What are cookies?

As is common practice with almost all professional websites, this site uses cookies. These are tiny files downloaded to your computer to improve your experience. This page explains what information they gather, how we use them and why we sometimes need to store them. Preventing cookies may downgrade or break parts of the site.

For more general information, see the Wikipedia article on HTTP cookies.

How we use cookies

We use cookies for the reasons detailed below. In most cases there are no standard options for disabling cookies without also disabling the functionality and features they add. If you are unsure whether you need them, leaving cookies enabled may be preferable where they provide a service you use.

Disabling cookies

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The cookies we set

• Account cookies: manage sign-up, login and account administration.
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• Email newsletter cookies: remember subscription preferences.
• Order-processing cookies: keep order information available between pages.
• Survey cookies: remember participation and help provide accurate results.
• Form cookies: may remember details submitted through forms.
• Preference cookies: remember how you prefer the site to work.

Third-party cookies

We may use trusted third-party services, including analytics, to understand how visitors use the site and improve it. These services may measure time spent on the site, pages visited and whether a purchase is completed. Advertising or affiliate services may also use cookies to measure referrals and show more relevant messages.

More information

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