Cookie Policy

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small text file which is created on your computer when you visit our website and the cookie allows our website to respond to you as an individual.  Our website uses the information stored in the cookie in order to tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use cookies to identify which pages are being used and in circumstances where you can purchase items on our website, we use cookies to support your shopping basket and online orders.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. However by disabling cookies this will prevent you from taking full advantage of the features of our website.

We take your privacy very seriously and comply with the recent UK and EU law on handling cookies and provide (you) the user with means to remove such cookies or prevent your computer from accepting them in the future.

 

Our cookies and what they are used for

Below are the cookies that our website has placed on your computer:

referrer: a variable which records which holds the last page on our website you visited, so that we can return you there if required.

cart_id: a 10 digit randomly generated number which links your computer with items that you may have selected to purchase from our website.

cookies_consent: a variable which will be either empty or contain a 1 – used to help us record whether or not you consent to cookies being used by our website.

 

Google cookies

We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store and use this information. Google’s privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.]

 

LinkedIn Insight Tag

The LinkedIn Insight Tag is a piece of lightweight JavaScript code that we have added to our website to enable in-depth campaign reporting and unlock valuable insights about our website visitors. We use this tag to measure conversions, retarget website visitors, and view demographic information on LinkedIn members who have visited our website.

The LinkedIn Insight Tag enables the collection of metadata such as IP address information, timestamp, and events such as page views. All data is encrypted. The LinkedIn browser cookie is stored in a visitor’s browser until they delete the cookie or the cookie expires (there’s a rolling six-month expiration from the last time the visitor’s browser loaded the Insight Tag).

You can opt out of cookies from LinkedIn on your LinkedIn settings page. For more information please view LinkedIn terms and cookie policy

How to disable Cookies

Below are links to instructions on how to disable cookies for the most popular internet browsers (by clicking on the following links you will be redirected away from our website and we are not responsible for the content provided on these websites):

Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196955

Firefox
http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Cookies

Google Chrome
http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647

Opera
http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/

Safari
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=32467

Safari iOS
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677

Android
http://support.google.com/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=169022