Privacy Policy
Cookies
What are cookies? How do we use cookies on our site?
A cookie is a small data file that Websites often store on your computer's hard drive when you visit their sites. A cookie may contain information (such as a unique user ID), that is used to track the pages of the sites you've visited.
We use cookies in order to improve your website experience. When you visit us, your cookie allows us to recognise you when you return to our site and gives you a faster viewing experience.
We may monitor and maintain information about your use of our Website in a manner that does not identify you. In either case, this information helps us serve you better by improving our site design, as well as our products, services and promotions.
We also use a statistical system to track the navigational footprint on our website to further improve our site design.
You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. You can read more about how to disable cookies in the Help menu of your browser. If you turn off cookies, though, we will not be able to recognise you as a known user to allow you faster page loading.
We use a number of different cookies on our site. If you do not know what cookies are, or how to control or delete them, then we recommend you visit http://www.aboutcookies.org for detailed guidance.
Currently we operate an implied consent policy which means that we assume you are happy with this usage. If you are not happy, then you should either not use this site, or you should delete our cookies having visited the site, or you should browse the site using your browser's anonymous usage setting (called Incognito in Chrome, InPrivate for Internet Explorer, Private Browsing in Firefox and Safari etc.
Social Buttons
We may use social buttons on some pages. These enable users to share or bookmark the web pages. Buttons such as Twitter, Google +1, Facebook Like, LinkedIn, etc. In order to implement these buttons, and connect them to the relevant social networks and external sites, there are scripts from domains outside of our website. You should be aware that these sites are likely to be collecting information about what you are doing all around the internet, including on this website. So if you click on any of these buttons, these sites will be registering that action and may use that information. In some cases these sites will be registering the fact that you are visiting our site, and the specific pages you are on, even if you don't click on the button if you are logged into their services, like Google and Facebook. You should check the respective policies of each of these sites to see how exactly they use your information and to find out how to opt out, or delete, such information.
"Session" Cookies
a session cookie is used to remember your log-in for you and what you've put in the shopping basket (if applicable). These we deem strictly necessary to the working of the website. If these are disabled then various functionality on the site will be broken. More information on session cookies and what they are used for at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/cookies/session-cookie
Persistent Cookies for Site Analytics and Performance
Google Analytics – we use this to understand how the site is being used in order to improve the user experience. User data is all anonymous. You can find out more about Google's position on privacy as regards its analytics service at http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html
