Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003
Under this legislation, we are required to inform you, the user, as to the use of cookies on this site and
your rights to refuse the placing of cookies on your computer
For an in-depth understanding of cookies and their use on your computer, please visit
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This site may use cookies in the following ways
- 1. By the use of Microsoft .NET Framework ASP.NET technology
- 2. In the use of tracking the contents of your shopping cart
- 3. In providing the provision of ‘wish list’ and ‘save cart’ functions
- 4. Third party advertising
You may set your browser to reject cookies from this site - by doing so, you may
experience problems with some of the pages particularly the product
catalogue, search pages or use any online ordering facilities.
As allowed by the regulations, a cookie is set on your machine upon your arrival to this site -
it is then your responsility to decide whether you wish to continue to accept
cookies from this site, based on the information contained here.
The information supplied above satisfies the requirements of the
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 in
relation to the use of cookies on this site.
For a more in-depth understanding please read on.
1. The use of Microsoft ASP.NET
Whenever you visit a website where the pages have an .aspx suffix, the server providing the
hosting allocates your visit a session code - this is then tracked by the host
machine by placing a non-persistent cookie onto your machine - as soon as you
leave the site, the cookie is erased from your machine - whilst the EU
legislation differentiates between the use of permanent and non-persistant
cookies, the technical structure of individual technologies is not allowed for,
hence the blocking of cookies from a site will cause different effects
depending on the technology applied by that site.
For example, by blocking cookies from this site, you will be able to display a
limited amount of the product catalogue, but will experience errors for example
once you try and add items to the cart, of view pages that are generated by
search criteria.
2. In the use of tracking the contents of your shopping cart
As per item 1., the cart keeps track of your shopping cart contents via sessions, and whilst the
contents of your cart are not held via the non-persistant cookie on your
machine, the session state is which prohibits the addition of items to your
cart - no cookies, no shopping!
3. In providing the provision of ‘wish list’ and ‘save cart’ functions
This is contained within the provisions of the act, as the use of the ‘Wish List’ and ‘Save Cart’ functions
places a persistant cookie on your machine that contains the contents of your list or cart.
Again, you may reject cookies from this site, but this will prohibit use of these functions
4. Third party advertising
This is also contained within the provisions of the act, as the site uses third
party advertising that may track your visits to the advertisers site and/or the
sites that we choose to advertise via the use of persistant cookies
You may prohibit acceptance of these cookies without affecting the use of this site, but the compliance to
the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 of
the advertisers, or providers of advertsing media are outside of our control
and you should visit their sites for details of their compliance