Last updated: 17/09/2021
What is a cookie ?
As is common practice with almost all business websites, this site uses cookies, which are small files downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they collect, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent the storage of these cookies, but doing so may downgrade or “break” some elements of the functionality of the site.
How do we use cookies?
We use cookies for various reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the features and functionality they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave all cookies if you are unsure whether or not you need them in case they are used to provide a service you are using.
Disable cookies
You can prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting your browser settings (see your browser's help for how to do this). Please be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this website and many other websites you visit. Disabling cookies will generally result in the deactivation of certain features and functionality of this site. Therefore, it is recommended not to disable cookies.
The cookies we install
Account related cookies
If you create an account with us, we will use cookies for the management of the registration process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out, but in some cases they may remain afterward to remember your site preferences when you log out.
Connection-related cookies
We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This saves you from having to log in every time you visit a new page. These cookies are usually deleted or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when you are logged in.
Site preferences cookies
In order to provide you with a great experience on this site, we provide the functionality to set your preferences on how this site works when you use it. In order to remember your preferences, we need to set cookies so that this information can be called up whenever you interact with a page that 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 the third-party cookies that you may encounter through this site.
- This site uses Google Analytics, one of the most popular and trusted analytics solutions on the web, to help us understand how you use the site and how we can improve your experience. These cookies can track things such as the time you spend on the site and the pages you visit so that we can continue to produce engaging content.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page. - Third-party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as the time you spend on the site or the pages you visit, which helps us understand how we can improve the site for you.
- Every now and then we test new features and make subtle changes to the way the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features, these cookies can be used to ensure that you get a consistent experience on the site while making sure that we understand the optimizations that our users value the most.
- When we sell products, it is important for us to understand statistics about the number of visitors to our site who actually make a purchase and, as such, this is the type of data that these cookies will track. This is important to you because it means that we can make accurate business forecasts that allow us to monitor our advertising and product costs to ensure the best possible price.
- Several partners advertise on our behalf and affiliate tracking cookies simply allow us to see if our customers have come to the site through one of our partner sites so that we can credit them appropriately and if so , allow our affiliate partners to provide any bonus they may provide to you towards making a purchase.
- We also use social media buttons and / or plugins on this site that allow you to connect to your social network in various ways. In order for these to work, the following social media sites including; {List the social networks whose functionalities you have integrated into your site ?: 12}, will install cookies via our site which can be used to improve your profile on their site or to contribute to the data they hold for various purposes described in their respective confidentiality Strategies.
More information
Hope this has cleared things up for you and as was mentioned earlier if there is something you are unsure whether or not you need it is usually safer to leave cookies enabled at if they interact with any of the features you use on our site.
However, if you are still looking for more information, you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods:
Email address: [email protected]