We use analytics to collect and store anonymous statistical data about our users’ visits to our site.
We may also collect information about your computer, mobile phone (or other portable or static device used to access our site) and your visit to our site, including where available your IP address, operating system, session_id, login, screen name and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our partners and if necessary our advertisers.
We may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file and/or similar tools which are stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive to report back anonymous data to us. They help us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalised service.
Our site uses the following cookies:
SESSION COOKIES
These remember what you have put in your basket and enable you to use the checkout to make your purchase on our site. Without these essential session cookies we would not be able to provide you with the ability to make the purchase on our site.
Session cookies are not used to gather information to advertise products or services to you.
QUANTCAST COOKIE (_QCA)
This web analytics service provided by Quantcast helps us to analyse how users use our site. It records visitors behaviour overall, such as typical length of stay on our site or average number of pages a user views.
GOOGLE ANALYTICS (_UTMA, _UTMB, _UTMC, _UTMZ)
This web analytics service provided by Google Inc. helps us to analyse how users use our site. It counts the number of visitors and tells us things about their behaviour overall, such as typical length of stay on our site or the average number of pages a user views.
This information generated by the cookie about your use of our site will be transmitted to and stored by Google on their servers. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our site, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity.
Generally, cookies may be used to enable us:
To estimate our audience size and usage pattern.
To store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise our site according to your individual interests and provide a more personalised experience to you.
To speed up your searches.
To recognise you when you return to our site.
Some third party cookies are set by services that appear on our site. They are set by the operators of that service and are not in our control. They are set by Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+ and other third party services and relate to the ability of users to share content on our site.
You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies, as explained below:
How to manage cookies:
Google Chrome
Click the spanner icon on the browser toolbar.
Select ‘Settings’.
Click ‘Show advanced settings’.
Under ‘Privacy’, click ‘Content settings’.
In the ‘Cookies’ section, you can manage your cookie settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Click ‘Tools’ on the browser toolbar.
Select ‘Internet options’.
Click the ‘Privacy’ tab, where you can manage your cookie settings.
Mozilla Firefox
Click the ‘Firefox’ button, or ‘Tools’ at the top of the browser page.
Select ‘Options’.
Click the ‘Privacy’ tab.
Set ‘Firefox will:’ to ‘Use custom settings for history’.
Manage your settings to accept or reject cookie types.
Safari
Click ‘Safari’ at the top of the screen.
Select ‘Preferences’.
Click the ‘Privacy’ tab, where you can manage your cookie settings.
By continuing to use our site you give your pre-informed consent to us using cookies (and other similar tools) on your visit. If you subsequently wish to revoke this consent, you may do so by deleting the cookies (and similar tools) via your browser tools settings. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system may issue cookies when you log on to our site.
If you want to learn more about cookies you can do so at www.allaboutcookies.org or at www.youronlinechoices.eu