What Are Cookies?
It is common practice in professional websites to uses cookies. Cookies are tiny files that track which pages on our website you are looking at and are downloaded to your computerso that we can provide a more tailored and improved 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.
Disabling Cookies
Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to the site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are unsure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
However, you can prevent the use 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 certain functionalities and features on this site such as our ‘Featured Products’ being disabled. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
How We Use Cookies and the Cookies We Set
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below:
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 for when you return.
We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember your information, preventing 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.
This site offers newsletter or email subscription service 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. This site also offers e-commerce or payment facilities and some cookies are essential to ensure that your order is remembered between pages so that we can process it properly.
When you submit data 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.
In order to provide you with the optimum experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences, we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page.
Third-Party Cookies
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following lists third-party cookies you might encounter through this site:
Google Analytics: This site uses Google Analytics, which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web. We use Google Analytics to help us to understand how you use our site and to give us the ability to develop ways in which 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.
Google AdSense: The Google AdSense service we use to serve advertising uses a DoubleClick cookie to serve more relevant ads across the web and limit the number of times that a given ad is shown to you. For more information on Google AdSense see the official GoogleAdSense privacy FAQ. The behavioural advertising cookies used by this site are designed to ensure that we provide you with the most relevant adverts where possible by anonymously tracking your interests and presenting similar things that may be of interest.
Social Media: In some cases we may provide you with custom content based on what you tell us about yourself either directly or indirectly by linking a social media account. These types of cookies simply allow us to provide you with content that we feel may be of interest to you. 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 properly, the following social media sites including; Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, YouTube and LinkedIn, 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
If you are still unsure on how to approach cookies and whether to enable them or not and would like more information, then please feel free to contact us through one of our preferred contact methods:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +371 28555582