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Cookies 

We use cookies to help identify your computer so we can tailor your user experience, track shopping basket contents, and remember where you are in the order process.

You can disable any cookies already stored on your computer, but these may stop our website from functioning properly. 

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device.

You can find more information about cookies at: www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu

For a video about cookies visit www.google.co.uk/goodtoknow/data-on-the-web/cookies

The following cookies are used by the website.

Necessary Cookies

The following are necessary in the operation of our website.

Name Description Duration
PHPSESSID This contains a unique id that allows the website to track you from page to page - without this the site wouldn't remember what items you had added to your shopping cart,or what stage you were at in the checkout process. Session
BPSESSID This cookie allows the site to remember you across browsing sessions. This is for customer convenience so if you close your browser you can return later to find items you added to your shopping cart still there. 1 Year
email This cookie is set once you login to the site. It is used to remember your login details so you remain logged in across browsing sessions. This contains your login email address. 1 Year
password This cookie is set once you login to the site. It is used to remember your login details so you remain logged in across browsing sessions. This contains your login password in an encrypted format. 1 Year

This Website Will:

    Remember what is in your shopping basket
    Remember where you are in the order process
    Remember that you are logged in and that your session is secure.  You need to be logged in to complete an order.

Functional Cookies

The following are not necessary, but are required to provide you with the best user experience and also to tell us which pages you find most interesting (anonymously).

 

Name Description Duration
pcaInstallationid This is used by the Capture+ service provided by Postcode Anywhere to retrieve a list of addresses you have previously searched for in the Postcode Anywhere database. 1 Year
__utma Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. 2 Years
__utmb Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. 30 Mins
__utmc Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. Session
__utmz Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how you reached the site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. 6 Months

This Website Will:

    Track the pages you visits via Google Analytics.
    Provide a quick list of addresses you have searched for in the past using PostCode Anywhere's lookup tool.

Targeting Cookies

These are cookies set by the various social networking sites that we have embedded buttons for - i.e. Facebook, Google+ and Twitter.


This Website Will:

    Allow you to share pages with social networks such as Facebook (if available).

This website will not:

    Share any personal information with third parties other than that necessary for goods delivery purposes.
 

Additional privacy and security information can be found in our Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions.

Last Updated: 18th May 2018