WHAT IS A COOKIE?
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that websites place on your computer, mobile phone, tablet or other device.
COOKIE MANAGEMENT ON OUR WEBSITE
You can manage your cookie preferences for this site at any time by choosing “manage preferences” or by clicking the cookie icon (image below) in the bottom-right corner of the screen and using the Storage Preference box. When the Storage Preference box opens, you can use the sliders to opt in or out of the cookie categories. To save your changes, scroll to the bottom of the Storage Preferences box and click on the save button. If you cannot see the icon, you may be using a blocker to prevent the setting of cookies.
HOW WE USE COOKIES
Our websites and apps use cookies to distinguish you from other users on our websites. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our websites and apps and allows us to improve our sites. We use other cookies for gathering statistics and for marketing purposes. We are providing this information to enable visitors to the site to understand the different types of cookies and how we use them.
COOKIES WE USE
You can see descriptions of the cookies used on this site and how long they last by pressing or clicking on the cookie icon in the bottom-right corner of the page (see above) and reading the cookie notices for each category of cookie.
We use the following cookies:
Essential cookies:
These are strictly necessary cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping basket or make use of e-payment services.
Analytical or performance cookies:
These allow us to recognise you and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. This information may be used in aggregate form to assess user interest in our site and the content on it as well as the success of our advertising via other platforms such as Meta, Google and X. No personally identifying information is included in this type of reporting.
Functionality or personalization cookies:
These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
Marketing and retargeting cookies:
These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the buttons and links you have clicked. We share this information with third parties such as Meta and other social media companies for targeted marketing purposes. When used in conjunction with our advertising services, information collected by third party cookies may be linked with information about visits to multiple sites. This type of processing activity is known as cookie profiling or web profiling. It involves the use of persistent or permanent cookies to track a user’s overall activity online.
In the case of Meta, Google and X pixels these cookies allow us to track user behaviour on our website after being redirected there by clicking on one of our advertisements on FaceBook, Instagram, Google platforms and X. We use this information to track and understand the actions you take on our website and to help us monitor sales resulting from our advertising. In this way we are able to improve our marketing and make it more relevant to your interests.
Sharing information with third parties such Meta allows us to send you and others targeted marketing. For instance, the Meta pixel enables us to use our website as a data source for creating custom and/or lookalike audiences that can be retargeted with advertising across Meta platforms. The information collected as described above allows us to create a custom audience made up of Meta users who have viewed a product on our website, or a lookalike audience made up of Meta users who are similar to other Meta users that have made a purchase on our website. X’s tracking pixel enables us to measure interactions that occur after a user clicks on an ad from our account. This data helps us monitor conversions, such as sales or sign-ups, and optimise future campaigns to better target users based on behaviour and engagement. Google tracking pixel records user interactions, enabling targeted advertising and campaign analysis. We use the data collected to analyse website traffic, measure ad campaign performance, and deliver targeted ads to users based on their browsing behaviour.
Third party cookies:
Our site includes links to third party websites and uses third party technologies. Some of those third parties may also use cookies which enable them to collect and share data belonging to you when you visit our site or when you follow links to their sites. These third-party cookies are likely to be analytical cookies or marketing cookies. Please read the privacy policies of these third parties to find out how they use your data. We have no control over how third parties use your data.
To deactivate the use of third-party cookies, visit the Storage Preference centre (see above for more information about the Storage Preference centre).
COOKIE CHOICES AND DISABLING COOKIES IN BROWSER(S)
Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. However, you can remove or reject cookies in your browser’s settings. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies or to alert you when a website sets or uses cookies. You can disable cookies from our site at any time – all modern browsers allow you to change your cookies settings. Settings are usually found in the ‘options’ or ‘preferences’ menu of your browser. For further guidance see your browser “Help”. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across websites, visit: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Disabling cookies may prevent areas of a website from working as intended. Please be aware that these controls are distinct from the controls offered on this site.