OUR COOKIE POLICY
WHAT ARE COOKIES
Cookies are small data files placed on your computer, mobile or other device when you browse online. They are standard across almost all websites and they do not affect your device. They are used to remember when your computer or device accesses this website. We use them to collect information that’s used to enhance your experience in our online store. Some of the cookies are essential to the effective operation of our website and to enable to you shop with us online. Cookies are also used to tailor the products and services offered and advertised to our customers, both on this website and elsewhere. We do not, however, use cookies to collect or record information on users’ name, address or other contact details.
WHAT DO COOKIES DO
Cookies store information that help you shop online. For example, cookies remember items you placed in your shopping basket – without them, you wouldn’t be able to place your order with us. Some cookies collect information about browsing and purchasing behaviour when you access this website via the same computer or device. This includes information about pages viewed, products purchased and the customer journey around a website. In addition, cookies let us improve and personalise content displayed to you.
Some cookies (known as session cookies) are removed when you close your browser. Other cookies remain on your computer longer. These cookies (known as persistent cookies) allow us to remember you when you return to shop with us again. Persistent cookies store information in between visits, such as your preferred settings. They help us display relevant information to you based on previous visits.
We are able to use cookies to monitor individual customer browsing and purchasing behaviour but third parties are not able to identify customers using cookies. You can choose not to allow cookies by changing your browser settings. However by doing so you will stop the online store checkout from working. We will never use cookies to store sensitive personal details.
THE COOKIES WE USE
In order to comply with EU legislation, we have listed each of the main categories of cookies below. The cookies in use are:
STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES
These cookies are necessary to enable the site’s basic operation. No prior consent is required for these. These cookies are essential to the operation of our online store. If you disable these cookies, you will not be able to buy items online.
PERFORMANCE COOKIES
These cookies collect visitor information such as browser usage, pages visited and error messages received. The data collected by these cookies is anonymous and aggregated. This information is used to help us to diagnose problems and to fix any issues we find. It helps us improve our website for you.
FUNCTIONALITY COOKIES
Functionality cookies remember choices that you make. These choices could include changing the text size or the language in use on the website. Collecting this data means you won’t need to select this information again. We will remember your preferences.
TARGETING OR ADVERTISING COOKIES
Online advertising may appear on websites that we are affiliated with. We will use cookies to collect information on the effectiveness of this advertising and to understand browsing behaviour based on this advertising. The data contained by these cookies will not contain any personal information. Targeting or advertising cookies will allow us to understand the shopping habits of our customers and to understand how advertising campaigns work for us so that we can make our advertising campaigns more relevant to you.
THIRD PARTY COOKIES
Some of our business partners may set cookies on our website, these include Google, Celebros, Nosto, etc.
MANAGING COOKIES
If you want to disable cookies you need to change your website browser settings to reject cookies. How to do this will depend on the browser you use and we provide further detail below on how to disable cookies for the most popular browsers:
For Google Chrome
- Go to “Tools” menu and click “Options”
- Click on “Under the Hood”
- Select “Cookie Setting” and select “Block all Cookies”
For Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Choose the menu “Tools” then “Internet Options”
- Click on the “Privacy” tab
- Select the appropriate setting
For Mozilla Firefox
- Choose the menu “Tools” then “Options”
- Click on the icon “Privacy”
- Find the menu “Cookie” and select the relevant options
For Opera
- Choose the menu “Files” then “Preferences”
- In “Privacy” select the relevant options
For Mobile Devices
- Information on managing cookies in iOS (Apple iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch)
- Information on managing cookies for Android devices (Samsung, Nokia, etc.)
- Information on managing cookies on Windows Phone
WHAT HAPPENS IF I DISABLE COOKIES?
This depends on which cookies you disable, but in general the site may not operate properly if cookies are switched off. If you only disable 3rd party cookies you will not be prevented from making purchases on this site. If you disable all cookies you will be unable to complete a purchase on this site.
WANT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT COOKIES?
We hope that you found our information useful. For additional information on cookies and what your choices are please visit either www.youronlinechoices.eu or www.allaboutcookies.org/cookies/.