WHAT ARE COOKIES?
We use cookies when you visit our site. There are four main types of cookies – here’s how and why we use them.
(1) Site functionality cookies
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Help you to navigate around the website.
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Remember shopping basket contents.
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Allow you to access secure areas of the website.
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Help to support the structure of the website.
(2) Site analytics cookies – These collect information about how visitors use my website to help me improve performance and service. These are persistent cookies, placed by either Facebook or Google Analytics, and remain stored on your device after the browsing session has finished (you can find the Google Analytics privacy information here and the Facebook privacy notice here). They do things like:
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Monitor conversions from Facebook advertising (Facebook Pixel).
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Allow me to build custom audiences that may be interested in my products (Facebook Pixel)
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Monitor the times and durations of your visits (Google Analytics).
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Monitor the number of pages you visit (Google Analytics).
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Monitor the country and city you visit from (Google Analytics).
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Monitor how the user found my website (Google Analytics).
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Monitor the language used by your browser (Google Analytics).
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Monitor the type of device you are using (Google Analytics).
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Monitor the operating system you are using (Google Analytics).
(3) Customer preference cookies – These remember preferences to help provide a better service. They are often persistent cookies and may be placed by this website or a third-party organisation. They do things like:
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Remember your preferences such as language and currency settings.
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Allow your browser to remember login details and passwords (although the actual password isn’t usually stored in the cookies).
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Remember if you have consented to accept cookies, so that I don’t have to keep asking you if you’d like to accept them (nobody wants to keep being pestered to accept cookies that they can’t even eat).
(4) Targeting or advertising cookies – these cookies are used to deliver ads relevant to you. They also limit the number of times that you see an ad and help us measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.
By using our site, you agree to us placing these sorts of cookies on your device and accessing them when you visit the site in the future. If you want to delete any cookies that are already on your computer, the “help” section in your browser should provide instructions on how to locate the file or directory that stores cookies. Further information about cookies can be found at https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-pecr/cookies-and-similar-technologies/ . Please note that by deleting or disabling future cookies, your user experience may be affected and you might not be able to take advantage of certain functions of our site, and the complete EPHY user experience that we pride ourselves on providing our customers.