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We use the following types of cookies on our site;
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- Cookies set by third parties:
- We use website analytics services to track your usage of our site. This is provided by Google Analytics: you can see Google’s privacy policy
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- We use video services such as YouTube to embed videos on our site. YouTube is owned by Google and shares its privacy policy.
- We use Google’s ReCAPTCHA service to verify if accounts are bots to prevent spam in comments and contact forms.
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