Cookies are small text files placed on your computer by websites or sometimes by emails. They provide useful information to companies, which helps in all sorts of ways. For you, it means you can use the site more efficiently and save time by not having to re-enter your details each time you visit. They also make sure you receive the most relevant information from the CII. For us, cookies help us to analyse how our customers interact with our web site so we can make improvements.

We use three types of cookies on our website:

• Session cookies that are deleted after each visit.
• Persistent cookies that remain in place across multiple visits to our sites.
• Third party cookies that are used by our approved business partners.

Some of these cookies are essential and some are non-essential.

Essential cookies

Certain cookies are necessary in order for you to use our websites. These are used ‘in-session’ each time you visit and then expire when you leave the site. They’re not stored on your computer and they don’t contain any personal data. However, you can delete them via your browser if you wish to, but this will restrict the functions that you’re able to carry out on our sites. For more information about how to disable cookies in your browser, you can visit the About cookies website.

Here’s a list of essential cookies and how we use them:

• __cfduid – This cookie is used to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis.

Non-essential cookies

These cookies are usually supplied by our business partners and help us to filter out irrelevant messages or pop-ups and to make sure that we only send you information that’s interesting and relevant to you. We also use some non-essential cookies for analytical purposes.

Here’s a list of non-essential cookies and how they’re used:

• Google Analytics – The CII use Google Analytics service allowing us to recognise repeat visitors to the site. By matching an anonymous, randomly generated identifier, we’re able to record specific browsing information such as how you arrive at the site, the pages you view, options you select, and the path you take through the site. By monitoring this information we’re able to make improvements to our sites.
• downloadForm – This cookie tracks if you have previously used the download form, and if so, you will not be asked for your details again and get instant access.