Cookies policy
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Introduction
1.1 Our website uses cookies.
1.2 Insofar as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our
website and services, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when
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About cookies
2.1 A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that
is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The
identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a
page from the server.
2.2 Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent
cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set
expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session
cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the
web browser is closed.
2.3 Cookies may not contain any information that personally identifies a user, but
personal data that we store about you may be linked to the information
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Cookies that we use
3.1 We use cookies for the following purposes:
(a) authentication and status – we use cookies to identify you when you
visit our website and as you navigate our website, and to help us
determine if you are logged into our website;
(b) shopping cart – we use cookies to maintain the state of your shopping
cart as you navigate our website;
(c) personalisation – we use cookies to store information about your
preferences and to personalise our website for you;
(d) security – we use cookies as an element of the security measures used
to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login
credentials, and to protect our website and services generally;
(e) advertising – we use cookies to help us to display advertisements that
will be relevant to you;
(f) analysis – we use cookies to help us to analyse the use and
performance of our website and services; and
(g) cookie consent – we use cookies to store your preferences in relation
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Cookies used by our service providers
4.1 Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your
computer when you visit our website.
4.2 We use Google Analytics. Google Analytics gathers information about the use
of our website by means of cookies. The information gathered is used to
create reports about the use of our website. You can find out more about
Google’s use of information by visiting
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ and you can review
Google’s privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.
4.3 We use a Facebook pixel on our website. Using the pixel, Facebook collects
information about the users and use of our website. The information is used
to personalise Facebook advertisements and to analyse the use of our
website. To find out more about the Facebook pixel and about Facebook’s use
of personal data generally, see the Facebook cookie policy at
https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/ and the Facebook privacy policy
at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy. The Facebook cookie policy
includes information about controlling Facebook’s use of cookies to show you
advertisements. If you are a registered Facebook user, you can adjust how
advertisements are targeted by following the instructions at
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Managing cookies
5.1 Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies.
The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to
version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and
deleting cookies via these links:
(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647 (Chrome);
(b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookieswebsite-preferences (Firefox);
(c) https://help.opera.com/en/latest/security-and-privacy/ (Opera);
(d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internetexplorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);
(e) https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/manage-cookies-andwebsite-data-sfri11471/mac (Safari); and
(f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-andprivacy (Edge).
5.2 Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many
websites.
5.3 If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our
website.