Cookie Policy
Cookies and How We Use Them
Changes to online privacy laws across the EU, since May 2011, mean that visitors to many websites will start to be asked for their consent for the use of ‘cookies’ and other similar web technologies.
‘Cookies’ are a type of file stored on your internet device (PC, Phone or Tablet) and used by most websites in various ways enabling you to personalise your online experience. Cookies can also be used to track your activity and behaviour online. This provides website owners important insights into the quality of their services, allowing them to improve and better meet the needs of all their visitors.
Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Cookies used on this site
Analytics cookies
These cookies allow us to count page visits and traffic sources, so we can measure and improve the performance of our site, using a service provided by Google Analytics.
Third party cookies
We may use several social media tools to enhance visitor interaction on our site. If you already use these platforms their cookies may be set through our website. Data may then be collected by these companies that enables them to serve up adverts on other sites that they think are relevant to your interests. If you do not use such platforms, then our site will not place these cookies on your device.
We may contract with third parties who may use cookies and collect information on our behalf or provide services such as credit card processing. These third parties are prohibited by our contract with them from sharing that information with anyone other than us.
In using this site, you are consenting to us using the aforementioned cookies, in compliance with our normal terms and conditions. Depending on your browser you can choose to delete your cookies or change your privacy settings, so these cookies cannot be tracked.
Web Shop Cookies
The table below lists the cookies we collect as part of your shopping experience and the information they store.
COOKIE name | COOKIE Description |
CART | The association with your shopping cart. |
CATEGORY_INFO | Allows pages to be displayed more quickly. |
COMPARE | The items that you have in the Compare Products list. |
CUSTOMER | An encrypted version of your customer id. |
CUSTOMER_AUTH | An indicator if you are signed into the store. |
CUSTOMER_INFO | An encrypted version of the customer group you belong to. |
CUSTOMER_SEGMENT_IDS | Stores your Customer Segment ID |
EXTERNAL_NO_CACHE | A flag that, indicates whether caching is on or off. |
FRONTEND | Your session ID on the server. |
GUEST-VIEW | Allows guests to edit their orders. |
LAST_CATEGORY | The last category you visited. |
LAST_PRODUCT | The last product you looked at. |
NEWMESSAGE | Indicates whether a new message has been received. |
NO_CACHE | Indicates whether it is allowed to use cache. |
PERSISTENT_SHOPPING_CART | A link to information about your cart and viewing history if you have asked the site. |
RECENTLYCOMPARED | The items you recently compared. |
STF | Information on products you emailed to friends. |
STORE | The store view or language you have selected. |
USER_ALLOWED_SAVE_COOKIE | Indicates whether a customer authorised cookies. |
VIEWED_PRODUCT_IDS | The products that you recently looked at. |
WISHLIST | An encrypted list of products added to your wish list. |
WISHLIST_CNT | The number of items in your wish list. |