Cookie Policy
This cookie policy forms part of our privacy policy which can be viewed here.
We use cookies and similar technologies to identify you from other users of our website and to collect information about your browsing and purchasing behaviour. This includes information about pages viewed, products purchased and the customers’ journey around our website. Cookies allow us to improve our website and provide you with a better experience.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your device, e.g. mobile phone or laptop, when you use a website, so the website can remember who you are, track activity or identify you as coming from another website. Some cookies are used just for the duration of your visit (“session cookies”) and others for a period of time (“persistent cookies”).
How do consent to the use of cookies?
In most cases cookies cannot be deployed without consent. When you first use our website, you will be asked for your consent. A pop-up banner will inform you that our site uses cookies and provides options on whether to accept all cookies, or to manage your cookie preferences. When you click “Accept all”, you are consenting to non-essential cookies unless you have disabled them using your browser settings.
What do we use cookies for?
a) Essential Cookies
These cookies are needed for the website to work and for us to fulfil our contractual obligations. This means they can't be switched off. They enable essential functionality such as securing our website, fraud prevention and accessibility support. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but it means some parts of the site won't work. Amongst the purposes of these cookies are to:
- Record your selected residence country to help direct you to the right version of website for that country.
- Ensure information you have entered on one page can be passed to another without the need to re-enter it.
- Ensure you remain authorised to use the site while logged in.
- Log you out after a protracted period of inactivity to help protect your onscreen data.
- Provide better error messages in cases where your browser may not be supporting cookies.
- Help ensure the performance of the online service.
- Stores your cookie consent choices.
b) Non-Essential Cookies
We also use a number of non-essential cookies to improve you website experience, personalise what we show you and to try to ensure our ads you may see on other sites are relevant. Non-Essential cookies can be categorised as follows:
- Performance and Analytics: These cookies allow us to measure and improve the performance of our site, helping us to know the popularity of our pages and to see how visitors navigate the site. All information these cookies collect is anonymous.
- Measure Advertising Performance: These cookies are used to measure how effective our digital marketing is and would include cookies from third parties such as Google Ads, Bing Ads, Facebook etc.
- Create User Profiles for Advertising: These cookies may be used by our advertising partners to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. Our partners include Google Ads, Bing Ads, Facebook etc
- Select Personalized Advertising: These cookies allow us to show you relevant adverts on other sites and may be set through our Sites by our advertising partners. They are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device and used for re-targeting to make our advertising more relevant to your interests and enable our advertisements to appear in other sites you visit. This will would include cookies from Google Ads, Bing Ads, Facebook etc.
How do I block or change my cookie settings?
If you have already consented to cookies on our website, you can change your preferences at any time by visiting our Cookie Preferences section, where you will also find further information on the specific cookies we use, their purpose and duration.
Alternatively, you can clear cookies from your browser and re-enter the website. This will cause the pop-up banner to re-display, and you can choose to use the website without consenting to non-essential cookies.
Most browsers have an option that allows you to control whether your browser accepts cookies, rejects cookies, or notifies you each time a cookie is sent. You can reject or block cookies by amending these settings, although the options available and how to access them will vary by browser. Please therefore refer to your browser vendor's website for details on the options available.
Please note, if you do use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all features on our website.
Further information on cookies.
If you would like more information on cookies and your online choices, here are some useful websites:
https://www.allaboutcookies.org/
http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/
