Cookies Policy
Our website uses cookies. By using our website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.
About Cookies
A cookie is a piece of information in the form of a very small text file that is placed on an internet user’s hard drive. It is generated by a web page server, which is basically the computer that operates a web site. The information the cookie contains is set by the server and it can be used by that server whenever the user visits the site. A cookie can be thought of as an internet user’s identification card, which tell a web site when the user has returned.
For more information on cookies please see the website aboutcookies.org which describes what cookies are and how you can control, manage and delete them.
Magento Cookies
Our ecommerce store is built on the popular open-source Magento platform. Magento like most ecommerce platforms requires the use of several cookies to function correctly. The name and function of the cookies Magento may deploy are listed below.
Google Analytics Cookies
Google Analytics is a simple, easy-to-use tool that helps website owners measure how users interact with website content. As a user navigates between web pages, Google Analytics provides website owners JavaScript tags (libraries) to record information about the page a user has seen, for example the URL of the page. The Google Analytics JavaScript libraries use HTTP Cookies to “remember” what a user has done on previous pages / interactions with the website.Important: Google Analytics does not collect any personal information about our website users. Read the Google Analytics privacy document for more details.
The name and functions of the cookies deployed by Google Analytics are listed below.
Google Advertising Cookies
We use remarketing to advertise across web sites
Google will show ads across web sites that our users are visiting
These ads shown across other web sites are based on a user’s past visits to our web site by using cookies
For more information including how to opt out of Google’s use of advertising cookies, visit Google Ads Settings page. It’s a great place to see what information is being used and allows you to fine tune it.
For more information on Google advertising and how Google uses cookies in advertising, click here.
Google have produced an easy-to-use guide to how their adverts work and how they deal with personal data. It’s an interesting read; have a look at it here.
Social Network Cookies
We’re keen to allow sharing of our content across different social networking platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkdedIn, Houzz and Pinterest. We use add-ins from these platforms to allow their functionality on our site. Each of these sites may deploy cookies depending on whether you are logged in to their services and the privacy settings you have set on your account with any given social network. The names and functions of cookies that may be deployed by these networks are listed below.
Managing, Controlling and Deleting Cookies
The website aboutcookies.org provides detailed information on cookies. It provides detailed information on how to manage, control and delete cookies for each major browser.