COOKIE POLICY

Please read this cookie policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are and how we use cookies on our website. This policy should be read together with our Privacy Notice which can be found at website privacy policy which sets out how and why we collect, store, use and share personal information generally, as well as your rights in relation to your personal information and details of how to contact us and supervisory authorities if you have a complaint.

1. COOKIES

1.1 A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your device (eg computer, smartphone or other electronic device) when you use our website. We use cookies on our website. These help us recognise you and your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions.

1.2 For example, we may monitor how many times you visit the website, which pages you go to, traffic data, location data and the originating domain name of your internet service provider. This information helps us to build a profile of our users. Some of this data will be aggregated or statistical, which means that we will not be able to identify you individually.

1.3 For further information on our use of cookies, including a detailed list of your information which we and others may collect through cookies, please see below.

1.4 For further information on cookies generally, including how to control and manage them, visit the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner's Office, or www.allaboutcookies.org.

 

2. CONSENT TO USE COOKIES AND CHANGING SETTINGS

2.1 We will ask for your consent to place cookies or other similar technologies on your device, except where they are essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested (eg to enable you to put items in your shopping basket and use our check-out process).

2.2 You can withdraw any consent to the use of cookies or manage any other cookie preferences by clicking on the icon at the bottom of any page on our site. You can then choose which analytical, functionality and targeting cookies we can set by clicking on the button(s). It may be necessary to refresh the page for the updated settings to take effect.

 

3. OUR USE OF COOKIES

3.1 The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why:

The cookies we use Name Purpose Whether cookie is essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested and whether we will seek your consent before we place the cookie
Google Analytics User cookie

_ga
_ga_G71Z0YX2KN
_ga_HD3F2PERNK

Registers a unique anonymous ID that is used to distinguish users.
Expires after 2 years.

No

Google Analytics Request Throttling cookie

_gat_UA-6466722-2

Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. Expires after 10 minutes.

No

Google Analytics page log cookie _gid

Used for Google Analytics to store and update a unique value for each page visited.
Expires after 1 day.

No
Shopping Basket Cookie basket-Stuart Turner

Used to keep a shopping basket stored.
Expires after 3 days

Yes
ASP.Net session cookie ASP.NET_SessionId

Allows the website to know the user is still the same one when browsing. Completely anonymous.
Expires when closing the browser.

Yes
Cookie preference cookie AllowAllCookies Allows the website to know the user's preference on non-essential cookies. Yes

 

4. HOW TO TURN OFF ALL COOKIES AND THE CONEQUENCES OF DOING SO

4.1 If you do not want to accept any cookies, you may be able to change your browser settings so that cookies (including those which are essential to the services requested) are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of our website.

4.2 For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner's Office, or www.allaboutcookies.org.

 

5. HOW TO CONTACT US

5.1 Please contact us if you have any questions about this cookie policy or the information we hold about you.

5.2 If you wish to contact us, please send an email to [email protected] or call 01491 572 655.