This Cookies Policy explains what Cookies are and how We use them. You should read this policy so You can understand what type of cookies We use, or the information We collect using Cookies and how that information is used.
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are 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 these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the site’s functionality.
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 on if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
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. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
To understand some of the cookies we set, you will see some cookie names contain [hash]. This is a placeholder for what would usually be a dynamically generated value. For example, a wordpress_[hash] cookie in your browser could look something like “wordpress_abc123”.
WordPress is a Content Management System and makes up the core of our website.
We use the WooCommerce Stripe Gateway plugin which is an additional component to WooCommerce that allows us to take payment via Stripe.
These cookies are only strictly necessary for those who use the account system on our website.
These cookies have a lifetime of two days, then they expire. If – on login – a user ticks the “Remember me” option, the cookie will be stored for fourteen days instead.
Here you can find the official information about WordPress cookies: https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Cookies
WooCommerce is a component that is installed on top of WordPress and allows its capabilities to be extended and we use it for our shop.
These cookies are only strictly necessary for those who use the shop system on our website.
The first two cookies contain information about the cart whilst you’re adding products and helps WooCommerce know when the cart data changes.
The third cookie (wp_woocommerce_session_[hash]) contains a unique code for each customer so that it knows where to find the cart data in the database for each customer.
No personal information is stored within these cookies.
Here you can find the official information about WooCommerce cookies: https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/woocommerce-cookies/
WordFence is a component that is installed on top of WordPress and allows its capabilities to be extended to help with keeping our website safe and secure.
These cookies are only used to help us secure our website, here you can find the official information about WordFence cookies in their GDPR policy: https://www.wordfence.com/help/general-data-protection-regulation/#cookies-set-by-the-wordfence-plugin
We use Google Analytics to analyse traffic on our website and so these cookies may be set to help us track our traffic.
More information on how Google Analytics manages cookies can be found at the following link: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage