A cookie is a small file which is stored securely on your computer's hard drive.
The cookie file helps website owners to analyse web traffic or respond to the user with individual or personalised content. A modern website can tailor its operations to the user's needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering preference information, which it stores in a cookie.
We use various types of cookies on our site and you can control which ones you allow / disallow by using the cookie menu in the bottom left corner of the screen. Primarily, we use cookies to analyse usage data about a web page and improve our website. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes. No personal information is stored in a cookie.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of this and other websites though.