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Microsoft Clarity

We also partner with Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising to capture how you use and interact with our website through behavioural metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve our website. 

Website usage data is captured using first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies to determine the popularity of content and online activity. Additionally, we use this information for site optimisation.

For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement.