Cookie Laws within the EUOn 26th May 2012, new laws came into force in the EU that affect most web sites. If cookies are used in a site, the
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (UK Regulations) asks that the website user must give consent to the use
and placing of the cookies.
Most websites you visit will use cookies in order to improve your user experience by enabling that website to "remember" you, either for the duration of your
visit (using a session cookie) or for repeat visits (using a persistent cookie).
Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, storing your preferences, and generally improving your experience of a
website. Cookies make the interaction between you and the website faster and easier. If a website doesn't use cookies, it will think you are a new visitor
every time you move to a new page on the site – for example, when you enter your login details and move to another page it won’t recognise you and it won’t be
able to keep you logged in.
Some websites will also use cookies to enable them to target their advertising or marketing messages based for example, on your location and/or browsing
habits.
Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting ("first party cookies") or they may be set by other websites who run content on the page you are viewing
("third party cookies").
A cookie is a simple text file that is stored on your computer or mobile device by a website’s server and only that server will be able to retrieve or read
the contents of that cookie. Each cookie is unique to your web browser. It will contain some anonymous information such as a unique identifier and the site
name and some digits and numbers. It allows a website to remember things like your preferences or what’s in your shopping basket.
You can clear the
clear the cookies and refresh this page and you will see the cookie control display again on
the left. You can also clear cookies via your web browser.
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more
efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
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What Is It |
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Google Analytics - Anonymous cookies that monitor how the site is used by visitors. Used by us to analyse usage and improve the site. Includes number of visits to the site, where a visitor has come from and what pages are visited. You can opt out of Google Analytics here. |
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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. |
PHPSESSID |
This is used for site functionality, such as adding products to the shopping cart in the client area. |
Cookie Notice |
First visit only - Records whether a visitor has accepted the use of cookies on this site. |