Cookie Policy
COOKIE POLICY
To help us ensure our website functions and looks the very best it can, we use cookies. Cookies enable us distinguish each visitor to our website, allowing us to tailor the user experience with the most relevant content. They also allow us to monitor and improve our website.
If you do not agree with this Policy, please disable cookies in your browser following the instructions below. However, some of the cookies we use improve the functionality of our website, so if you choose to disable them, you may find that you can't access some aspects of our website.
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that a website puts on your browser when you visit. This means that next time you visit the same website, it will recognise your browser from the previously installed cookies. This has several benefits. For example, a cookie can help us to remember your website login so that you don't need to type it in every time you return. Or a cookie can help us to remember items you’ve added to your basket to save you having to search for them again. Cookies also help us to collect information about the way you use our website which helps us to ensure any advertising that you see is relevant and useful to you.
HOW WE USE COOKIES
Our website uses 11 cookies. These cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of our website. They do not store information which could be used to identify you personally, such as your contact details. We are required by law to provide you with clear and comprehensive information about the cookies that we use and if this page does not answer all of your queries, please contact us here.
We use the following cookies:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
Analytical / Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Functionality Cookies
These cookies are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
Targeting Cookies
These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it 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 and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
|
COOKIE NAME |
PURPOSE |
|
vscommerce |
A session identifier cookie that disappears after the browser is closed. This is a unique ID that references the database entry holding information such as the basket contents, logged in status and other information. |
|
VSReferrer |
An identifier that stores that website that referred you |
|
VSCurrency |
An identifier that references the currency the prices are displayed in. |
|
VSVatPrices |
An identifier that references if prices are shown inclusive or exclusive of VAT. |
|
VSCategoryGroup |
An identifier that references the last top level category visited. |
|
VSCourierID |
An identifier that references the courier the customer has selected. |
|
VSCountryID |
An identifier that references the country the customer has selected. |
|
VSWishlistId |
An identifier that references the database entry holding the visitors wishlist on the website when they are not logged in. |
|
VSWishlistToken |
An identifier that references the database entry holding the visitors wishlist on the website when they are not logged in. |
|
vs_login |
Secure login token if the visitor selected for the website to remember them. |
|
Google Analytics |
Non-personal information used to track a visitors route through the website. This is used to find at which point customers have abandoned the checkout process and is used to improve the website. You can read more information on the cookies used by Google Analytics uses on its information page |
3RD PARTY COOKIES
The information set out in "How We Use Cookies" relates to the cookies that we set on our website. In addition to these cookies, our website also uses third party cookies which are set by a domain other than our website.
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
Our website uses some of the Third Party Cookies from the providers found in the table below, if you require further information about what those cookies are or how they are used, you should contact those providers directly.
|
COOKIE NAME |
PURPOSE |
| Add This Google Plus |
You can choose to share content from our site with others via the social networks listed on the left, and so you may be sent cookies from these websites. |
| Reviews.co.uk | Our customers are able to review our service via Reviews.co.uk, an online consumer watchdog portal, and to facilitate this Reviews.co.uk may send you cookies. |
| Google Bing Criteo Remarketing |
We utilise the online advertising services of the third party companies listed on the left, and each of their sites use may set cookies to help identify which adverts are clicked on/interacted with. |
| Predictive Intent | Predictive Intent provides us with analytics data on the performance of our site (such as how frequently pages are visited, number of visitors, etc.) and it uses cookies to help deliver this service. |
| Omniture | Omniture provides us with analytics data on the performance of our site (such as how frequently pages are visited, number of visitors, etc.) and it uses cookies to help deliver this service. |
| Lead Forensics | Lead Forensics provides us with analytics data on the performance of our site (such as how frequently pages are visited, number of visitors, etc.) and it uses cookies to help deliver this service. |
| Affiliate Future Affiliate People Affiliate Window Affilinet Belboon Buy.at Comission Junction Coull Video Performance Network Direct Agents Performance Network Doubleclick Epic Advertising Euroads FusePump Feeds & Affiliate Tools GDM Digital Google Affiliate Network Health Affiliate Network Ignite Bingo Impact Radius Income Access Intela LinkShare UK Monetise - The UK CPA Network MyThings Netfillia Uk Netklix OMGPM.com OMG Network Omnicon Affiliates & Digital Parnerships Paid On Results Pricerunner Silvertap Smart Quotes Submission Technology Pay by Performance Marketing The Affiliate Gateway The Slice Network TradeDoubler TradeTracker UK WOW TRK Webgains Zanox |
We utilise the affiliate marketing services of the third party companies listed on the left, and each of their sites use may set cookies to help record the performance of the affiliate services provided. |
HOW DO I MANAGE COOKIES?
You can block, allow or delete cookies within the settings area on your browser. However, if you use your browser settings to block cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website. To manage your cookies settings, follow the instructions provided by your browser (usually located within the “Edit”, “Help” or “Tools” or menu). Disabling a cookie will not delete it from your browser. To delete a cookie, you will need to select the option within your browser to delete cookies. If you have disabled one or more cookies, we may still use the information collected from cookies prior to your disabled preference being set. However, we will stop collecting any further information using the disabled cookies.