This page describes what information cookies gather, how we use them and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored. However, this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the site’s functionality.
HOW WE USE COOKIES
We use cookies for a variety of reasons:
- To gather information about our audience
- To understand our website’s user preferences
- To restore your preferences when you return to our site
- To make our website user-friendly
DISABLING COOKIES
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this website and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionalities and features of this site. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
Unfortunately, in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to the site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not, in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
THE COOKIES WE SET
If you create an account with us, we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out. However, in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.
This site offers newsletters or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.
When you submit data to a website through a contact or comment form such as those found on Contact Us pages, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
THIRD-PARTY COOKIES
In some special cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When we are testing new features, these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site, whilst ensuring we understand which optimizations our users appreciate the most.
Several partners advertise on our behalf and affiliate tracking cookies simply allow us to see if our customers have come to the site through one of our partner sites so that we can credit them appropriately and where applicable allow our affiliate partners to provide any bonus that they may provide you for making a purchase.
We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work, social media sites including Facebook will set cookies through our website which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
IN CLOSING
Hopefully, that has clarified things for you. As was previously mentioned if cookies are something that you aren’t sure whether you need or not, it’s usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site.
However, if you are still looking for more information then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods.
Email: [email protected]
