As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses
cookies, which are
tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes
what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We
will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade
or 'break' certain elements of the sites functionality.
For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP
Cookies.
How We Use
Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most
cases there are no
industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality
and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are
not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Disabling
Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser
(see your
browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality
of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also
disabling certain functionality and features of the this site. Therefore it is recommended that
you do not disable cookies.
The Cookies We
Set
Account related cookies
If you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the
management of the
signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when
you log out however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site
preferences when logged out.
Login related cookies
We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this
fact. This prevents
you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are
typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access
restricted features and areas when logged in.
Email newsletters related cookies
This site offers newsletter or email subscription services and
cookies
may be used to
remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which
might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.
Forms related cookies
When you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact
pages or comment
forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
Third Party Cookies
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The
following
section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and
trusted analytics
solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we
can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend
on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official
Google Analytics page.
Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site
so that we can
continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long
you spend on the site or pages you visit which helps us to understand how we can improve
the site for you.
From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the
way that the site
is delivered. When we are still testing new features these cookies may be used to ensure
that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site whilst ensuring we
understand which optimisations our users appreciate the most.
As we sell products it's important for us to understand statistics about
how many of the
visitors to our site actually make a purchase and as such this is the kind of data that
these cookies will track. This is important to you as it means that we can accurately
make business predictions that allow us to monitor our advertising and product costs to
ensure the best possible price.
We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow
you to connect
with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media
sites including; {List the social networks whose features you have integrated with your
site?:12}, will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile
on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their
respective privacy policies.
More Information
Hopefully that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if
there is something
that you aren't sure whether you need or not it's usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case
it does interact with one of the features you use on our site.
However if you are still looking for more information then you can contact us
through one of our
preferred contact methods: