Cookie Use Policy
What are cookies ?
A cookie is a small piece of data or message that is sent from a website’s server to your web browser and is then stored on your hard drive. They are generally used to improve your user experience by – for example – remembering what’s in your online shopping basket or keeping you logged in on a website as you navigate from one page to another. Cookies can’t read data off your hard drive or other cookie files, and do not damage your system.
How we use cookies
The first party cookies we use allow us to monitor the performance of our website (Google Analytics) and to manage the shopping basket (WooCommerce).
Third party cookies are used to process payments (PayPal).
How to change your cookies
The cookies to manage the shopping basket and payments are strictly necessary for the website to function correctly and so cannot be disabled through the website.
You can prevent the Google Analytics cookies from being set by not accepting cookies from the popup that appeared when you first visited the site. If you wish to show this popup so you can change your decision then click this link – Reset Cookies – and then revisit the home page.
What cookies do we use
Cookie | Type | Duration | Description |
---|---|---|---|
_ga | persistent | 2 years | Google Analytics |
_gat_gtag_UA_126262119_1 | persistent | 1 minute | Google Analytics |
_gid | persistent | 1 day | Google Analytics |
paypal* | third-party | various | PayPal sets a number of cookies to help it manage payments when you checkout with PayPal. |
viewed_cookie_policy | persistent | 1 year | Records that the Cookie popup has been dismissed and whether optional cookies are allowed. |
woocommerce_cart_hash | session | Manages the shopping basket. | |
woocommerce_items_in_cart | session | Manages the shopping basket. | |
wordpress_logged_in_* | session | Only set if you have logged in to the website. Maintains your login status. | |
wordpress_sec_* | session | Only set if you have logged in to the website. | |
wordpress_test_cookie | session | Only set if you have logged in to the website. | |
wp_woocommerce_session_* | persistent | 2 days | Manages the shopping basket. |
Notice
Please read this cookie use policy in conjunction with our website’s Data & Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions.