How we use cookies

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TGE Group uses cookies on www.tge-group.co.uk for the following purposes:

Technical

Cookies are used for technical reasons to enable the efficient working of this website. For example, to:

• balance website traffic to ensure our customers receive a consistent and reliable service
• limit traffic to key parts of the website in order to maintain performance levels
• store customers’ acceptance of the website terms and conditions, without which access is not granted to www.tge-group.co.uk

Ease of use

Cookies are used to enhance the ease of use of www.tge-group.co.uk for customers. For example, to:

• remember customers’ country of choice and presenting relevant content

Tracking

Cookies are used to gather statistics on how customers use the site. For example, to:

• gain insight into how customers use the website so that we can make improvements to its usability

Marketing

Cookies are used to enable us to present appropriate messages to our customers. For example, to:

• allow www.tge-group.co.uk to serve up different versions of a page for marketing purposes
• allow third parties to display appropriate advertising and to track its effectiveness