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Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user.

Design Delivery Unit use cookies for the following purposes:

(a) Authentication – cookies are used to identify you when you visit the Design Delivery Unit website and as you navigate
the website.
(b) Analysis –cookies are used to help to analyse the use and performance of the website and services

Service providers use these cookies, which may be stored on your computer when you visit the Design Delivery Unit website.

We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of the Design Delivery Unit website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to the website is used to create reports about its use. Google's privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

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If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on Design Delivery Unit website.