Cookies Policy

Information about our use of Cookies

Our Website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our Website. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is stored on your computer or smartphone when you visit a website.

Cookies are useful as they help us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website, for example by storing your preferences. They also help us to improve our Website and, with your consent, delivering relevant advertisement to you. 

Cookies can be classified in various ways, based on factors such as their duration (e.g., session cookies, which last until you close your browser and end the session, or persistent cookies, which may remain on your device for a longer period), their publisher (e.g., cookies installed by HMC or by third parties), or their purpose (e.g., technical cookies, which ensure the proper functioning of the website, and analytical cookies, which help us understand the website's performance and metrics, etc.). Based on their purpose, we use the following types of cookie:

  • Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our Website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our Website.
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  • Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our Website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
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  • Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our Website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. Some of these are third party cookies which analyse Website usage.
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  • ‍Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our Website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We use this information to make our Website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may share it with third parties to help tailor advertising to your particular interests.

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Name Purpose Duration
There are various cookies which are dynamic and constantly change which therefore cannot be listed but assist us as detailed in the next column These cookies allow you to use our site in a way that makes your browsing experience more convenient. If you register with us or complete our online forms, we will use cookies to remember your details during your current visit, and any future visits provided the cookie was not deleted in the interim. These cookies are essential for our site to speed up your searches, recognise you when you return to our site, actions you take on the site etc. Session cookie


We also use third-party cookies on the Website. You can find more information about such cookies, their purposes and the third party (including their privacy policy) in the table below: 
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Third Party Name Purpose Duration
Google Analytics _ga Used to distinguish users. 2 years
Google Analytics _ga_<container-id> Used to persist session state. 2 years


You can block cookies by activating settings on the website browser that you are using, expressing your preferences in the relevant page of this Website or by using the banner available the first time you land on the Website. We will display again such banner every six months, or if we will be unable to retrieve your previous cookie preferences (e.g., because you cleared your browsing history and deleted the cookies). Please note that, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies), some of our Website features may not function as a result and you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org

We regularly review our cookie policy to ensure that it is up to date. This cookie policy was last updated on [October 3, 2024].