Cookie Policy
UCSis committed to protecting your privacy. This cookie statement explains the data collection in regard to our website.
Why we collect your data?
By collecting your data, it allows us to understand what your needs and wants are, provide personalised content and match the most relevant adverts and services for you. It also allows us to provide targeted offers and services you may be interested to hear about.
Cookies and IP Addresses
When you visit our website, we may send you a cookie. A cookie is a small file which is placed on your computer or device.
1. Essential Cookies
These cookies are essential for the running of our website. Without the use of these cookies parts of our websites would not function.
2. Analytical Performance Cookies
We use these types of cookies to monitor our website’s performance and how their users may use it. These cookies provide us with information that helps us improve our users experience on site. This allows us to provide a better service and also to identify any areas that may need maintenance.
3. Functional Cookies
Functional cookies are used to remember your preferences on our websites. This can be anything from remembering what products or options you have selected to saving your username.
4. Third Party Cookies
This site may use Third Party Cookies which are provided by our advertisers.
We cannot control nor do we have access to any cookies placed on your computer by third party advertisers and sponsors. Please see information under ‘How to control the use of cookies’, for more information on how to disable these cookies.
How to control the use of cookies
You are not obliged to accept cookies and may modify your browser so that it will not accept cookies. The browser you use to surf the web not only allows you to see the cookies that you have got but also allows you to control their use.
You can control them by allowing them, deleting them individually or deleting all of them. You can also set your browser to not accept cookies altogether. If this option is selected, you should be aware that many websites will not function properly or at all. It may be possible to set your browser to not accept cookies and ask for your consent before each cookie is set on your device. This gives you control over what is set on your device, however has the drawback of slowing down your browsing experience.
There are different levels of control too. You are able to prevent just third party cookies being deployed, effectively opting out of behavioural advertising, and some even allow you to block specific companies you do not wish to deploy a cookie, instead of selecting all companies.
In order to manage your cookies, please select your browser from the list below and follow the instructions:
Mobile devices:
Flash Cookies
When you use a website that uses Macromedia Flash Player, a small Flash Cookie may be used. The purpose of using these cookies is to store your flash player preferences and enhance your browsing experience.
Flash Cookies are stored on your computer in a similar way to standard cookies, except they are stored in a different location. Due to this, it is not possible to block or manage Flash Cookies directly from your browser.
In order to manage or delete Flash Cookies, please visit Adobe’s website, which provides full information by clicking here.
Useful information about Cookies
Further information about cookies can be found on the following websites:
» All About Cookies
» Your Online Choices
» Information Commissioners Office
» Direct Marketing Association
» Microsoft Cookies Guide
Web Beacons and URL tracking
As part of our email communications and website analyses, we may use web beacons and track URL’s.
Web beacons are electronic files that count users who access a website or page and can also allow us to see if a cookie has been activated. Web beacons on web pages or email communications allow us to see how successful a webpage may be or that an email message was successfully delivered and read.
Tracked URLs will count the amount of clicks on a web page. This allows us to edit the site according to the popularity of these web pages.
You can’t decline web beacons, however by preventing cookies being used on your computer; you can prevent web beacons from tracking your activity. For information about managing your cookie options, please click here.
Please be aware that if you disable cookies, certain services on our website will not be available to you, particularly those sections that contain personalised content.
Google Analytics
This website does use Google Analytics. Google Analytics provides us with information to improve our users experience on site. This allows us to provide a better service and also to identify any areas that may need maintenance.
For more information on the Cookies which Google’s tracking tool uses please see below.