What are cookies and similar technologies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your
computer by websites that you visit. Our site and our partners use cookies to
enhance your experience, analyze traffic and for ad personalization and
measurement.
You can restrict or block cookies using your browser
settings. Information on how to do this is detailed below in the “How to manage
cookies” section.
We also use tracking pixels in our marketing emails. These
pixels tell us if, and when, you opened an email from us. We use this
information to better understand how customers engage with our content and to
analyse the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.
You can disable tracking pixels by changing your email
settings to block the loading or display of external images.
How to manage cookies
Some cookies are strictly necessary to allow you to use the
website and its features, such as storing items in your basket. Without these
cookies these features cannot be provided, which may impair the functionality
of the website meaning you are unable to shop on our website.
You can select the cookies you would like this website to
store on your device by changing your browser settings. Each browser allows you
to restrict or block cookies in different ways.
Details on how to do this in each browser can be found on
the ICO website (please note that we are not responsible for the content of
external websites), visit: https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/online/cookies/
Within most browsers you can utilise private browsing modes
that typically do not save local data associated with the session, such as
cookies. These are typically deleted when you close all the windows.
You can install a browser add-on to opt-out of Google
Analytics in your browser across all websites (please note that we are not
responsible for the content of external websites), visit: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Types of cookies
First-party cookies - these are set by the website you have
accessed. They are often used to remember your preferences on the website, such
as your preferred currency or items in your basket.
Third-party cookies – these are set by a website other than
the one you are accessing.
Session cookies – these are temporary cookies, which are
deleted when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies – these remain on your device until you
erase them, or they expire.
Cookies that are used on our website
We have documented the partners and tools that create
cookies that are used by this website and our partners use and their purpose.
Please note that we are not responsible for the content of external websites.
Google Analytics
These cookies are used to collect information about how
visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us
improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form,
including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the
site from and the pages they visited.
Find out how to opt-out of Google Analytics across all
websites in the “How to Manage Cookies” section.
You can find out more about Google’s use of information
here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
Google Ads (and DoubleClick)
Google Ads uses cookies to improve advertising by targeting
advertising based on what is relevant for the user. They also allow reporting
on advertising performance and to avoid showing ads that a user has already
seen. This product collects and uses data using cookies. The data collected may
be used to personalize advertising. You can find out more about Google’s use of
information here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
You can revoke your consent to ad personalisation by Google
here: https://adssettings.google.com/
