What is a cookie?
Cookies are text files that contain small pieces of information. They are stored on your computer, tablet or smartphone, and sent to your browser from our web server. Most websites use cookies to gather essential information to provide the user with the best experience.
Cookies ensure websites function as you expect them to:
- They identify which platform you’re using and display an optimised version of the website for that platform.
- They save your login details.
- They remember your language preferences.
Types of cookies we use.
Our website uses three types of cookies:
- Essential to site function cookies
These cookies allow you to browse the site, search for products and add items to the basket. They also remember your preferences, such as your log in details and language preferences. They are essential to ensure our website runs as you would expect. - Performance cookies
These cookies are used to collect anonymous information about how you use our website. They inform us of any error messages from web pages and allow us to improve our website. - Third-party cookies
These allow us to record the customer experience and test new services to improve the customer journey on the website. This can also include on-page advertising from third-parties, where cookies tailor the advertising to your preferences.
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
Consent
According to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) consent to store cookies is not required "for cookies that are essential to provide an online service at someone's request" (e.g. to remember what's in your online basket, or to ensure security).
https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-pecr/cookies-and-similar-technologies/
All of our cookies fall under this exception. Therefore we are not required to gain consent before the use of the cookies on this site.