What are cookies?
As is common practice with almost all professional websites, this site uses cookies and tiny files 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.
How we use cookies
We use cookies for the various 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 unsure whether you need them, especially if they are used to provide a service you use.
Disabling cookies
You can prevent cookies from being set by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). However, be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites you visit. Disabling cookies usually results in disabling certain functionality and features of this site. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
The cookies we set
Site preferences cookiesIn order to provide you with a great experience on this site, we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how it runs when you use it. To remember your preferences, we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page affected by your preferences.
Third-party cookies
In some special cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third-party cookies you might encounter through this site.
This site uses Google Analytics, one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web, to help us understand how you use the site and how we can improve your experience. These cookies may track how long you spend on the site and the pages you visit so we can continue producing engaging content. See the official Google Analytics page for more information on Google Analytics cookies.
Third-party analytics track and measure the usage of this site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track how long you spend on the site or the pages you visit, which helps us understand how we can improve your site.
From time to time, we test new features and make subtle changes to how the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features, these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience while on the site and that we understand which optimizations our users appreciate the most.
As we sell products, we need to understand statistics about how many visitors to our site make a purchase. These cookies will track this data. This is important to you as it means we can accurately make business predictions and monitor our advertising and product costs to ensure the best possible price.
The Google AdSense service we use to advertise uses a DoubleClick cookie to serve more relevant ads across the web and limit the number of times a given ad is shown to you. For more information on Google AdSense, see the official privacy FAQ.
We use adverts to offset the costs of running this site and provide funding for further development. The behavioral advertising cookies used by this site are designed to ensure that we provide you with the most relevant adverts where possible by anonymously tracking your interests and presenting similar things that may be of interest.
Several partners advertise on our behalf, and affiliate tracking cookies allow us to see if our customers have come to the site through one of our partner sites so that we can credit them appropriately and, where applicable, allow our affiliate partners to provide any bonus that they may provide you for making a purchase.
We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work, the following social media sites, including {List the social networks whose features you have integrated with your site?:12}, will set cookies through our site, which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
More information
Hopefully, that has clarified things for you. As was previously mentioned, if there is something that you aren’t sure whether you need or not, it’s usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it interacts with one of the features you use on our site.
However, if you are still looking for more information, then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods:
Email: [email protected]
