Cookies Policy

Cookies Policy

We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience, improve our website's functionality and performance, and provide you with relevant content based on your preferences. This policy explains what cookies are, why we use them, and how they impact your interaction with our site.

What Cookies Are

A cookie is a small text file stored by your web browser (e.g., Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox) to remember information about your visit to our website or specific actions you take on the site. These files typically contain unique identifiers that enable us to recognize and interact with you in subsequent visits or sessions.

Why Cookies Are Used

Cookies serve several purposes:

• Essential: Enable basic functionality (e.g., navigating pages, submitting forms).
• Session management: Store temporary data related to your current session (e.g., items in your shopping cart).
• Performance improvement: Help us optimize website load times and user experience.
• Analytics tracking: Allow us to gather insights on site usage patterns and behavior.

Types of Cookies

Our site uses various types of cookies, each with a specific purpose:

1. Session cookies: Expire when you close your browser or end the current session (e.g., log out).
2. Persistent cookies: Remain active for set periods (e.g., after you clear cache) until they expire.
3. Functional cookies: Facilitate tasks like logging in, remembering preferences, and customizing content.

Cookie Purposes

We categorize our cookies into several groups to help explain their function:

1. Necessary Cookies: Support basic features (e.g., authentication).
2. Performance Cookies: Enhance user experience by optimizing load times.
3. Functional Cookies: Provide personalization and customization options.

Analytic & Performance Cookies

We use cookies for analytics to improve site functionality, personalize your content, and optimize performance. Examples include:

• Google Analytics (for aggregated data collection)
• Website optimization tools

User Preferences and Settings

Cookies allow you to remember specific settings on our website. These may include language choices or login details.

Login/Session Continuity

We use cookies for maintaining a continuous experience when logging in and staying logged in between sessions.

Our platform uses device recognition techniques (e.g., cookie-based) to ensure seamless functionality across multiple devices with your active account(s).

To address security-related requirements, we employ appropriate countermeasures. Some include:

1. SSL Certificate: To encrypt sensitive information during transmission.2. Password hashing3. Secure token management

Technical Diagnostics & Performance Optimisation

Cookies aid in improving site diagnostics and performance optimization.

For example,

• Aggregated analytics: Using aggregated data to inform business decisions about improvements, feature development or user interface changes.

Clearing/Disabling Cookies

If you wish to clear cookies entirely or prevent them from being created on our website:

1. Open browser settings (e.g., Safari preferences).2. Enable appropriate cookie control.3. You may need to adjust permissions in your specific device management system.

Please note that removing some types of cookies could impair site functionality.

If you would like us to notify you about new cookie policies we will do so via our contact pages, or social media.