Cookies are small pieces of data that a website stores on your device while you browse its pages. They help websites remember information about your visit and can improve your user experience.
What are cookies used for?
We use cookies to make our website work better for you, as well as to gather anonymous analytics data about how people interact with our site. Cookies enable us to remember things like the products in your basket or whether you've already registered on the site.
Types of cookies we use:
Analytics and performance cookies:
We gather some data about what people do when they're browsing, which helps us understand if there are any problems that need fixing. We look at this information in an aggregated way, without ever connecting it back to individual users or actions you've taken on the site.
Preference settings:
Cookies can remember how you like certain things done – for instance, your preferred language or layout of pages. They're set by us directly and never shared with any third parties.
Login/session continuity:
We have cookies that help make sure you stay logged in securely if you choose to keep using our site without closing the tab. These are encrypted so no one else can view them, even us!
Device recognition:
Some of our integrated services (like analytics) might recognize your device just so they know which platform or browser to show stats for – but this doesn't track anything personal.
Security-related cookies:
We may use some specific types that help prevent attacks from happening on the back end by adding an extra layer of security checks between visitors and our system. These aren’t like others as they don’t directly impact performance or functionality.
Browser storage technologies:
In addition to cookies, there are other ways browsers can save data – such as local storage or cache. We rely heavily on these because some functions won't work right without them.
Third-party integrations:
As mentioned before, we integrate with services like analytics tools and social media platforms which may require storing their own kinds of ‘cookies’ for different purposes (to better understand user behavior across websites). These will generally be marked clearly as coming from a third party within our policy listing below.
You are free to control the cookies used by this website through various tools. Most modern browsers allow you to customize what is stored in your browser settings, or even block certain types of tracking technology outright when visiting our site (keep reading for details).
Browser controls:
You can find information on how to manage cookie preferences and disable them within different platforms here:
Site functionality when cookies disabled:
If you disable all types of cookies, parts of our website might not work as intended. We especially recommend allowing session and persistent cookies for a better experience since they're crucial to many features.
You can remove the information stored about your browsing habits at any point either through clearing data in browser settings (most common methods below) or by turning off individual cookie types via our policy here:
You may have already seen an alert when first accessing our website about opting in to the usage of cookies and related data collection practices. You can revisit this setting anytime by clicking on the icon usually at the bottom left corner or top right (depending upon browser and view).
If you don’t see it there, visit Privacy Controls directly for customizing your consent preferences regarding types used within our domain specifically.
Our site uses secure methods to store data about what happens during sessions - namely encryption. While this means that information passed back and forth (like passwords or personally identifiable info) remains safe in transit, it also doesn't allow anyone who gains unauthorized access to read their encrypted contents either!
For an optimal viewing experience we may use some scripts which communicate your screen size etc., so be aware of our reasons behind using each type mentioned within this document.
Want no cookies? Simply disable them through browser controls explained above. This action will stop all kinds of ‘cookies’ being written while browsing any website where you decide not to use one, regardless if its ours!
Keep in mind that our site will continue running but you'll lose functionality such as remaining logged-in after closing the tab or losing ability to set preferences according to your tastes because those things need cookies stored temporarily on local devices.
We aim at transparency regarding storing data within sessions through using clear descriptions where possible, which should help readers better understand what goes into making up our site’s experience for you!
