Information about our use of Cookies
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our website.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive or web browser and our server calls on the cookies when you visit our website. Some cookies help our website to ‘remember’ you, either for the duration of your visit (known as a “session cookie”) or for repeat visits (known as a “persistent cookie”).
To find out more about cookies, you can visit www.aboutcookies.org or search online.
By continuing to use and browse our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies as set out below (including agreeing to us placing these sorts of cookies on your device and accessing them when you visit our site in the future), unless you block or opt out of using any cookies. Details of how you can block or opt out of cookies are set out below.
Our Privacy Policy also explains how we collect and use information about you.
We use the following types of cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to use our shopping cart.
- Analytical/performance cookies. These cookies allow us to measure and analyse how visitors use our website – they recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve our website’s functionality and user experience (for example, by ensuring that users can easily find what they are looking for). These cookies also help us to measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.
- Functionality cookies. These cookies record information about choices you have made and 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) and therefore help you to navigate our website.
The cookies we use
The following table sets out details of the cookies used on our website, including what they are used for and for how long the cookies are used (the ‘expiry time’):
| Cookie Name | Type | Purpose and description | Expiry Time |
| _ga | Analytical | Used to collect information about how visitors use our website, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come from and the pages they visited. These cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone. | 2 years |
| _gid | Analytical | Used to collect information about how visitors use our website, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come from and the pages they visited. These cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone. | 24 hours |
| _gat | Analytical | Used to reduce the amount of requests to the website in a given time, to help the website to function more efficiently. These cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone. | 1 minute |
| AMP_TOKEN | Analytical | Contains a token used to retrieve a unique identification for the website service, to determine if a standard website or a mobile version is required. If used, this will enable the functionality to deliver a standard website page or the mobile device specific version. These cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone. | 30 seconds to 1 year |
| _gac_<property-id> | Analytical | Contains information related to campaigns we have run, to determine if visitors arrive to our site as a result of a campaign (including where visitors have come from). These cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone. | 90 days |
| _dc_gtm_<property-id> | Analytical | Used to reduce the amount of requests to the website in a given time, to help the website to function more efficiently. These cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone. | 1 minute |
| woocommerce_cart_hash | Strictly Necessary | Helps our website determine when cart contents/data changes. This cookie does not identify you personally and is not linked to any other information we store about you. | Used only during the website session |
| woocommerce_items_in_cart | Strictly Necessary | Helps our website determine when cart contents/data changes. This cookie does not identify you personally and is not linked to any other information we store about you. | Used only during the website session |
| wp_woocommerce_session_[hash] | Strictly Necessary | Contains a unique code for each of our customers so that our website knows where to find the cart data in the database for each customer. This cookie does not identify you personally and is not linked to any other information we store about you. | 2 days |
| woocommerce_recently_viewed | Functionality | Powers the functionality to be able to see products that you have recently viewed. This cookie does not identify you personally and is not linked to any other information we store about you. | Used only during the website session |
| store_notice[notice id] | Strictly Necessary | Allows you to dismiss temporary notices that we may post to the website (such as “store currently closed”). This cookie does not identify you personally and is not linked to any other information we store about you. | Used only during the website session |
| wordpress_test_cookie | Strictly Necessary | Checks if cookies can be stored on your browser. This cookie does not identify you personally and is not linked to any other information we store about you. | Deleted when you close the browser |
| wordpress_[hash] | Strictly Necessary | Used to store your authentication details on login. This cookie does not identify you personally and is not linked to any other information we store about you. | Deleted when you close the browser |
| wordpress_logged_in_[hash] | Strictly Necessary | Used to indicate when you are logged in and who you are. This cookie does not identify you personally and is not linked to any other information we store about you. | Deleted when you close the browser |
| PHPSESSID | Strictly Necessary | As you browse around the pages on our website, this cookie tells the website that you are the same person requesting the webpages, and not a new visitor to each page. This cookie does not identify you personally and is not linked to any other information we store about you. | Deleted when you close the browser |
Cookies on third party websites
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
From time to time, we may have arrangements with certain third parties who may also place cookies on your computer, either when you visit our website or other websites. Similar to the targeting cookies mentioned above, these cookies allow us to show you different products and services based on what you appear to be interested in. The cookie policies of those third parties apply to the use of those cookies.
Opting out, blocking and removing cookies
To opt-out or block the use of any cookies you can use this link.
You can remove cookies by using the appropriate settings for your browser to delete or clear any or all of the cookies on your computer. You can also block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. If you are unsure how to do any of this then you can check by visiting the website of your browser provider.
Please note, however, that if you remove, block or disable cookies then your user experience on our website may be adversely affected. If you block certain cookies (such as strictly necessary cookies) then you may not be able to access or use all or part of our website or its functions.
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