Cookies Policy

We are in the process of changing the way you can manage the cookies and tracking technologies we use on our websites.

Where we talk about cookies on our websites, we mean cookies, flash cookies and web beacons.

A cookie is a text file containing a small amount of data which is downloaded to your computer when you visit one of our websites or see one of our adverts elsewhere on the internet. The vast majority of websites use cookies and tracking technologies. Cookies are useful because they help us arrange the content and layout of our websites and recognise those computers that have been to our websites before. They allow us to remember your preference settings and play an important role in helping us to enhance the usability and performance of our websites and your experience using them. Some cookies are also essential to enable you to move around our website and use its features. They also help us to identify which of our articles are the most popular and the types of journey visitors have to our websites.

This is a type of cookie which is collected via Adobe Flash media player â€" a piece of software which you probably have on your computer to help you watch online videos and listen to podcasts. We do not use Flash cookies at the moment.

Have a look at Adobe's website if you want to control Flash cookies on your computer. If you use the Firefox browser you can also get an add-on to detect and delete Flash cookies.

Web beacons are usually tiny transparent images that help website owners track the activity of users on certain web pages. They can also send the website owner information in cookies such as whether an email with a web beacon in it has been opened. We use web beacons together with cookies to help us understand how you interact with our websites and the emails we send you; to help us improve your browsing experience; to ensure that content is relevant to you; and to better manage our website and email content.

If you don't want us to place cookies on your computer then there are a number of ways you can opt out - setting your browser either to reject all cookies, to only allow "trusted" sites to set them, or to accept only those cookies from those websites which you are currently on.

Please remember if you do delete all your cookies, some features of our websites, such as remembering your login details, will not work and your experience on our websites may be affected.

We do not accept advertising from any other organisation on our websites. We do however advertise our own products and services on our websites and you may see adverts for us elsewhere on the internet. The cookies we use to present you with adverts may be based on the content you visit the most on our websites, so we can let you know about what we think you will be interested in. The cookies show us where you saw the advert; help us measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns; and limit the number of times you see an advert. We also use cookies to tailor the content of our weekly members' newsletter and the emails we send you so that the content is more relevant to you. As a PCL Direct member you can also visit your My Account section of our website and chose the content you would like to receive in your newsletters. We also include links to social networks like Facebook who may subsequently use information about your visit to target advertising to you on their websites.