A cookie is a small piece of information created by a website and then stored on your computer. The next time you go to the same website, it can access that cookie and the data inside it.
As of May 26th 2012, all UK based companies were required to put measures in place to ensure users to their website are offered an opt-in consent tool before any third party cookies are stored on your computer. We don’t use lots of cookies on our website but we do use a few that are listed below:
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These probably don’t mean a lot to the average internet user; to put it into simpler terms, these are 3rd party cookies which allow Google to collect information about the people who are visiting our website. We then use a tool called Google Analytics that analyses this data and tells us useful information such as how many people have visited our website, where they came from and what content they liked the best. This information is quite important to us as it helps us to improve our website and ensures you get an awesome experience each time you come and have a browse. By using our website you accept our use of cookies in this way.
The data Google collects isn’t personal, it’s in an anonymous form and is only concerned with what you’re up too, not who you are.
If you want to know more about the EU cookie law in detail then head over to the Information Commissioner’s Office.