Cookies Information

Cookies

When we provide services, we want to make them easy to use, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies.

These pieces of information are used to improve services for you, for example, we recognise that you may already have given your email address/website when you left a blog comment.

We use cookies so you don’t need to re-type that information for every comment you leave.

The cookies also allow us to measure how many people are using our website via Google Analytics, so the website can be made easier to use, and more suited to your needs.

We allow you to manage these cookies (small files) by yourself.  You can find out how to do this, and learn more about Cookies in general here.

Our use of cookies

The following list outlines exactly what cookies our website uses, and what they are used for:

Google Analytics:

Google Analytics sets cookies to help us accurately estimate the number of visitors to the website and what content is most popular. This helps to ensure that our website is responding to your needs in the best way possible.  Google Analytics sets the following cookies:

  • __utma (Expiry: 2 years)
  • __utmb (Expiry: 30 minutes)
  • __utmc (Expiry: At end of session)
  • __utmz (Expiry: 6 months)

Woocommerce

The online purchasing facility on this website is provided by Woocommerce.  Woocommerce sets a number of cookies to support the online shopping and checkout experience.

If you opt to create an account when you checkout, additional cookies will be stored when you log in, to enable you to administer your account.