Technical information

Requirements to use this website

We automatically run a browser checker prior to you logging on. This supplies information to the system telling it whether your browser will be able to access all the functionality available on the site. If you would like to see this information for yourself, you can do so by using our browser checking tool .

Cookie Policy

Use Of Cookies On Our Site

A cookie is a text-only string of information that a website transfers to the cookie file of the browser on your computer's hard disk so that the website can remember who you are.

A cookie will typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the "lifetime" of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number.

Two types of cookies are used on this website:

• Session Cookies - These are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave the site.
• Persistent Cookies - These remain in the cookie file of your browser for much longer (though how long will depend on the lifetime of the specific cookie)

Cookies can help a website to arrange content to match your preferred interests more quickly. Most major websites use cookies. Cookies cannot be used by themselves to identify you.

Find out more about Cookies

How we use Cookies on our Site and what information we collect

Session Cookies

• To hold your log on details once you have first logged on (when using on-line tools), preventing you having to log on again when using other tools within our site.
• To hold information that enable us to calculate display parameters when using our on-line tools.
• Holds your IFA reference number, which is used for retrieving previously entered cases when using our on-line tools.

Persistent Cookies

• To compile anonymous, aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how users use our site and to help us improve the structure of our website. We cannot identify you personally in this way.

Disabling/Enabling Cookies

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings in your browser. However, you may not be able to use all the interactive features of our site if cookies are disabled.

Find out how to disable/enable cookies .