Introduction
Our website uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as “cookies”). In the content below, we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.
What is a cookie?
Cookies are pieces of data, normally stored in text files, that websites place on visitors’ computers to store a range of information, usually specific to that visitor – or rather the device they are using to view the site – like the browser or mobile phone.
Cookies allow you to login on one page, then move around to other pages and stay logged in. They allow you to set preferences for the display of a page, and for these to be remembered the next time you return to it.
Cookies can also be used to watch the pages you visit between sites, which allows advertisers to build up a picture of your interests. Then when you land on a site that shows one of their adverts – they can tailor it to those interests. This is known as ‘behavioural advertising’.
Almost all websites use cookies in some way or another, and every page you visit in those sites writes one or more cookies to your computer and receives them back from it. Cookies are incredibly useful – they allow modern websites to work the way people have come to expect – with every increasing level of personalisation and rich interactive functionality.
Cookies are categorised depending on what function they are set to perform:
Essential cookies
Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that you can access the service you require and that your user preferences remain known. By placing these cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, when you use an ecommerce site, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these necessary cookies without your consent.
Analytics cookies
Statistical cookies are used to assist us optimize the website experience for users. With these analytical cookies we get insights in the usage of our website. We must ask your permission to place analytical cookies.
Marketing cookies
Marketing cookies enable personalised advertisements to be presented to you, and we (and third parties) gain insights into the campaign results. With these cookies you, as website visitor, are linked to a unique ID, so you do not see the same ad more than once for example. Because these cookies are marked as tracking cookies, we must ask your permission to place these.
Functional cookies
Functional cookies allow websites to remember users’ preferences, such as language, region, username etc. We need your consent to place these.
Social media buttons
Buttons such as for Facebook and Instagram are sometimes used to promote webpages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks like Facebook and Instagram. These buttons work using pieces of code coming from Facebook and Instagram themselves. This code places cookies. These social media buttons also can store and process certain information, so a personalised advertisement can be shown to you.
Please read the privacy statement of these social networks (which can change regularly) to read what they do with your (personal) data which they process using these cookies. The data that is retrieved is anonymised as much as possible.
Consent
When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on “Accept all cookies”, you consent to us using all cookies and plug-ins as described below in this cookie policy. You can also manage which cookies you wish to be set through our consent pop up. In addition, you can also manage the way your web browser handles cookies by using this link https://cookiepedia.co.uk/how-to-manage-cookies
Third parties
We may make agreements with other companies that place cookies. However, we cannot guarantee that these third parties handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. Parties such as Google is considered as an independent data controller within the meaning of the UK General Data Protection Regulation. We recommend that you read the privacy statements of these companies.
The cookies use on our website are:
| Cookie | Description | Duration | Type | 3rd party share |
| AEC | Google security cookie used to confirm visitor authenticity, protect visitor data and prevent fraudulent use of credentials | 6 months | Necessary | |
| YSC | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Session | Marketing | |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Calculates user’s bandwidth on pages integrated with YouTube videos | 6 months | Marketing | |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | YouTube visitor privacy metadata cookie. | 5 months | Functional | |
| DV | This cookie tracks and collects data to deliver and retarget ads tailored to user preferences based on specific websites visited. | 1 day | Marketing | |
| OTZ | This cookie is set to collect information on user behaviour and navigation which is used to optimize the website. The cookie also allows Google Ads and Google Analytics to compile information on visitors for marketing purposes. | 1 month | Marketing | |
| SOCS | Google cookie used to store user preference and personalised ads | 13 months | Marketing | |
| EUULE | This cookie is associated with Google Maps and is used to store location and user preferences for displaying maps. | 6 hours | Marketing | |
| PREF | This cookie, allows a website to remember data you typed: for example, your user ID, password, delivery address, email, phone, and preferred method of payment | 13 months | Functional | |
| __Secure-YEC | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | 13 months | Functional | |
| _Secure-3PSID | This cookie is set by Google and is used to authenticate users, store session preferences, and perform security measures. | 2 months | Analytics | |
| __Secure-3PAPISID | This cookie is set by Google and is used to store user preferences and information when viewing pages with Google maps on them. | 2 months | Analytics | |
| __Secure-ENID | This cookie is set by Google and is used to store user preferences and information, such as language preferences and customized search results. | 13 months | Analytics | |
| CONSENT | This cookie is set by Google and is used to track the user’s consent for the use of cookies on websites. | 13 months | Analytics |