Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies

As is common practice with almost all professional websites, this site uses cookies — 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 cookies from being stored, though this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the site's functionality.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in 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 all cookies enabled 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. It is therefore recommended that you do not disable cookies.

The Cookies We Set

• Account related cookies — If you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out, though in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences.
• Login related cookies — 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.
• Email newsletter cookies — This site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications to subscribed or unsubscribed users.
• Orders processing cookies — This site offers payment facilities and some cookies are essential to ensure that your order is remembered between pages so that we can process it properly.
• Survey cookies — From time to time we offer user surveys and questionnaires. These surveys may use cookies to remember who has already taken part or to provide you with accurate results after you change pages.
• Forms related cookies — When you submit data through a form such as those found on contact pages, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
• Site preferences cookies — 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. Cookies allow this information to be recalled whenever you interact with a page 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.

• Google Analytics — One of the most widespread analytics solutions on the web, helping us understand how you use the site and ways 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.
• Third party analytics — Used to track and measure usage of this site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or pages you visit.
• Testing new features — From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features, these cookies may be used to ensure you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site.
• E-commerce statistics — As we sell products it's important for us to understand how many visitors actually make a purchase. These cookies help us accurately make business predictions and monitor our advertising and product costs.
• Google AdSense — The Google AdSense service we use to serve advertising uses a DoubleClick cookie to serve more relevant ads across the web and limit the number of times a given ad is shown to you.
• Affiliate tracking — Affiliate tracking cookies allow us to see if our customers have come to the site through one of our partner sites so that we can credit them appropriately and, where applicable, allow affiliate partners to provide any bonus that they may offer you.