What are cookies?

“Cookies” are small text files sent from a website to the hard drive of a user’s computer to store bits of information related to that user. Cookies can store information about users, including IP addresses, navigational data, server information, data transfer times, user preferences, and passwords needed to access the special areas on our site.

For more information about cookies and how to stop cookies being installed visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org

How do GPMI use cookies?

GPMI  uses cookies for the purpose of storing and retrieving session information in our on-line systems, and for analysing traffic on our site. No Customer Data or Sensitive Data is stored in the cookies.

There are four types of cookies used on the GPMI  websites:

1. Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features.

2. Performance Cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use the GPMI website. GPMI uses Google Analytics to track anonymized usage statistics for the site. This data is used to analyse how frequently people visit the site, how the website is found and which pages are most frequently viewed. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. This information is combined with data from thousands of other users to create an overall view of website use, and is never identified individually or personally. These cookies are only used to identify ways to improve the website. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites please visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

For more information about Google Analytics, and the cookies it sets, please visit: https://developers.google.com/analytics/resources/concepts/gaConceptsCookies

3. Functionality Cookies

These cookies allow us to remember choices you make (such as mobile device preferences).

4. Targeting Cookies

To measure the effectiveness of our online advertising campaigns we use 3rd party cookies set by doubleclick.net. For example, for measuring how many unique browsers have seen a particular advertisement and how many of those subsequently visit our website. The data we, or Doubleclick, collect using cookies does not identify individual users. Doubleclick have their own privacy policy which will tell you how they use cookies and data tags.

Please visit http://www.google.com/privacy/ads/privacy-policy.html to find out more.

Enabling/Disabling Cookies

Most browsers automatically accept cookies. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies or request that you be warned when a website is trying to install a cookie. This can be done by modifying the settings in your browser. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of some parts of this website. For more information about managing cookies and how to stop cookies being installed visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/