What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide useful information to website owners.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential cookies: These are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility.
- Functional cookies: These enable enhanced functionality and personalisation, such as remembering your preferences and settings.
- Analytics cookies: These help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
- Marketing cookies: These are used to track visitors across websites to display relevant advertisements.
Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
These cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They include:
- Session cookies to maintain your shopping basket
- Authentication cookies to keep you logged in
- Security cookies to protect your data
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. They include:
- Preference cookies to remember your settings
- Language cookies to remember your language preference
- Live chat cookies (if available)
Analytics Cookies
We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our website is being used. These cookies collect information about:
- Pages you visit
- Time spent on each page
- How you reached our website
- What you click on while you're visiting our website
Marketing Cookies
These cookies are used to track visitors across websites. They are used to:
- Display relevant advertisements
- Measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns
- Build a profile of your interests
Cookie Duration
Cookies can remain on your computer or mobile device for different periods of time:
- Session cookies: These exist only while your browser is open and are automatically deleted when you close your browser.
- Persistent cookies: These survive after your browser is closed and can remain for a period of time specified in the cookie.
Managing Cookies
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. However, if you do this, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit our website and some services and functionalities may not work.
To manage cookies, you can:
- Use our cookie consent tool to manage your preferences
- Adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies
- Use browser extensions to manage cookies
Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. We use the following third-party services:
- Google Analytics for website analytics
- Social media platforms for sharing content
- Payment processors for secure transactions
Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us.