Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or smart device when you access a website. It allows that website to recognise your visit and to store information on your preferences or past actions to improve your experience of using the website. Typically, cookies don’t store personally identifiable information, such as name or email address.
This document details how we use cookies on our websites and your options regarding their use.
Different types of cookie
There are different types of cookie that can be stored on your computer or smart device by a website. For our website, these are:
Necessary Cookies
Necessary cookies enable core functionality. The website cannot function properly without these cookies and they help us to manage your consent choices, for example. They can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences.
Embedded Content Cookies
Our website uses third party services to embed useful content within some of the pages of our website, for example Google Maps or YouTube videos. When this content is displayed, it effectively acts as a window to the third-party service and that service may set its own cookies to provide the functionality required. These are necessary cookies and can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences.
Analytical Cookies
Analytical cookies help us to improve our website by collecting and reporting information on its usage. They don’t store personal information about individual visitors but allow us to monitor trends and understand how visitors use our website so that we can continue to improve the experience.
Marketing Cookies
We may use marketing cookies to help us improve the relevancy of advertising campaigns you may receive from us through other channels, for example social media. However, we don’t use third party advertising services to advertise to visitors as they view our web pages.
Our use of cookies
We use cookies for the following specific purposes:
- For storing user website preferences, including language choices, regional website selection and your cookie consent choices.
- For Google Analytics to track site traffic, social media links and website usage.
Our cookies in detail
Cookie Preference
This cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on this website. Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie.
Type: Necessary
Name: CookieControl
Universal Analytics (Google)
These cookies are used to collect anonymous information about how visitors use our website, for example where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they looked at. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website.
Type: Analytical
Name(s): _ga, _gali, _gat, _gid
Opt out of Google Analytics
Google Analytics Cookie Usage
Google Policy: Ads
Note: The services listed above may change their implementation mechanisms that might mean some cookie names are changed, added or removed. We will keep this document updated however please consult the service policies for the latest information.
How do I change my cookie settings?
Note: we are currently implementing a simple solution that will enable you to turn on/off different types of cookies. Until this is live, it is possible to manage your cookies via your web browser as follows:
Alternatively, most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
We do NOT use advertising or advertising cookies on this website. However, if you are concerned about the use of advertising cookies in general then Your Online Choices website has more detailed information and the YourAdChoices service may help.
Further Information
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at enquiries@bandbcarpets.co.uk
Please see our Privacy Policy for more information on how we use data and your rights as well as contact information for our Data Protection Officer.
The Information Commissioner’s Office website contains more details on Cookie Law as well as other laws and information regarding your personal information.