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Consent

1. We will ask you to consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy when you first visit our website.

2. You can modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. However, we use cookies to identify your individual shopping session.

   Therefore, you are welcome to browse the site without cookies but this may prevent you from being able to use the store and make a purchase.

About Cookies

1. A cookie is a file containing a unique identifier that is issued by the web server and stored on your browser.

2. Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.

3. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

The Cookies we use

1. We use both persistent and session cookies. If you tick the "remember me" box upon login - the session cookies will use are given a lifetime longer than your browser session to persist this state so that you dont have to login after closing your browser.

   The cookies that we use on our website are set out below, together with their purpose.

   joomla_user_state

   To store the state of a currently logged in user and present the site correctly within this context. (i.e present you with access to your account management area)

   session_id

   To store any data relating to your unique session. There are no personally identifable details in the cookie and no real data of use at all. We use this token to look up further information on your session stored in our database. For instance; If you are logged in, your userid and username.

   jbcookies

   To store your acceptance of the use of cookies on this site, such that we dont serve you the disclosure message consistently.

   MCPopupclosed

   When you first visit this site, we encourage you to join our mailing list. This cookie stores you acknoledgement of this message, ensuring we do not show it again on successive page views.

Analytics cookies

1. We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. In order to provide this statistical data, Google Analytics tracks the journey you go on through the use of cookies.

   Google Analytics sets the following cookies to acheive this:

   _ga

   Used to distinguish you as a user - expires after 2 years

   _gid

   Used to distinguish you as a user - expires after 24 hours

   _gat

   Used to throttle request rate

   _gac_\property-id\

   Contains campaign related information for the user.

   __utma

   Used to distinguish users and sessions.

   __utmt

   Used to throttle request rate.

   __utmb

   Used to determine new sessions/visits.

   __utmc

   Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit.

   __utmz

   Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how you reached this site.

2. Further information on Google's privacy and cookies policy can be found here

Third Party Cookies

Social media networks use a few cookies to maintain your login state on their network and a connection to your account

In the context of this site, this is relevant when using the "share" buttons to share our products with your followers on these networks

Google +

1P_JAR, APISID, CONSENT, HSID, NID, OTZ, SAPISID, SID, SIDCC, SSID

Twitter

Stores ads_pref, dnt, eu_cn, external_referer, guest_id, personalization_is, remember_checked_on

Pintrest

Store bxn, _pinterest_sess, _pintrest_cm, _auth

Blocking Cookies

Most Browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies.

Blocking Cookies on our site will have a negative impact upon the usability of the site.

If you choose to block cookies on this site, you will be able to browse the catalogue but we cannot guarentee a succesful checkout experience.