Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy

As you may already know, cookies are small text files that are downloaded to your computer when you visit a website. This website, like almost all others, uses cookies to give you a better online experience.

We have changed the way our website works to keep up to date with the latest developments in the law relating to cookies. This means that we need your consent to use cookies when you browse our site. To help you understand the types of cookies we use (or those that may be used by third parties on our site), we have categorised cookies according to their functionality. These four categories are;-

  1. Strictly necessary cookies
  2. Performance cookies
  3. Functionality cookies
  4. Cookie targeting

A detailed description for each of the different cookies is provided below.

PERMISSION

By continuing to browse the website, you agree to our use of cookies.

To find out more about cookies, including how to see which cookies are set and how to manage and delete them, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org .

The cookies used on this website are categorised based on the ICC UK Cookie guide. A list of all the cookies used on this website by category is set out below.

ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY CAPSULES

Strictly necessary cookies are essential to allow you to move around the website and use its features, such as access to secure areas, shopping carts and online billing. These cookies allow our website to provide services at your request.

These cookies do not collect any information that can be used for marketing to you or remember your preferences/ID, other than for your current session.

Strictly necessary cookies are used to:

  • Identify yourself as logged in to this website.
  • Remember previous actions when you navigate between different pages on this website.
  • Remember things like service choices you have made that allow us to provide you with the services you have requested.
  • Identify yourself as logged in and member sections of our website

Accepting these cookies is a condition of using the website.

Cookies we consider strictly necessary:

PERFORMANCE COOKIES

Performance cookies collect information about how you use our website, such as which pages you visit most often and whether you get error messages. They also allow us to update our website to improve its performance and tailor it to your preferences.

These cookies do not collect any information that can identify you - all information collected is anonymous. They will not be used to target ads to you on other websites.

Performance cookies are used to:

  • Provide statistics about how this website is used (including choices you have made and goods and services you have viewed while using this website).
  • Collect non-user-specific data about the use of this website and provide statistics about how this website is used.
  • Offer and track the effectiveness of videos embedded on this website.
  • Test different designs on our website.

Where our performance cookies are managed by third parties, we do not allow them to use the cookies for purposes other than those listed above.

Cookies provided by third parties;

Cookies Host
__utma
__utmb
__utmc
__utmz
google.com
_vidi cognesia.com
_id doubleclick.net
_#srchist
_#env
_#uid
_#sex
_#tsa
_stc1320
dcstorm.com
_adiV
_adiLP
_adiVi
adinsight.com

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, go to http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

FUNCTIONALITY COOKIES

Functionality cookies are used to remember choices you make, such as your username, login details and language preferences. They also remember any customizations you make to the website to provide you with enhanced, more personalized features.

Functionality cookies are used to:

  • Identify that you have consented to the use of cookies on this website.
  • Identify yourself as a human and not a bot.
  • Remember settings you have used such as layout, text size, preferences, and colors.
  • Offers proactive live chat sessions to help you with support.
  • Share information with partners to provide a service on our website. The information shared will only be used to provide the service, product or feature and not for any other purpose.
  • Show yourself when you are already logged in to the website.
  • Provide enhanced login functionality where you choose, e.g. (such as staying logged in even when you navigate away from the page).

We will not use functionality cookies to target you with ads on other websites.

Where our functionality cookies are managed by third parties, we do not allow them to use the cookies for purposes other than those listed above.

As the name suggests, if you choose not to allow these cookies, the functionality of this website may be affected. It is also possible that by not allowing these cookies, our website will not be able to remember some of the specific services you have chosen.

TARGETING cookies

Targeting cookies collect information about your browsing habits to deliver ads that are more relevant to you and your interests. They also measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

Targeting cookies are used to:

  • Connect to social networks like Facebook, which can later use information about your visit to target advertising to you on other websites.
  • Provide advertising agencies with information about your visit so they can present you with ads you may be interested in.

All of these cookies are managed by third parties, and you can alternatively use the third party's own tools to prevent these cookies.

Cookies we consider to be targeting cookies:

We do not use "targeting" cookies.

Cookies provided by third parties;

Cookies Host
  • date
  • locality
  • ul
  • _e_oPLf_0
facebook.com
  • NID
  • PREF
  • VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
google.com
  • guest ID
  • k
  • pid
twitter.com
  • you
  • dt
  • loc
  • psc
  • uid
  • out
  • ecstasy
  • UVC
  • atuvc
addthis.com
  • time
  • unseen
sharethis.com