Cookies are text files containing a small amount of information that is downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Your browser makes cookies available each time you visit our websites. See the sections below to learn how you can control the use of cookies.

Cookies are used by our websites to improve your online experience and to ensure that relevant content and functions are delivered and used more effectively.

While on ihrc.org.uk, certain information is automatically logged about how you are using ihrc.org.uk. This information may include the URL of the website which linked you to this site, your IP address and the pages you visit while on ihrc.org.uk. The IP address indicates the location of your computer on the internet. We keep a record of each user’s activity by reference to the IP address of the internet connection(s) they use to access ihrc.org.uk. These logs enable us to prevent users who breach the rules of the ihrc.org.uk set out in our Terms of Use by refusing communications from their IP addresses to the website.

We may also store information about you using cookies which we can access when you visit our site in future. We do this to recognise you as a user when you return to this website using the same device and web browser.

We partner with third-party ad networks to manage our advertising on other sites. Our targeted advertising partners may collect information about your browsing activities on our site and other sites to enable us to serve interest-based Ads about our Service to you.

Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a prompt requesting your consent to set those Cookies. If you have turned off Cookies in your internet browser, you may not be able to sign up for an Account or access parts of our Service. You can delete Cookies on your computer or device at any time, but you may lose information enabling you to access our Service more quickly and efficiently including, but not limited to, ‘remember me’ login options and Account personalisation settings including, but not limited to, opting-out from receiving targeted Ads about our Service.

We use data from Google’s Interest-based advertising or 3rd-party audience data (such as age, gender and interests) with Google Analytics for marketing purposes.

You can amend your browser settings to block some or all cookies. To do this, follow the instructions provided by your preferred web browser.

If you’re aged 16 or under, you must get your parent/guardian’s permission before you provide any personal information on the website.

If you have any questions about how we use Cookies, you can contact us by emailing info@ihrc.org.