What are cookies?

 

Cookies are small, often encrypted, text files, which are stored on your device when you visit most websites.  Companies use cookies to ensure the best possible functionality of their website, for example remembering where you have reached within an order process, or if you’ve logged in to a site.  Cookies can, at no time, harm your computer.

 

We use the following cookies:

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Strictly Necessary cookies – to support the structure of our website and how it is displayed for you.  Enhancing look and feel and improve navigation and allow you to return to pages you have previously visited.  These cookies are deleted when you leave the website automatically.

 

Performance cookies – used to provide visitor data and browsing behaviour to allow us to make necessary improvements to your user experience.  As this data is aggregated and anonymised, we cannot identify you as an individual.

 

Functionality cookies – used primarily to make accessing our website more convenient so you don’t need to remember a user name / email address.  It allows us to welcome you by name, and over time, personalise your experience to reflect your preferences if required.  This cookie will remain on your hard drive until you choose to clear it.

 

Targeting cookies – These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed.  These cookies help us understand the performance of our marketing activity and improve the relevance of the adverts that you see.

 

Cookie Maintenance

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You do have the right to disable or refuse cookies although if you choose to do so, certain functionality may become unavailable to you. You can set your browser to accept or reject all specific cookies.  You can also set your browser to alert you each time a cookie is presented to your device. 

As the means by which you may do this vary from browser to browser, we recommend that you visit your browser’s help menu for further information.

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Please remember if you do prevent us from placing cookies on your device during your visit, or you subsequently delete a cookie that has been placed, it will not be possible for you to use our website effectively.