Cookies on our website

Cookies are small text files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer, mobile phone or other device through your Web browser (if you allow) that enable the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser, capture and remember certain information or to facilitate or improve your use of certain site functionality.

How we use cookies

We use four types of cookie. You can choose which cookies you're happy for us to use.

Cookies that measure website use

We use Google Analytics cookies to measure how you use MEND.

These cookies collect information about:

• How you got to these sites
• The pages you visit and how long you spend on each page
• What you click on while you're visiting these sites

Cookies that remember your settings

These cookies do things like remember your preferences and the choices you make, to personalise your experience of using the site.

Strictly necessary cookies

These essential cookies do things like remember your progress through the add a project form.

They always need to be on.

Managing cookies

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can set your browser to not accept cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since each browser is a little different, look at your browser’s help menu to learn how to modify the way it treats cookies.

If you turn cookies off, some features of our website may not function properly or your user experience may be slowed.

For further information about controlling cookies visit https://www.aboutcookies.org/. You can also read your browser's built-in or online help for more information.

Opting out

You can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt out page or by using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.

Do Not Track signals

Third party browsers may provide “do not track” signals for websites which are automatically applied by default and therefore do not necessarily reflect our visitor’s choice as to whether they wish to receive personalised ads. We do not respond to browser-based ‘do not track’ signals. You can learn more about do not track signals at https://allaboutdnt.com/.