COOKIE POLICY
COOKIES
Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your computer when you visit a website. These cookies allow us to distinguish your device from other users of our website. They cannot be used to identify you personally.
Cookies do lots of different jobs. They are widely used by owners of sites in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. However this will affect the functionality of the websites you visit. You can find more information about cookies at WWW.ALLABOUTCOOKIES.ORG and WWW.YOURONLINECHOICES.COM.
The cookies we use on this site are as follows:
OPT-IN COOKIE
If you chose to accept cookies, we then use a cookie to record your acceptance of the use of cookies on our site.
COOKIES FOR MEASURING USE OF SITE
These analytical cookies are used to distinguish users, collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, the pages visitors have visited on the site and where visitors have come to the site from. This allows us to make improvements to the site by understanding how people use it. They do not track your browsing activity on other websites. No personally identifiable data is collected. These cookies do remain on your browser after the end of a session for varying periods of between 24 hours and 2 years.
The cookies that we use are Google Analytics cookies.
SESSION COOKIES
There is a cookie that is set which is required for some parts of the site to work properly and allows the service to temporarily remember the selections that you have made e.g. choice of language. It is used to establish a user session. It expires at the end of the session when you close your browser.
On this site the session cookies used are:
To prevent multiple popups from being shown to you as visitor
To track a specific user’s session including any account log-ins
To speed up delivery of the website
COOKIES TO ENABLE YOUR EXPERIENCE
There are cookies used to manage the shopping experience and keep track of store-specific actions you take such as items in your basket. These expire after 2 days.
There is also a cookie used to customize your view of your account interface and the main site interface. This expires after 1 year.
THIRD PARTY COOKIES
We use surveys and feedback polls from Hotjar which store third party cookies over which we have no control. These cookies are used to ensure that you are not invited to the same survey or feedback poll twice and to remember selection history regarding these.