Cookie Policy
Updated: 13th May 2024
What’s a cookie?
- A “cookie” is a piece of information that is stored on your computer’s hard drive if you agree to this and which records how you move your way around a website so that, when you revisit that website, it can present tailored options based on the information stored about your last visit. Cookies can also be used to analyse traffic and for advertising and marketing purposes.
- Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system.
We are required to obtain your consent for all non-essential cookies used on our website. You can block cookies (including essential cookies) at any time by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block essential cookies you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
How do we use cookies?
We use cookies to track your use of our website. This enables us to understand how you use the site and track any patterns with regards how you are using our website. This helps us to develop and improve our website as well as products and / or services in response to what you might need or want.
Cookies are either:
- Session cookies: these are only stored on your computer during your web session and are automatically deleted when you close your browser – they usually store an anonymous session ID allowing you to browse a website without having to log in to each page but they do not collect any personal data from your computer; or
- Persistent cookies: a persistent cookie is stored as a file on your computer and it remains there when you close your web browser. The cookie can be read by the website that created it when you visit that website again. [We use persistent cookies for Google Analytics.]
Cookies can also be categorised as follows:
- Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential to enable you to use the website effectively, such as when buying a product and / or service. Without these cookies, the services available to you on our website cannot be provided. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you have been on the internet.
- Performance cookies: These cookies enable us to monitor and improve the performance of our website. For example, they allow us to count visits, identify traffic sources and see which parts of the site are most popular.
- Functionality cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced features. For instance, we may be able to provide you with news or updates relevant to the services you use. They may also be used to provide services you have requested such as viewing a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect is usually anonymised.
- Targeting cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.
- First and third party cookies: First party cookies are cookies set by our website. Third party cookies are cookies on our website that are set by a website other than our website, such as where we have adverts on our website or use Facebook pixels so that we can show you relevant content from us when you are on Facebook.
We use first and third party cookies on this website. These are set out in the table below.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
| Cookie Title Cookie Name | Purpose | Expiry |
| CookieConsent | Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain | Users Choice of 1month 6 months 12 months |
| CookieConsent hu-session hu-config | Determines whether the user has accepted the cookie consent box. | Session |
| Google Calendar rc::a | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. | Persistent |
| Google Calendar rc::c | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. | Session |
| wpEmojiSettingsSupports | This cookie is part of a bundle of cookies which serve the purpose of content delivery and presentation. The cookies keep the correct state of font, blog/picture sliders, colour themes and other website settings. | Session |
| Stripe _ab _mf id | This cookie is necessary for making credit card transactions on the website. The service is provided by Stripe.com which allows online transactions without storing any credit card information. | Session |
| Stripe __stripe_sid | This cookie is necessary for making credit card transactions on the website. The service is provided by Stripe.com which allows online transactions without storing any credit card information. | 1 day |
| Stripe __stripe_mid | This cookie is necessary for making credit card transactions on the website. The service is provided by Stripe.com which allows online transactions without storing any credit card information. | 12 months |
| WooCommerce storeApiNonce | Necessary for the shopping cart functionality on the website. | Persistent |
| WooCommerce wp_woocommerce_session_# | Contains a unique code for each customer so that it knows where to find the cart data in the database for each customer. | 2 days |
| Stripe m | Determines the device used to access the website. This allows the website to be formatted accordingly. | 400 days |
| Stripe 1 | This cookie is used in conjunction with the payment window – The cookie is necessary for making secure transactions on the website. | Session |
| WooCommerce sbjs_current sbjs_current_add sbjs_first sbjs_first_add sbjs_udata sbjs_migrations | Collects data on user behaviour and interaction in order to optimize the website and make advertisement on the website more relevant. | Session |
| WooCommerce sbjs_session | Collects data on user behaviour and interaction in order to optimize the website and make advertisement on the website more relevant. | 1 day |
| Google TESTCOOKIESENABLED | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | 1 day |
| MailerLite mailerlite:forms:shown:# | Pop-up forms use a cookie to determine if a website visitor has seen your pop-up or not, and whether or not to show the pop-up again according to your behavior settings. We utilize this cookie to identify users that submit MailerLite surveys, and we display accurate survey results based on it. | 30 days |
| Google NID | Enables personalized autocomplete features in Search as you type search terms. | 6 months |
| Google _ga _ga_# | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | 24 months |
You can alter your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the icon in the browser bar. Adjust the settings as you wish. Please refresh your page to ensure that the new settings have taken effect.
You can also control your cookie settings through your web browser. f you do not know how to do this, the links below set out information about how to change your browser settings for some of the most commonly used web browsers:
You can opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, by going to http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after 24 months.
If you have any questions about the cookies that we use, feel free to contact me
For further information on how we handle personal information please refer to our Privacy Policy