What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files with information stored on your computer (or other device you use to access the website) when you visit a website. A cookie will typically contain the name of the site that the cookie came from, how long the cookie will be stored and a number (usually a randomly generated unique number). Cookies are used to make websites work more effectively but also to provide certain information to the owner of a website. Cookies make it possible to distinguish different users from each other, which can give each user a more personalized and positive experience of the website.

What does LDC use cookies for?
LDC uses cookies needed for the site to work correctly and are necessary for you to navigate around the website and use its features. You do not have to approve the use of these vital cookies as they are required for us to provide the services you request.
The website also uses cookies which make it possible to optimise the website’s functions to improve your experience, by remembering your user preferences.

Cookies that are used on the website
There are three types of cookies on the website:
Long-term cookies, i.e. Cookies that saves a file on your device for an extended period. Long-term cookies are used, for example, with functions which describe what information is new since you last visited the site. How long the cookie remains on your device depends on the lifetime of the specific cookie and your browser settings.
Session cookies, i.e. cookies that are temporarily stored in your device’s memory while you are visiting a website and when you’re navigating on a page. Session cookies are used, for example, to determine what language you have chosen. When you leave a site the session cookies used are deleted.
Third-party cookies, i.e. cookies that belong to domains other than those shown in the address bar. Third-party Cookies allows for tracking of the user’s browsing history.

Google Analytics, third-party cookies
LDC uses the tool “Google Analytics” to collect information about use of the website. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the website and what other websites they used prior to visiting the website. The information is used to improve the website’s technical performance, to optimise the performance of the website’s features, to improve your experience of the website, to better tailor the website to your interests and needs and to make the website easier to use. Google Analytics collects the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit the website. LDC does not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with other personally identifiable information. Google’s possibility to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to our website is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Service, available at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html and the Google Privacy Policy, available at http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.

How to block and/or delete cookies
Most browsers have a default setting that accept the use of cookies. You can change these settings so that you are warned whenever a cookie is sent to your device, or create a main rule, which means that cookies are blocked. You can also choose to delete all the cookies that are stored on your device.
Instructions on how to delete stored cookies or change your cookie settings is specified in the browser’s help function. If you use different devices to view and access the website, you have to ensure that the browser on each device is adjusted to your preferences regarding cookies.