Cookie Policy

 

A Cookie is a text file that downloads and stores information about your visit to the device you are accessing the site from. The details of your previous visit are remembered for the next time you visit the website using that device

Cookies help us improve the performance of the website as it remembers your preferences and we can make tweaks based on visitor behaviour and statistics. We sometimes place cookies on your device which help us serve relevant adverts to you when you visit other websites.

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly.

The categories of cookies we use on the website and the function they perform is listed below.

1. Necessary cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to operate correctly and cannot be disabled without ruining the usability of the website. The law does not require us to ask consent to use these cookies and they will always be placed when you use this website.

2. Analytical/performance cookies.

Analytics cookies are used to gather anonymous data on how visitors use the website.

They look at what pages are the most popular, how long visitors stay on them, if and when a user gets an error message and other similar useful data which we use to improve how the website works and make information easier to find. This data is anonymous and we cannot track you individually using analytics cookies.

3. Functionality cookies

These are used to recognise you when you return to the Website. This enables us to potentially personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

4. Targeting cookies

These cookies record your visit to the Website, the pages you have visited and the links uou have followed. We may use this information to make the Website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

More information about the individual cookies we use, and the purposes for which we use them, are as follows:

Cookie NameDescriptionExpires
It used for storing current tab of Theme options7days
used to highlight the object or active title on the menu7days
Operation of Slider Revolution plug-in admin side slider view1yr
Cookie is placed by WordPress to keep CMS users logged in.end of session
Cookie is placed by WordPress to check if cookies can be placed.end of session
A WordPress wp-settings-[UID] cookie. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.1yr
A WordPress wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.1yr

 

Third Party Cookies

Pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, social media feeds, maps, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

It’s important for you to know that we have no access to or control over cookies used by these companies or third-party websites. We suggest you check the third-party websites for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.

Cookie NameDescriptionExpires
Facebook pixel (a code placed on our website) to measure the performance of our optional advertising on Facebook by understanding the actions people take on our website and to optimize ads based on collected data.6 months
Google Analytics - These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources, so we can measure and improve the performance3yrs
Cookie Consent doesn’t store any user data server-side or make use of IP addresses. When a user lands on a site using this plugin and accepts the cookie notification message, the plugin places a cookie on the user’s own machine that records the user’s acceptance. It doesn’t store anything, including IP addresses, server-side.30days

 

Google provide information about their cookie and privacy policies including their YouTube service and G+ here http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/policies/privacy/

AddThis provide information about their cookie and privacy policies here http://www.addthis.com/privacy/privacy-policy/

Facebook provide information about their cookie and privacy policies here https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update

Twitter provide information about their cookie and privacy policies here https://twitter.com/en/privacy#update

Blocking / Managing Cookies

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of the Website.

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If the browser you like to use is not listed above, normally there is a ‘Help’ option on your browser to find out about how it handles cookies, or visit the site you downloaded it from for more information.

Google analytics provide a browser plugin to prevent their analytics cookies being placed https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout or you can use your browser settings to disallow analytics cookies.

AddThis – To opt out of AddThis cookies go to http://www.addthis.com/privacy/opt-out

You can find more information about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org

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