Cookies Policy

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that your browser stores locally on your computer. Cookies help websites to deliver functionality that might require some memory of a user action. For example, an online shop would likely use cookies to remember the contents of a user's basket so that they don't lose all of their shopping when they close the page without checking out.

Most websites use cookies and require them for the core functionality of the website. Luckily, this website does not rely on cookies to deliver the full user experience, so you can turn them off without negatively impacting your browsing experience.

You can turn cookies off by changing the privacy settings of your browser. This may vary between browsers so please check your browser's support documents to find the correct method for you.

How Does This Website Use Cookies?

This website use a tool called "Google Analytics" to keep track of how many users are accessing the website, and to see which pages they browse through. Analytics help web admins to understand their audience so that they can deliver a better experience to their users. Google Analytics uses cookies to identify users as "unique users", this information is then used to show how many unique people access this website. No personal information is taken during this process. To find out more about how Google uses cookies, please read Google's Cookie Policy

This website also uses an embedded Twitter Feed. Similarly to Google Analytics, this Twitter Feed uses cookies for Emma's own social media analytical purposes, to track how many users are viewing Emma Healey's tweets. The feed also uses cookies to keep track of all external websites accessing the Twitter API, for Twitter's own analytical purposes.

This website never uses cookies to store sensitive information. Twitter's cookies policy can be found here: Twitter's use of cookies and similar technologies