Cookies & Privacy

What Are Cookies

As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the sites functionality.

For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies...



How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately is most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.



Disabling Cookies

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of the this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.



The Cookies We Set

We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.

This site offers e-commerce or payment facilities and some cookies are essential to ensure that your order is remembered between pages so that we can process it properly.
When you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
In order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page 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 which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page



Use of personal data

Personal data is never shared with third-parties unless you explicitly give us your consent to do so. We do not collect personal information unless you have provided these by registering, buying products, participating in a survey or the like.
Personal data is used to complete the purchase or accomplish the service in relation to which the data was provided. The information is also used to gain more knowlede about you and other uses of our website.



Contact regarding personal data

If you want access to the information registered about you in our system, please contact us. If incorrect information is collected or you have other objections, please contact us directly. You have the option to gain insight into what information is stored about you and you may object to the registration.



Protection of personal data

Your personal information must be saved securely and confidentially. We save your personal data on computers with limited access, that are placed in controlled facilities and our security measures are inspected regularly to assess if our data is handled securely and in continued consideration of your rights as a user. However, we cannot guarantee 100% security when transferring data via the Internet. This means, that there may be a risk that others can gain unjustified access to the information when it is transmitted and stored electronically. You therefore provide your personal data at your own risk.
Personal data is deleted or made anonymous continuously as the purpose of which it was collected is no longer relevant. Personal data is saved in a maximum of 12 months after last use.
The rapid development of the Internet means that changes in our processing of personal data may be necessary. We therefore reserve the right to update and amend these guidelines for handling personal information.
You have the right to gain information about the personal data saved in our system, that relates to you. If it turns out that the information or data processed about you is incorrect or misleading, you have the right to demand these corrected, deleted or blocked. You may at any time object to our handling of the data about you. You can also at any time withdraw your consent. You have the option to complain about the treatment of information and data relating to you.



More Information

Hopefully that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren't sure whether you need or not it's usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site. However if you are still looking for more information then you can contact us.