Cookie Policy
What are Cookies?
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that
are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they
gather, how we use it 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.
For more general information on cookies information visit www.aboutcookies.org or
www.allaboutcookies.org.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases there are no industry
standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add
to this 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.
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 and many other
websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and
features of the site. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
The Cookies We Set
Account related cookies
If you create an account with us then 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.
Login related cookies
We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from
having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or
cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when
logged in.
Orders processing related cookies
Where this site offers e-commerce or payment facilities, some cookies are essential to ensure that
your order is remembered between pages so that we can process it properly.
Site preferences cookies
In order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your
preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences, we need
to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page is affected by
your preferences.
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.
This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions
on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your
experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages
that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
The Google AdSense service we use to serve advertising uses a DoubleClick cookie to serve more
relevant ads across the web and limit the number of times that a given ad is shown to you.
For more information on Google AdSense see the official Google AdSense privacy FAQ.
We use adverts to offset the costs of running this site and provide funding for further development.
The behavioural advertising cookies used by this site are designed to ensure that we provide you
with the most relevant adverts where possible by anonymously tracking your interests and
presenting similar things that may be of interest.
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 the following social media sites including; Facebook
and Instagram, will set cookies through our site 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.
More Information
Hopefully that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is 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 by emailing [email protected]