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    When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your computer, mobile phone or tablet. These are known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.

    How to manage your cookies

    When you visit this website, we will set essential cookies necessary for the service to work.

    We also use cookies to help monitor system performance, detect faults and maintain the reliability and security of the service. We will not set cookies that collect personally identifiable information about you.

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    Be aware that restricting cookies using browser settings can prevent websites working for you.

    Performance & Reliability Cookies

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    Description

    These cookies help us monitor system performance, detect faults, and maintain the reliability and security of the service.

    They allow us to understand how the application behaves in real world conditions so we can identify errors, investigate incidents, and improve stability.

    They are not used for advertising or marketing purposes.

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    • Availability, stability, and incident analysis

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    Legitimate Interest – Article 6(1)(f) GDPR

    Our legitimate interest is ensuring the secure, reliable, and stable operation of the application, including the timely detection and resolution of technical issues.

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