What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files containing a string of characters that can be placed on your computer or mobile device that uniquely identify your browser or device.
Strictly necessary cookies are essential and enable core functionality such as processing your shopping cart and e-billing, without them the website cannot function properly.
Performance cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
Functionality cookies allow a website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
Targeting / advertising cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign.
How long will cookies stay on my device?
The length of time a cookie will stay on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies will only stay on your device until you stop browsing. Persistent cookies stay on your computer or mobile device until they expire or are deleted.
What cookies we use and why
Performance Cookies
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to analyse how visitors use our site; including the number of visitors to the site, visitor country location, browser and device type used and the pages they visited. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. We only use this information to improve how a website works.
Google Analytics session cookies:
_utmb cookie and _utmc cookie – calculate visit length
_gat cookie – used to throttle request rates from busy sites
Google Analytics persistent cookies:
__utma cookie – tracks visitors – lasts 2 years
_utmz cookie – monitors where and how the visitor arrived – lasts 2 years
_utmv cookie – used for segementation – lasts 6 months
_ga cookie – distinguishes users – lasts 2 years
_gid – distinguishes users – lasts 24 hours
The Google Analytics security and privacy principles are available here
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Targeting / Advertising Cookies
NID – by Google – used to help customize ads. It is used to remember your most recent searches, your previous interactions with an advertiser’s ads or search results, and your visits to an advertiser’s website. This helps more relevant adverts be shown to you.
IDE – by DoubleClick.net (a business owned by Google) checks what advert and pages you browse. This is then used to control how often an ad is shown to a browser, how long it is shown for and how often it will appear. It may check what section of our website are you browsing to send you ads which should be of your interest. A unique ID is collected from your browser and tracks how you use the site, when you visit sites from other parties, we may do the re-marketing of our services.
More information about how Doubleclick uses cookies
https://support.google.com/dfp_premium/answer/2839090?hl=en
Cookies themselves contain no personally identifiable information. Information associated with cookies used in advertising may be added to the user’s Google Account.
You can control the information Google uses to show you ads by viewing, deleting or adding interest categories associated with your browser by visiting: https://adssettings.google.com.
More information about the advertising cookies that Google sets
https://policies.google.com/technologies/types
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
Third Party Cookies
To improve the user experience, we sometimes embed video content from websites such as YouTube. As a result, when you visit a page with content embedded from these external services you may be presented with cookies from these websites. We do not control the use of these cookies. You should check the relevant policy of the third party website for more information about these.
Links to other websites
www.yourschooluniform.com contains links to and from other websites.This privacy policy only applies to this website, and doesn’t cover other sites and resources that we link to. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the linked website.
Managing Cookies
How to manage cookies on popular browsers
Google
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
Microsoft Edge
https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy
Mozilla Firefox
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
Microsoft Internet Explorer
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Opera
https://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/privacy/
Apple Safari
https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=en_US
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.
What happens if I disable cookies?
This depends on which cookies you disable, but in general the site may not operate properly if all cookies are switched off.