We use cookies for many reasons, for example, to make our websites work and to distinguish you from other users of the Websites so we can offer you a more personalised experience. This Cookie Policy describes: what cookies are; our use of cookies; how you can manage cookies used on the Websites; privacy; further information; and changes to this Cookie Policy.

What Are Cookies

A cookie is a very small piece of information that a website stores to save and collect basic information. Many cookies are essential to the operation of our website, for example, to allow you to make a purchase or create an account with us. Cookies on our site are also used to customise certain areas of content just for you, and to make your browsing experience more efficient and faster.

You can find more general information about cookies at: www.allaboutcookies.org.

How We Use Cookies And Pixels

We want you to understand the different types of cookies that are used on our websites. We use a variety of types of cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes.

Strictly Necessary Cookies: these are cookies strictly necessary for the performance of our websites, for example, cookies that authenticate users and allow us to offer certain features like account registration.

Performance Cookies: these cookies collect information about the pages or screens you visit, and other performance metrics. This helps us to improve the way our websites work, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

Functionality Cookies: these cookies remember your choices to improve your experience, for example, remembering your username, your language, and the region you are in. The aim of these cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience so that you don’t have to reset your preferences each time you visit our websites.

Targeting and Advertising Cookies: these cookies are often placed by re-targeting and advertising partners, to track your browsing habits so that you can later be shown targeted ads on other websites and apps. We use this information to make our websites and the advertising displayed on them more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use on our websites and the purposes for which we use them below:

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.

Email provider cookies: our email provider Ometria includes an email tracking pixel in each email, which will track email opens (if you have images enables in your inbox). Ometria also has a small Javascript file installed on our website, to allow more relevant email targeting based on on-site activity.

Affiliate marketing cookies: Rakuten Advertising is a third party company that uses cookies on the website, you can view their privacy policy at this address: https://rakutenadvertising.com/legal-notices/services-privacy-policy/

How To Disable Cookies And Delete Pixels

To fully disable cookies on our website, you will need to change the settings in your website browser. Pixels are not stored when you delete the email; the easiest way not to receive these is to change your email preference to plain text.

This cookie policy does not cover the links within this site linking to other websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit.