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Vesquarnela Website Cookie Practices and Your Choices

This policy explains how this research tool uses cookies and similar technologies on its website and what choices you have.

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What cookies are and how we use them

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognise your device on subsequent visits and to remember certain information about your preferences or actions. this research tool uses cookies to make the website function correctly, to understand how visitors use the site and to improve the experience we offer. We do not use cookies to serve advertising or to track your activity across third-party websites.

We use three categories of cookies. Strictly necessary cookies are essential for the website to operate and cannot be switched off. They are set in response to actions you take, such as logging in or filling in a form. Analytical cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the website by collecting information in aggregate, anonymised form. Preference cookies allow the website to remember choices you have made, such as your cookie consent settings, so you do not need to make them again on each visit.

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Managing your cookie preferences

When you first visit the this research tool website, you will be presented with a cookie consent notice that allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can change your preferences at any time by accessing the cookie settings panel, which is available via the link in the website footer. Withdrawing consent for non-essential cookies will not affect the functionality required to use the core features of the site.

You can also manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to view, delete and block cookies from specific websites or from all websites. Please note that blocking all cookies may affect the functionality of some websites, including this one. Instructions for managing cookies in the most commonly used browsers are available on the browser developers' support pages and on the ICO website.

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Third-party cookies and updates to this policy

Some features of the this research tool website may involve third-party services that set their own cookies. Where this is the case, those cookies are governed by the privacy and cookie policies of the relevant third parties, not by this policy. We take care to work only with third-party services whose data practices meet an appropriate standard, but we encourage you to review their policies directly if you have concerns about how they handle your data.

We review this cookie policy periodically and update it when our practices change or when required by changes in applicable law. The date at the top of this page indicates when it was last revised. If we make significant changes to the way we use cookies, we will notify you through the website or by other appropriate means. Continued use of the website after any such notification constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.