time cookies will stay on your device will depend on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. A persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiration date, unless deleted by you before the expiration date. A session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of your web session, when the web browser is closed.