Cookie Policy 

Use of Cookies

We may on occasion gather information regarding your computer whilst you are on our website. This enables us to improve our services and to provide statistical information regarding the use of our website.

Similarly to the above, we may gather information about your general internet use by using a cookie file.  Where used, these cookies are downloaded to your computer automatically. The cookie file is stored on the hard drive of your computer as cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They help us to improve our website and the service that we provide to you.

If you visit our website when your browser is set to accept cookies, we will interpret this as an indication that you consent to our use of cookies and other similar technologies as described in this website cookie policy. If you change your mind in the future about letting us use cookies, you can modify the settings of your browser to reject cookies or disable cookies completely.

Description of Cookies

The following cookies are used on our website

AffiliateID

This cookie is for our internal affiliate tracking system only. User data is all anonymous.

PastMember

This cookie will be set as you log in - to identify you as a previously logged in user.

alc_enc

This cookie will be set if you select "Remember Me" during the login process.

PHPSESSID

This cookie is used for the user session when tracking the shopping basket.

Google AdSense

This cookie is used by Google to report to us how adverts are performing. User data is all anonymous.

Google Analytics

We use this to understand how the site is being used in order to improve the user experience. User data is all anonymous.

Social buttons

On many of the pages of the site you will see ‘social buttons’. These enable users to share or bookmark the web pages. You should be aware that these sites are likely to be collecting information about what you are doing all around the internet. You should check the respective policies of each of these sites to see how exactly they use your information and to find out how to opt out, or delete, such information.

Third Party Cookies

We work with third party suppliers who may also set cookies on our website, for example Twitter. These third party suppliers are responsible for the cookies they set on our site. If you want further information please go to the website of the relevant third party.

How to control and delete cookies

We will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you. However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by the website, or indeed any other website. You can accept or decline cookies at any time by accessing the preference panels from your browser’s main menu (usually found under ‘Edit’, ‘Tools’ or ‘Options’). Or search your browsers help function for "cookies". However, if you choose to remove cookies parts of the site may not work properly or your use of the site may be impaired.

Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your computer as well as more general information about cookies. For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone you will need to refer to your handset manual.

Please be aware that by removing cookies, parts of the site may not work properly or your use of the site may be impaired

Version 1: February 2017