This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them.
Like most websites, our website uses cookies to make the website run optimally and make it efficient for readers to use our website.
No attempt is made to identify individual users through use of this website and we make no attempt to track or identify individual users, except where we have a reasonable suspicion that an unauthorised access to systems is or was attempted or where illegal or abusive content is being left within our site.
We will not provide information about you to anyone except for law enforcement agencies involved in fraud prevention and detection where there is a duty to do so.
Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyse what works and where it needs improvement.
As most of the online services, our website uses first party and third-party cookies for a number of purposes. The first-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our websites are used mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.
Cookies are classified as either Essential or Optional. These are better explained below.
Essential Cookies:
Some cookies are essential for our website to operate correctly and for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information. For example, these cookies allow you to log-in to your account and add products to your basket and checkout securely.
Should you wish to remove or not use cookies from you can do so by declining our cookies or changing your browser settings not to accept cookies. It is important to note that this may result in our website not functioning correctly for you.
Optional Cookies
When you access our website for the very first time, you are presented with the option to accept all cookies or personalise the use of cookies. We ask for your consent to use optional cookies and you can choose to accept them or decide not to. If you accept them, your consent can be withdrawn at any time.
Examples of optional cookies
Statistics / Analytics: These cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit etc. This information helps us understand and analyse how well the website performs and where it needs improvement. This information does not contain any personal or sensitive information and is used solely for the purpose of making sure our website works properly.
We use Google Analytics on our site - these cookies can be identified as:
__utma, __utmb, __utmc, __utmz
Functional: These are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing contents on the website on social media platforms.
Preferences: These cookies help us store your settings and browsing preferences like language preferences so that you have a better and efficient experience on future visits to the website.
Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Privacy & Cookie Policy” tab on your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.
In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, https://www.allaboutcookies.org.
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